Resultados de búsqueda - Deforestation Latin America.

  1. Effectiveness of strict vs. multiple use protected areas in reducing tropical forest fires: a global analysis using matching methods por Nelson, Andrew, Chomitz, Kenneth M.

    Publicado 2011
    “…Matching criteria included distance to road network, distance to major cities, elevation and slope, and rainfall. In Latin America and Asia, strict PAs substantially reduced fire incidence, but multi-use PAs were even more effective. …”
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  2. Pantropical CO2 emissions and removals for the AFOLU sector in the period 1990–2018 por Nyawira, Sylvia S, Herold, Martin, Mulatu, Kalkidan Ayele, Roman-Cuesta, Rosa Maria, Houghton, Richard A., Grassi, Giacomo, Pongratz, Julia, Gasser, Thomas, Verchot, Louis

    Publicado 2024
    “…Continental analysis indicated that the differences between the data sources are much large in sub-Saharan Africa and South and Southeast Asia than in Latin America. Disagreements in the FOLU emission estimates are mainly explained by differences in the managed land areas and the processes considered (i.e., direct vs indirect effects of land use change, and gross vs net accounting for deforestation). …”
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  3. Mapping food businesses with regenerative potential in the Amazon and Central American Dry Corridor por Yamauchi Levy, Max, Amante, Bruna L., Borrero, Daniel, Bonilla-Muñoz, Víctor H., Guzmán, Rosmaiky, Rojas, Claudia, Cotto, Héctor, Detlefsen, Guillermo, Vagliente, Pablo

    Publicado 2025
    “…However, there is a gap in information across Latin America regarding the number, location, and activities of food businesses adopting a regenerative approach, hindering a better understanding of this trend and limiting its potential support in the region. …”
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  4. Alternatives to slash & burn: a global strategy: special project for presentation to the global steering group (GSG): first phase January 1993-December 1997 por International Center for Tropical Agriculture

    Publicado 1992
    “…It is estimated that shifting cultivation accounts for about 70 percent of the deforestation in Africa, 50 percent in Asia, and 30 percent in Latin America of the 14 million hectares of tropical moist forests currently destroyed every year. …”
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  5. REDD+ as a Public Policy Dilemma: Understanding Conflict and Cooperation in the Design of Conservation Incentives por Conceição, H.R. da, Börner, J., Wunder, Sven

    Publicado 2018
    “…Governments have been the driving force behind the largest incentive-based forest conservation programs in Latin America. Many science-based recommendations on how to design effective incentive-based policies have, however, not found much resonance within policy circles. …”
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  6. Forest tenure reform in the age of climate change: lessons for REDD+ por Larson, A.M.

    Publicado 2011
    “…It draws on the findings of a study conducted by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) on forest tenure reforms in selected countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America from 2006 to 2008. The study underlines the numerous obstacles faced by communities after rights are won, in moving from statutory rights to their implementation and to access to benefits on the ground. …”
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  7. What drives policy change for REDD+? A qualitative comparative analysis of the interplay between institutional and policy arena factors por Korhonen-Kurki, Kaisa, Brockhaus, Maria, Sehring, J., Gregorio, M. di, Assembe-Mvondo, Samuel, Babon, A., Bekele, M., Benn, V., Gebara, M.F., Kambire, H., Kengoum Djiegni, F., Maharani, C., Menton, M., Moeliono, M., Ochieng, R., Paudel, N.S., Pham Thu Thuy, Dkamela, G.P., Sitoe, A.

    Publicado 2019
    “…The evaluation of REDD+ revealed that countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America are showing some progress, but some face backlashes in realizing the necessary transformational change to tackle deforestation and forest degradation. …”
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  8. Peruvian authorities are using a gold mining monitoring tool for early detection of illegal gold mining in Southern Amazon por Staiger, Simone

    Publicado 2022
    “…A joint initiative of NASA, USAID, and leading geospatial organizations in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, SERVIR partners with countries in these regions to address critical challenges in climate change, food security, water and related disasters, land use, and air quality. …”
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  9. The impact of COVID-19 on the sustainable intensification of forage-based beef and dairy value chains in Colombia: A blessing and a curse por Burkart, Stefan, Díaz, Manuel Francisco, Enciso, Karen, Charry, Andrés, Triana Ángel, Natalia, Mena, Martín, Urrea Benítez, José Luis, Gallo Caro, Irieleth, Hoek, Rein van der

