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Book Chapter 2002

Autor: Kaimowitz, D.

Approximately 25 millon people live in the main forested regions of Latin America. The forestry sector there directly provides two or three million jobs and perhaps another three or four million people work in related activities. Many poor households use fuelwood, hunt wild animals, and benefit f...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18629

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Kaimowitz, D. ,  [Pobreza y bosques en America Latina: una agenda de accion] ,  Pobreza y bosques en America Latina: una agenda de accion
Journal Article 2008

Autor: Kaimowitz, D.

The general reluctance of policy makers to include forests in discussions about global warming has changed with the development of measures to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD). Mesoamerica presents a logical starting point to promote REDD due to the extent of its forest,...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/19980

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Kaimowitz, D. ,  [The prospects for Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) in Mesoamerica] ,  The prospects for Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) in Mesoamerica
Working Paper 1999

Autor: Sizer, N. Downes, D. Kaimowitz, D.
Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18895

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Sizer, N. ,  Downes, D. ,  Kaimowitz, D. ,  [Tree trade: liberalization of international commerce in forest products: risks and opportunities] ,  Tree trade: liberalization of international commerce in forest products: risks and opportunities
Book Chapter 2004

Autor: Kaimowitz, D.

This chapter examines the policy debate related to the links between forests and water in Central America and the approaches that policymakers and others have used to address the perceived problems, with emphasis on the siltation of large reservoirs. It shows how political, institutional, and tec...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/19001

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Kaimowitz, D. ,  [Useful myths and intractable truths: the politics of the links between forests and water in Central America] ,  Useful myths and intractable truths: the politics of the links between forests and water in Central America
Book 1998

Autor: Balanza, P.P. Kaimowitz, D.

This book looks at the role of municipal governments in lowland Bolivia in forest management since passage of a popular participation law in 1994 and a new forestry law in 1996. It covers issues related to logging, protected area management, land use planning, indigenous territories, and non-timb...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/17941

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Balanza, P.P. ,  Kaimowitz, D. ,  [Municipios y gestion forestal en el tropico Boliviano] ,  Municipios y gestion forestal en el tropico Boliviano
Journal Article 1996

Autor: Kaimowitz, D.

This article analyzes why it has been easier to promote some types of environmental policy reform in Latin America than others. It first looks at the main groups that might promote such reforms - developed country organizations, the urban middle class, groups that have direct material interests i...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/17553

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Kaimowitz, D. ,  [The political economy of environmental policy reform in Latin America] ,  The political economy of environmental policy reform in Latin America
Book Chapter 1996

Autor: Kaimowitz, D. Segura, O.

This chapter examines the political and economic factors that explain why certain environmental policy reforms have been more successful in Costa Rica than others. In particular, it looks at why the country has advanced much faster in terms of reducing deforestation and creating national parks th...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/17584

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Kaimowitz, D. ,  Segura, O. ,  [The political dimension of implementing environmental reform: lessons from Costa Rica] ,  The political dimension of implementing environmental reform: lessons from Costa Rica
Journal Article 1996

Autor: Kaimowitz, D.

This article analyzes why it has been easier to promote some types of environmental policy reform in Latin America than others. It first looks at the main groups that might promote such reforms - developed country organizations, the urban middle class, groups that have direct material interests i...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/17583

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Kaimowitz, D. ,  [The political economy of environmental policy reform in Latin America] ,  The political economy of environmental policy reform in Latin America
Journal Article 1999

Autor: Angelsen, A. Kaimowitz, D.

This article, which synthesizes the results of more than 140 economic models analyzing the causes of tropical deforestation, raises significant doubts about many conventional hypotheses in the debate about deforestation. More roads, higher agricultural prices, lower wages, and a shortage of off-f...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18018

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Angelsen, A. ,  Kaimowitz, D. ,  [Rethinking the causes of deforestation: lessons from economic models] ,  Rethinking the causes of deforestation: lessons from economic models
Book Chapter 1999

Autor: Vanclay, J.K. Kaimowitz, D. Puntodewo, A. Mendez, P.

A GIS compiled by the Departmental Government of Santa Cruz, Bolivia offers data that may help to resolve some competing theories of tropical deforestation. The GIS contains many attributes relating to land use at two points in time, 1989 and 1994, and allow us to address questions like: What has...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18097

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Vanclay, J.K. ,  Kaimowitz, D. ,  Puntodewo, A. ,  Mendez, P. ,  [Spatially explicit model of deforestation in Bolivia] ,  Spatially explicit model of deforestation in Bolivia

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