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Natural resource conservation with peoples' participation in the uplands of the Maribios Volcanic Ranges of Nicaragua. I. Appropriate land use and rural social diversity
(IICA, San José (Costa Rica), 1993-07)
Biophysical and socioeconomic problems related to natural resource conservation of the uplands of the Maribios volcanic ranges of Nicaragua are discussed. Since the USDA method for land classification was found to be ...
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 ...
Natural resource conservation in the Maribios uplands of Nicaragua. III. Conceptual framework for incentives
(IICA, San José (Costa Rica), 1993-07)
Considerable work has been done on conservation incentives, but a simple, uniform decision-making criterion is still lacking. This paper develops a decision-making tool in the form of a three-part conceptual framework for ...
Carbon Footprint: What is it and how to measure it?
(2013-08-12)
Agroforestry timber production in Central America : population dynamics and information technologies in Nicacentro and Trifinio
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2015)
The importance of tropical timber for human activities in developing and developed countries is widely recognized. However, the timber supply from tropical forests has greatly suffered due to the increasing deforestation ...
The influence of habitat complexity and landscape context on the biodiversity conservation value of cacao agroforests in Waslala, Nicaragua
(2010)
La deforestación de los bosques naturales ha conllevado a investigar el papel que juegan los agroecosistemas en la conservación de la biodiversidad. Cultivos agrícolas bajo sombra, como los sistemas agroforestales de cacao, ...
Traditional cocoa agroforestry systems in Waslala, Nicaragua: adoption of technology and adaptation to local environment and priorities
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), Turrialba (Costa Rica) | DANIDA, Turrialba (Costa Rica) | GTZ, Eschborn (Alemania) | ICRAF, Nairobi (Kenya) | IUFRO, Viena (Austria), 1999)
Elucidating Pathways and Discourses Linking Cocoa Cultivation to Deforestation, Reforestation, and Tree Cover Change in Nicaragua and Peru
(2021-06-17)
Cocoa cultivation is labeled as a driver of both deforestation and reforestation, yet the extent of the phenomena varies at farm and landscape level and as a response to national and local contexts. In this study, we ...