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  1. Library Resource
    January, 2013
    Chile, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina, Venezuela, Mexico, Brazil, Latin America and the Caribbean

    How have Latin American countries been using Environmental Impact Assessments in order to build more sustainable extractive industries? A focus on Peru provides some interesting lessons.

    Is it possible to develop extractive industries while preserving the environment? Several Latin American countries have been attempting to improve the environmental sustainability of their extractive industry sectors by developing their legal frameworks, in particular through the use and adaptation of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) tool.

  2. Library Resource
    September, 2013
    Chile, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, South America

    Benefit-Sharing Mechanisms (BSMs) work to redistribute the benefits of a healthy watershed equitably to everyone and to create a virtuous circle between the welfare of people and the ecosystems they live in.

  3. Library Resource
    December, 2013
    Chile, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, South America
  4. Library Resource
    November, 2013
    Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Colombia, South America
  5. Library Resource
    November, 2013
    Chile, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, South America

    The printable flyer provides a short overview of the challenges and opportunites found in the Andes basin development challenge on water and food.

  6. Library Resource
    October, 2013
    Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, South America

    The printable flyer provides a short overview of the Andes basin development challenge on water and food including infographics on the region we work in.

  7. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    March, 2013
    Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru

    By 2050, 90% of the population in Latin America will live in cities, but there is a lack of up-to-date spatial information about the urban extent and patterns of urbanization in cities of this region. In this study, we analyzed population growth, urban density and urbanization dynamics between 1992 and 2009 in the major cities of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Perú using Google Earth and DMSP/OLS night-time lights imagery. We used Google Earth to map the urban extent, and time series of night-time lights to analyze spatial patterns of urban development.

  8. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2013
    Algeria, Bangladesh, Dominican Republic, Chile, Germany, China, Zimbabwe, Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Iceland, Costa Rica, Colombia, Thailand, Italy, Cameroon, Cuba, Argentina, Russia, Czech Republic, Brazil, Austria

    Meeting symbol/code: GSPPA-I/13/Report
    Session: Sess.1

  9. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2013
    North Macedonia, Bangladesh, Honduras, Iraq, El Salvador, Chile, Zimbabwe, China, Indonesia, Australia, Bolivia, Ghana, Costa Rica, Colombia, Mozambique, Lesotho, Madagascar, Ecuador, Kuwait, Cuba, Argentina, India, Austria

    Meeting symbol/code: GSPPA-I/13/Report
    Session: Sess.1

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