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Natural Partners: How People in Latin America Are Forging a New Relationship with Their Natural Environment Title: Aliados naturales: La gente de América Latina forja una nueva rel...
Hamilton, Roger - Inter-American Development Bank
The stories included in this volume were published originally in IDBAmérica and tell of new approaches the people of Latin America and the Caribbean are taking to protect the rainforest, reduce erosion, conserve marine life, create protected areas, and ensure a better future for themselves and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772509
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The Future of the Latin American Natural Forests
Dourojeanni, Marc J. - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999
tools to delay the loss of ecosystems and species and reforestation, along with agroforestry, restoration of degraded …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009193395
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Choosing Environmental Policy Tools: Theoretical Cautions and Practical Considerations
Russell, Clifford S.; Powell, Philip T. - Inter-American Development Bank - 1996
This working paper contains a review and analysis of environmental policy tools in Latin America. It contains a review of the instruments themselves and their properties are discussed in both static and dynamic contexts. The report brings together the institutional and more narrowly economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009205970
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Rethinking Forest Resource Use Contracts in Latin America
Hardner, Jared J.; Rice, Richard - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999
This study challenges the current design of forest resource use contracts in Latin America. Radical rethinking of forest resource contracts is imperative, due to the constraints that now face the successful achievement of forest policy objectives of economic development and conservation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009206133
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Investing in Biodiversity Conservation: Proceedings of a Workshop
McNeelly, Jeffrey A.; Southgate, Douglas; Smith, David C.; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 1997
This document presents the proceedings of a one-day Workshop on Investing in Biodiversity Conservation held at the … the presentation of key topics on biodiversity financing by five leaders in the field. The second part of the workshop was … dedicated to a discussion and exchange of ideas on the role of the IDB in investing in biodiversity conservation. Three main …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216210
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Alternatives for Habitat Protection and Rural Income Generation
Southgate, Douglas - Inter-American Development Bank - 1997
The key question the research in this paper tries to answer is whether those four activities truly represent a viable economic alternative in Latin America's environmentally fragile hinterlands. Several cases in each line of activity are analyzed to determine the level and distribution of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009291840
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Managing the Environmental and Social Impacts of a Major IDB Financed Road Improvement Project in Panama: The Case of Darién
Redwood, John - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
The Environment and Safeguards Group (ESG) of the IDB has examined how potential environmental and social risks of major Bank-supported road improvement investments in natural resource rich and socio-culturally diverse "frontier" regions have been identified and addressed in various parts of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010728966
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Principles, Practices, and Challenges for Green Infrastructure Projects in Latin America
Quintero, Juan David - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This paper proposes a concept of green infrastructure, centered on a multi-level approach to infrastructure development that addresses these impacts. The paper argues that only multi-level solutions, encompassing national policy, sector planning, and sound project engineering, will be able to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010728976
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Coastal Setbacks in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Study of Emerging Issues and Trends that Inform Guidelines for Coastal Planning and Development
Simpson, Murray; Clarke, Colleen S.L. Mercer; Clarke, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
associated pressures of pollution, overexploitation of marine and freshwater resources, loss of biodiversity, severe storms, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010728996
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Options Paper: Reducing Climate Risk in IDB Operations
Iqbal, Fareeha Y.; Suding, Paul Hugo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper explores options to minimize threats posed to IDB-financed physical investments by the impacts of climate change. A large proportion of projects are implemented in climate-sensitive sectors (e.g., agriculture, water resources, and transport). In these cases, the norm is to consider...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010729011