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A rapid assessment tool for integrated watershed management: a case study from La Plata river in South America
(2013)
Environment quality indicators can be inadequate when measuring the short-term impacts of projects and actions within
an integrated watershed management approach. Quantifiable changes in environmental indicators often ...
La ganadería orgánica en Chiapas : una alternativa para la inocuidad alimentaria
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 2011)
Identifica la inocuidad alimentaria dentro de la calidad en la producción y elaboración de los productos alimenticios, dentro de la agricultura orgánica para la integración de pequeños productores en Chiapas, México.
Extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals
(Science, 2019)
Habitat loss is the primary driver of biodiversity decline worldwide, but the effects of fragmentation (the spatial
arrangement of remaining habitat) are debated. We tested the hypothesis that forest fragmentation ...
Identificación de amenazas, estrategias de manejo y conservación de los servicios ecosistémicos en Subcuenca “La Suiza” Chiapas, México
(Universidad Nacional de Loja. Las Argelias (Ecuador), 2018)
The sub-basin "La Suiza" due to its geographical and political location presents a high range
of generation of ecosystem services. The purpose of the study was to: Identify spatially the
threats that put at risk the ...
Mapping climate change adaptive capacity and vulnerability of smallholder agricultural livelihoods in Central America: ranking and descriptive approaches to support adaptation strategies
(Springer, 2016)
Climate change is one of the main threats to rural livelihoods in Central America, especially for small and medium-sized farmers. Climate change vulnerability assessment (CCVA) integrates biophysical and socioeconomic ...
Informe de país: Logros e impactos 2010
(2015-11-03)
Informe País 2009: Guatemala
(2015-11-03)
The Motivation for Organic Grain Farming in the United States: Profits, Lifestyle, or the Environment?
(2012)
The objective of this research is to identify and quantify the motivations for organic grain
farming in the United States. Survey data of US organic grain producers were used in regression models to find the statistical ...
Los agroecosistemas cafetaleros modernos y su relación con la conservación de mariposas en paisajes fragmentados
(2018)
Land use change by the intensification of agriculture contributes to tropical forest fragmentation
and biodiversity loss. In this sense, in comparison with traditional agroforestry systems (AFS), modern
AFS are considered ...
¿Las cercas vivas ayudan a la conservación de la diversidad de mariposas en paisajes agropecuarios?
(2015-11-03)
Do live fences help conserve butterfly diversity in agricultural landscapes? In Central America,
natural forests have been transformed into agriculture production areas, generating forest fragmentation, desertification,
erosion ...