The objective of this article is to understand how the promotion of clusters of small economic agents in the gem sector has brought some improvements in the economic, social and environmental conditions in the mining sector and activities related to it. The research provides policy and...

In the Brazilian Amazon, insecure property rights are among the main causes of land conflicts and deforestation. Through an in-depth empirical case study in Maranhao in the Eastern Amazon, this research analyzes how distorted agrarian, forest and environmental policies, laws and regulations...

In this article, an overall review is made of Colombian’s foreign commercial and financial evolution, in relation to the economic policies of the last three governments (Alfonso Lopez Michelsen s: 1974-1978, Julio César Turbay Ayala's: 1978-1982, and Belisario Betancur Cuartas up to the...

Prospective vision research project to influence decisions maker's aware in the strategic vision research to public and private sectors to fortification actions in aggregate value to vegetal and animal products to forestry, agricultural and livestock sector using to evaluation the 58 expert's...

La intencion del presente texto es contribuir a la reflecion sobre los fenomenos relacionados con la bueva functionalidad del mundo rural y las valoraciones que se realizan desde los medios urbanos. Pretendemos argumentar que el turismo en las zonas rurales se encueritra articulado a las nuevas...

The use of biofuels is a key factor in this transition away from fossil fuels. Today, biofuels are only a small share of world total energy supply. The characterization of biomass is a substantial improvement in the valorization of these resources, allowing a rational and controlled use of its...

[ES] La necesidad de determinar los requerimientos del cliente y satisfacerlos se ha convertido en el principal objetivo de las empresas. Gestionar esa actividad, comúnmente asociada al departamento de marketing, ha llegado a ser el fin de cualquier sistema de calidad, y por ende, del resto de...