    Publicado 2022
    “…The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the difficulties associated with the need to transition the cattle sector in Latin America towards achieving sustainability and created a “double crisis” of pandemic and climate change. …”
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  10. Carbon storage in tree biomass dispersed in pastures in the arid Caribbean region of Colombia por Lombo, Darwin Fabián, Burbano, Esteban, Arias, Jaime, Rivera, Milton

    Publicado 2025
    “…According to Armenteras & Rodríguez (2014), the main precursors of deforestation in Latin America are associated with the expansion of the agricultural frontier including for livestock at 42.5% and population growth at 18.85%. …”
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  11. Incentive-based conservation in Peru: Assessing the state of six ongoing PES and REDD+ initiatives por Montoya Zumaeta, J.G., Wunder, Sven, Tacconi, L.

    Publicado 2021
    “…Incentive-based conservation has gained ample notoriety over recent decades, particularly across Latin America where targeted incentives feature prominently in environmental services initiatives, such as for carbon storage or watershed regulation. …”
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  12. Public policies for the development of sustainable cattle sector with silvo-pastoral systems in Colombia, Argentina, and Costa Rica por Burkart, Stefan, Moreno Lerma, Leonardo, Díaz, Manuel, Triana Ángel, Natalia

    Publicado 2023
    “…By contributing more than 25% and 10% to the global beef and milk supply, Latin America and the Caribbean plays an important role in the global cattle industry. …”
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  13. Ecosystem services in livestock farming: Integral valuation framework and field applications por Florez, Jesus Fernando, Louhaichi, Mounir, Yigezu, Yigezu Atnafe, Abdrahmane, Wane, Hassan, Sawsan, Gonzalez Quintero, Ricardo, Notenbaert, An, Burkart, Stefan

    Publicado 2024
    “…Looking ahead, the initiative will focus on expanding evaluations across Latin America and Africa, refining methodologies, and strengthening stakeholder engagement to advance sustainable livestock farming on a global scale.…”
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    Artículo preliminar
  14. Agronomic evaluation of 15 Centrosema sp. accessions in time of maximum and minimum rainfall in Colombia por Sotelo, Mauricio E., Peters, Michael, Arango, Jacobo, Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés

    Publicado 2022
    “…These data indicate that the accession that emerged is a promising option for adoption in livestock systems in Latin America. However, it is recommended to compare the information obtained with the results of other related research in order to identify production niches for it. …”
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  15. Dinámica de los bosques en territorios que transitan entre el conflicto y la construcción de paz: Un análisis espacial con enfoque territorial en municipios de Antioquia priorizado... por Gutiérrez Zapata, Diana Maria, Cerón Muñoz, Mario Fernando, Barahona Rosales, Rolando, Castro-Nuñez, Augusto Carlos, López-Camacho, Maribel, Rodríguez Espinosa, Holmes, Aguilar-Ávila, Jorge

    Publicado 2025
    “…Through this collaboration, the role of universities is acknowledged as fundamental in shaping individuals committed to ecosystem and forest preservation, thereby strengthening their contribution to sustainable development in Latin America.…”
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  16. Management of secondary forests in colonist swidden agriculture in Peru, Brazil and Nicaragua por Smith, J., Finegan, B., Sabogal, C., Gonçalves-Ferreira, M.D.S., Siles Gonzales, G., Kop, P. van de, Díaz Barba, A.

    Publicado 2001
    “…Recent studies have shown that although swidden agriculture contributes to tropical deforestation in Latin America, swidden farmers also regenerate significant areas of secondary forests on their farms as part of the following process. …”
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  17. Winner or loser of climate change? A modeling study of current and future climatic suitability of Arabica coffee in Indonesia por Schroth, Götz, Läderach, Peter R.D., Blackburn Cuero, Diana Sofia, Neilson, Jeffrey, Bunn, Christian

    Publicado 2015
    “…Past studies of the issue have largely focused on Latin America, while the vulnerability of Southeast Asian coffee farmers to climate change has received very little attention. …”
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