In this article the authors assess the potential impacts of projected climate change on water, livelihoods and food security in the Basin Focal Projet basins. The authors consider expected change within the context of recently observed climate variability in the basins to better understand the po...
Mulligan, M.
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Fisher, M.
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Sharma, B
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Xu, Z.X.
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Ringler, Claudia
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Mahe, G
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Jarvis, Andy
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Ramírez Villegas, Julián
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Clanet, J.C.
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Ogilvie, A
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Ahmad, M.
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[The nature and impact of climate change in the challenge program on water and food (CPWF) basins]
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The nature and impact of climate change in the challenge program on water and food (CPWF) basins
En este documento se analiza la problemática del desarrollo basado en industrias de commodities. Al respecto se postula que los enfoques tradicionales no son suficientes para entender las especificidades de estos procesos y sugiere que un marco conceptual adecuado debería tomar en cuenta la evolu...
El presente documento contiene un análisis de la situación del sector geotérmico en América delSur, enfocado en la generación geotermo-eléctrica, con identificación de los principales proyectos y con evaluación de todos los factores que los caracterizan, desde el punto de vista histórico, del rec...
Tabora Merlo, F
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Faustino, J.
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Piedra, MA
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Gómez, M.
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Prins, C
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[Desarrollo de un modelo de fondo ambiental para el manejo y conservación de los recursos de una microcuenca de Honduras]
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Desarrollo de un modelo de fondo ambiental para el manejo y conservación de los recursos de una microcuenca de Honduras
Esta publicación ilustra el potencial de las compensaciones en biodiversidad usando como caso de estudio el sector minero en la región Andina. Para ello, se revisó el estado actual de la diversidad biológica y el marco normativo en Argentina, Bolivia (Estado Plurinacional de), Chile, Colombia y P...
Alonso, Victoria
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Ayala, Mariana
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Chamas, Paula
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Compensaciones por pérdida de biodiversidad y su aplicación en la minería: los casos de la Argentina, Bolivia (Estado Plurinacional de), Chile, Colombia y el Perú
The increasing attention paid to local soil knowledge in recent years is the result of a greater recognition that the knowledge of people who have been interacting with their soils for long time can offer many insights about the sustainable management of tropical soils. This paper describes two a...
Barrios, E.
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Trejo Tercero, M.T.
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[Implications of local soil knowledge for integrated soil management in Latin America]
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Implications of local soil knowledge for integrated soil management in Latin America
Natural resource management problems in agriculture often transcend field or farm boundaries. What happens in one part of landscape depends on management practices in another. Pest and disease problems in crops, soil erosion, problems related to quantity and quality of water are all examples of t...
Ravnborg, Helle Munk
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Guerrero, MP
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[El análisis de los protagonistas sobre la administración de los recursos naturales]
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El análisis de los protagonistas sobre la administración de los recursos naturales
Girvetz, Evan H.
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Zganjar, Chris
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[Dissecting indices of aridity for assessing the impacts of global climate change]
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Dissecting indices of aridity for assessing the impacts of global climate change
Despite the recognition that policy processes are important for sustainable natural resources management (NRM), there is concern that agricultural research and technology development have not been reflected in policy change, nor have they affected decision-making processes of wider communities. M...
Sanginga, Pascal C.
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Kamugisha, RN
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Martin, A
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Kahuru, A
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Stroud, Ann
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[Facilitating participatory processes for policy change in natural resource management : Lessons from the highlands of southwestern Uganda]
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Facilitating participatory processes for policy change in natural resource management : Lessons from the highlands of southwestern Uganda
The thesis of this paper is that the "rational fool" syndrome can be applied to mainstream public sector agricultural research that is conducted in a way that is rational in the short term, but acts against its own long-term viability. Historically, a main concern of such research has been to max...
Ashby, J.A.
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[Integrating research on food and the environment: An exit strategy from the rational fool syndrome in agricultural science]
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Integrating research on food and the environment: An exit strategy from the rational fool syndrome in agricultural science