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...
Aguelo, L.A.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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[Implicaciones institucionales y metodológicas para promover un patrón tecnológico más sostenible para la agricultura]
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Implicaciones institucionales y metodológicas para promover un patrón tecnológico más sostenible para la agricultura
Aguelo, L.A.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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[Implicaciones institucionales y metodológicas para promover un patrón tecnológico más sostenible para la agricultura]
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Implicaciones institucionales y metodológicas para promover un patrón tecnológico más sostenible para la agricultura
This brief paper presents basic background information on decentralization in Bolivia and the role of municipal governments in forest management. Then it provides some possible lessons from the Bolivian experience for Central America. In concludes that decentralization opens new opportunities for...
Kaimowitz, D.
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[La gestion local de recursos forestales: la experienca Boliviana 94-98]
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La gestion local de recursos forestales: la experienca Boliviana 94-98
Since the end of the 1990s, municipal governments are increasingly adopting a pro-environment/pro-forest discourse in Amazonia. In most cases, a strengthening of the local administrative and technical agencies that deal with environment, forest, and land use follows this change in the discourse. ...
Toni, F.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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[O papel dos municipios na gestao florestal: licoes dos estudos de caso]
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O papel dos municipios na gestao florestal: licoes dos estudos de caso
Porto de Moz is a small municipality (22.460 inhabitants) bordered by the Xingu and Amazonas Rivers, in the state of Pará. The local economy is based on small-scale agriculture, fishing, and timber extraction. Land ownership is extremely concentrated, and a large part of the municipal lands are u...