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    Forests

    Peer-reviewed publication
    January, 2012
    Nicaragua, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Chile, Brazil

    Based on theoretical underpinnings and an empirical review of forest laws and regulations of selected countries throughout the Americas, we examine key components of natural forest management and how they are addressed in the legal frameworks of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Uruguay, and the U.S.

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    Forests

    Peer-reviewed publication
    January, 2021
    Panama, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Belize

    An ever-increasing demand for agriculture while conserving biodiversity, maintaining livelihoods, and providing critical ecosystem services is one of the largest challenges for tropical land management across the Central American Isthmus today. Climatic and anthropogenic drivers threaten to cause changes in the forest cover and composition for this region, and therefore, understanding the dynamics of these systems and their variability across space and through time is important for discerning current and future responses.

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    Aporte de las acciones FLEGT para el fortalecimiento de las opciones de la Estrategia Nacional REDD+ en Panamá

    Reports & Research
    December, 2018
    Latin America and the Caribbean, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Colombia

    La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), en convenio con el Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), ha buscado determinar en qué medida las acciones para el fortalecimiento del Programa FLEGT (aplicación de las leyes, gobernanza y comercio forestales) podrán contribuir a la mitigación del cambio climático en el contexto de REDD+ (Estrategia para la reducción de emisiones por deforestación y degradación de bosques).

  4. Library Resource
    Document aggregated from Resource Equity Landwise Database
    January, 1985
    Guatemala
  5. Library Resource
    Document aggregated from Resource Equity Landwise Database
    January, 1963
    Guatemala
  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2019
    Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Central America, Guatemala, Mexico, South America, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru

    The extensive arable land and great biodiversity present in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have the potential to ensure sustenance and a good quality of life for its more than 600 million inhabitants. LAC has experienced important changes in land use. When the Europeans arrived in the 15th century, the forest cover of LAC accounted for approximately 75 per cent of the territory.

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