Latin America
El Ecoturismo es una de esas actividades complementarias a la agricultura, con un gran potencial en Nicaragua, debido al auge del turismo en general y a una demanda de un turismo mas auténtico, mas responsable, mas respetuoso de la naturaleza y de las diferencias culturales.
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Este número está dedicado a uno de los ecosistemas más diversos y extraordinarios de nuestro país, el páramo.
Se contó con la colaboración del Proyecto Páramo, que se dedica a la investigación y conservación de los páramos de nuestro país.
Este folleto resume las vivencias y experiencias de mujeres campesinas que creyendo y dando lo mejor de ellas han logrado unirse para construir una propuesta y un modelo de desarrollo socia, económico y equitativo, cuya base están en sus lazos de cooperación y solidaridad.
...Biodiversity is a good example of a resource that is managed locally, but is also subject to much wider claims as a public good – often a public good valued for the diffuse actual or potential value to all humanity around the world. As public concerns about biodiversity management grow...
This report presents the findings of the second stage of Compensation for Environmental
Services Project (CES)1, carried out in Brazil from May to September of 2001. The principal
objective of the project was to assess to what extent and under what conditions rural
communities...
Trinidad and Tobago are the southernmost islands of the Caribbean archipelago, and are geologically an extension of the South American continent. Trinidad is separated from Venezuela by the seven (7) mile straits of the Gulf of Paria. The area of Trinidad is 4828 km2 while Tobago is...
This case study discusses how Costa Rica was able to reverse this trend, mainly during the period 1994- 1998. Although a policy and financial planning process was not undertaken as such, certain elements of these will be highlighted as lessons learned. This exercise may help other...
This is a case study about the evolution of thinking in Bolivia on how to attain sustainability of their
protected area network. It is an interesting story because it addresses so many elements of what is
required to achieve sustainability in addition to just finances. As a...
The idea for the FMCN had its origin at the June 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. During this summit, Kathryn S. Fuller, President of World Wildlife Fund-U.S. (WWF) met with Carlos Salinas de Gortari, then the President of Mexico. They...
Existe un pueblo en el Perú donde las casas, las calles, el hospital, el colegio y unas pocas áreas verdes están cubiertos por un polvo gris. Entre las partículas de esa nube negra que parece arena, hay plomo. El plomo que sale de las chimeneas de una fundición de metales que ha traído...
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