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Working Paper 1999

Autor: Kaimowitz, D. Pacheco, P. Johnson, J. Pavez, I. Vallejo, C. Velez, R.

This paper evaluates Bolivian's recent experience of giving municipal government a role in forest management. It first provides background information on Bolivia's decentralisation policies, including the 1994 Popular Participatiion Law and the 1996 forestry law. It then presents case studies of ...

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Kaimowitz, D. ,  Pacheco, P. ,  Johnson, J. ,  Pavez, I. ,  Vallejo, C. ,  Velez, R. ,  [Local governments and forests in the Bolivian lowlands] ,  Local governments and forests in the Bolivian lowlands
Journal Article 2000

Autor: Ndoye, O. Kaimowitz, D.

The paper analyses how macro-economic and agricultural policies, market fluctuations and demographic changes affected forests in the Humid Forest Zone of Cameroon in four periods between 1967 and 1997. For each period it examines how these variables influenced cocoa, coffee, food, and agro-indust...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18200

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Ndoye, O. ,  Kaimowitz, D. ,  [Macro-economics, markets and the humid forests of Cameroon, 1967-1997] ,  Macro-economics, markets and the humid forests of Cameroon, 1967-1997
Journal Article 2000

Autor: Spilsbury, M.J. Kaimowitz, D.

Funding agencies expect policy researchers to show that their efforts have a measurable impact. This poses a considerable challenge. It was traditionally thought that research influences policy directly and that specific policies can be traced back to particular research findings. However, many a...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18220

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Spilsbury, M.J. ,  Kaimowitz, D. ,  [The influence of research and publications on conventional wisdom and policies affecting forests] ,  The influence of research and publications on conventional wisdom and policies affecting forests
Book Chapter 2001

Autor: Kaimowitz, D. Smith, J.

This paper looks at the impact of the introduction of new soybean technologies on the clearing of natural vegetation (forest and savanna) in southern Brazil, the Brazilian Cerrado, and Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The paper looks at how technological change interacted with other government policies and e...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18226

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Kaimowitz, D. ,  Smith, J. ,  [Soybean technology and the loss of natural vegetation in Brazil and Bolivia] ,  Soybean technology and the loss of natural vegetation in Brazil and Bolivia
Book Chapter 1999

Autor: Angelsen, A. Kaimowitz, D.

This paper addresses under what circumstances technological change in agriculture is likely to increase deforestation and when it will decrease it. It identifies four sets of variables that influence these outcomes: the type of technological change involved, the farmers' socio-economic profile, t...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18304

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Angelsen, A. ,  Kaimowitz, D. ,  [Can new technologies in agriculture save the forests?] ,  Can new technologies in agriculture save the forests?
Journal Article 2001

Autor: Kaimowitz, D.

This paper looks at four "half-truths" about the relations between forests and water in Central America. The first is that deforestation has reduced rainfall in certain regions of Central America. The second is that forest help to maintain dry season stream flow. The third is that deforestation h...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18437

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Kaimowitz, D. ,  [Cuatro medio verdales: la relacion bosques y agua en Centroamericana] ,  Cuatro medio verdales: la relacion bosques y agua en Centroamericana
Book Chapter 2001

Autor: Kaimowitz, D. Pacheco, P. Mendoza, R. Barahona, T.

This paper analyzes the growing role of municipal governments in Bolivia and Nicaragua in forest-related issues on the basis of some thirty case studies. It first provides background information on forest issues and legislation concerning municipal involvement in forest issues in the two countrie...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18465

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Kaimowitz, D. ,  Pacheco, P. ,  Mendoza, R. ,  Barahona, T. ,  [Municipal governments and forest management in Bolivia and Nicaragua] ,  Municipal governments and forest management in Bolivia and Nicaragua
Book Chapter 2001

Autor: Angelsen, A. Kaimowitz, D.

A widespread belief among development and forest researchers and practitioners holds that technological progress in tropical agriculture is good for forest conservation. Higher yield enables farmers to produce the same amount of food on less agricultural land. The alternative view suggests that p...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18466

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Angelsen, A. ,  Kaimowitz, D. ,  [Forest cover and agricultural technology] ,  Forest cover and agricultural technology
Brief 2002

Autor: Scherr, Sara J. White, A. Kaimowitz, D.

This policy brief lays out strategies to improve the contribution of forest markets to local livelihoods. It is offered as a first step in a longer-term effort to promote forest markets that enhance the livelihoods of poor people while conserving forest resources. While forests are providing crit...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18500

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Scherr, Sara J. ,  White, A. ,  Kaimowitz, D. ,  [Making markets work for forest communities] ,  Making markets work for forest communities
Journal Article 2002

Autor: Kaimowitz, D.

Two distinct visions of tropical forests co-exist in the scientific literature. One is more neo-Malthusian. The other is more pro-poor. The evidence increasingly favours the latter, although many uncertainties remain. The pro-poor literature emphasises that poor families create and manage forests...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18501

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Kaimowitz, D. ,  [Toward a pro-poor forest science] ,  Toward a pro-poor forest science

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