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This chapter looks at the municipal government of Riberalta, Bolivia and its role in forest management. Riberalta is located in the northern Bolivian Amazon and depends heavily on Brazil nuts harvesting and processing, as well as logging and agriculture. The traditional local elite has maintained...


Kaimowitz, D.Bojanic Helbingen, A.J.[Riberalta: extractivistas bajo una élite tradicional]Riberalta: extractivistas bajo una élite tradicional

For hundreds of millions of people, biodiversity is about eating, staying healthy, and finding shelter. Meeting these people’s basic needs should receive greater priority in the conservation agenda.Wild and semi-wild plants and animals contribute significantly to nutrition, health care, income, a...


Kaimowitz, D.Sheil, Douglas[Conserving what and for whom? why conservation should help meet basic human needs in the tropics]Conserving what and for whom? why conservation should help meet basic human needs in the tropics

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...


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

In the 1980s, Nicaragua's Sandinista government faced armed mestizo and indigenous insurgencies in much of the nation's central and eastern region. After the Sandinistas lost the 1990 elections, the in-coming government signed peace agreements with the insurgents and facilitated their return to c...


Kaimowitz, D.Faune, A.[Contras and comandantes: armed movements and forest conservation in Nicaragua's Bosawas biosphere reserve]Contras and comandantes: armed movements and forest conservation in Nicaragua's Bosawas biosphere reserve

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