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The Natures of Progress: Land Use Dynamics and Forest Trends in Latin America and the Caribbean
Hecht, Susanne B. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Catastrophic deforestation and environmental degradation have become habits of thought about forest landscapes in Latin …. Next, forest resurgence-largely a function of natural regeneration-is widely documented throughout the region on previously … tropical forest trends. Deforestation "hot spots", each with a different political ecology, remain and command attention, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010729000
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The Natures of Progress: Land Use Dynamics and Forest Trends in Latin America and the Caribbean
Hecht, Susanne B. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Catastrophic deforestation and environmental degradation have become habits of thought about forest landscapes in Latin …. Next, forest resurgence-largely a function of natural regeneration-is widely documented throughout the region on previously … tropical forest trends. Deforestation "hot spots", each with a different political ecology, remain and command attention, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654234
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The Pedagogy of Science and Environment: Experimental Evidence from Peru Title: La pedagogía en ciencias y medio ambiente: Evidencias experimentales en Perú
Beuermann, Diether Wolfgang; Ruprah, Inder jit; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
science and environment in public primary schools where traditional (teacher centred) teaching was replaced with student …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944134
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Mobilizing Resources for Supporting Environmental Activities in Developing Countries: The Case of the GEF Trust Fund
Miller, Sebastian; Yu, Bok-Keun - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Mobilizing sufficient resources is essential for supporting environmental activities in developing countries, and cofinancing is generally considered an important tool to help developing countries increase the resources they need. Moreover, cofinancing should increase ownership of projects by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944273
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Strategies and Financial Instruments for Disaster Risk Management in Latin America and the Caribbean
Miller, Stuart; Keipi, Kari - Inter-American Development Bank - 2005
This technical paper investigates potential avenues for reducing economic losses resulting from natural hazards, and discusses ex ante and ex post issues affecting disaster risk management. It also assesses how both types of measures can be jointly used to reduce the economic impact of disasters...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216179
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Facing the Challenges of Sustainable Development: The IDB and the Environment: 1992-2002
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2002
environmental sustainability. The IDB prepared this document with a particular focus on the environment and this document sets forth … the essential elements of the institution's environment strategy in order to obtain feedback from the development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216183
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Technical Seminar on Water and Poverty for Latin America and the Caribbean: Setting a Research Agenda
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; … - 2003
This document is the Final Report prepared by the National Center for the Environment (CENMA) of the University of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216204
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Conservación de ecosistemas de agua dulce: Hacia una estrategia de manejo integrado de recursos hídricos
Bucher, Enrique; Castro, Gonzalo; Floris, Vinio - Inter-American Development Bank - 1997
El presente informe (ENV-114) da cuenta de la importancia humana de los ecosistemas de agua dulce, que además de servir de hábitat fundamentales para una amplia variedad de especies, proporcionan diversos beneficios a la sociedad. Asimismo advierte sobre las cuestiones de sostenibilidad de las...
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Adaptation to Climate Change and Managing Disaster Risk in the Caribbean and South-East Asia
Agency, Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response; Center, … - Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2003
This report includes the proceedings of the Seminar on Climate Change and Severe Weather Events in the Caribbean and Asia, held in Barbados at the Grand Barbados Beach Resort on July 24-25, 2003. The seminar provided a forum in which experts from the Southeast Asian and Caribbean regions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216207
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A Review of the Use of Contingent Valuation Methods in Project Analysis at the Inter-American Development Bank
Ardila, Sergio; Quiroga, Ricardo; Vaughan, William J. - Inter-American Development Bank - 1998
This paper (ENV-126) was originally presented at a National Science Foundation Workshop on Alternatives to Traditional Contingent Valuation Methods in Environmental Valuation, held at Vanderbilt University, Nashville Tennessee, on October 15-16, 1998. This paper reviews the past ten years of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216209