El artículo plantea la importancia de integrar el concepto de cuenca a la distribución de los recursos. Se propone integrar un trabajo detallado por cuenca que involucre el cálculo del caudal de agua, la variación de la napa freática, el caudal ecológico, los volúmenes de erosión y la…
Estados, transnacionales, inversionistas locales, capitales mixtos, cada vez es mayor el número de actores interesados en comprar tierras. La carrera por la adquisición de este recurso tiene para cada uno de ellos un doble atractivo, por un lado acumular un bien escaso y por otro comenzar a…
This paper analyzes the relationship between land property rights and household labor allocation. It posits that land titling has two opposite effects on labor decisions. On one hand, enhancement of tenure security should lead to reductions in guarding requirements and to increases in the hours…
En la Sección de Estudios Internacionales en el Instituto Noruego de Investigación Regional y Urbana (NIBR) empezaron hace poco un proyecto de investigación llamado “Cómo la formalización en Perú disminuyó la desigualdad en género de propiedad de la tierra y el impacto sobre el empoderamiento de…
Between 2005 and 2009, the EU-financed project ForLive set out to analyse promising local forest management initiatives in the Amazon Basin in four countries: Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru. Researchers aimed to identify locally viable practices that benefit livelihoods and ecological…
The CPWF was designed to be different. Developed in response to a call for change in a previous round of Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) system
reform, the CPWF was intended to foster cross-CGIAR cooperation and find ways to bring in new partners. Over…
Se hace un estudio sobre la Comisión de Formalización de la Propiedad Informal (Cofopri), su funcionamiento es estudiado a través de su estructura, diseño, naturaleza jurídica y propósito de creación. El programa de formalización que ejecutó es examinado mediante el análisis de diversos estudios…
Between 2005 and 2009, the EU-financed project ForLive set out to analyse promising local forest management initiatives in the Amazon Basin in four countries: Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru. Researchers aimed to identify locally viable practices that benefit livelihoods and ecological…
IN response to an on-line survey, 76 project leaders and staff gave CPWF Phase 1 a
generally favorable review. Respondents came from 68 CPWF projects in 45 countries on
three continents. The survey sought to help learn what went well in Phase 1, what did not
go so well and can…
Information on water use is required for political, economic and academic decision making on issues affecting everyone?s life. Owing to fi nancial constraints, it is diffi cult to have complete and comprehensive information on everything related to water. Techniques and methodologies are,…
The tree species composition of silver fir and beech forests has changed in space and time due to a number of direct and indirect natural and anthropogenic causal factors. Forming silvicultural guidelines, therefore, requires a sufficient understanding of the ecological, historical, economic and…