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DocumentBalance is beautiful: assessing sustainable development in the rain forests of the Bolivian Amazon 2001
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No results found.This Ph.D. thesis aims at improving the understanding of the economic, environmental and social inter-relationships inherent in development processes. This study specifically deals with the problems and efforts involved in the use of the rain forests of the Bolivian Amazon. The core issues addressed in the different chapters are: economic growth and distribution of income in the Brazil nut industry; the social-institutional constraints in the conduct of transactions by means of the advance payme nt system (habilito), the financial viability of forest management under the new Bolivian forestry law; rent capturing in the timber industry; and an environmentally extended Social Accounting Matrix (ESAM) used to explore the interactions between the economic, environmental and social dimensions of sustainable development. It also compares the benefits of alternative forestland use options The final chapter discusses the policy implications of the various scenarios and formulates recommendation s. -
ProjectIntegrated management of sustainable landscapes for the conservation of the Amazon Forest Biome 2024
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No results found.The objective of the project is to conserve the Venezuelan Amazon rainforest in Amazonas State by promoting sustainable, low-emission, and resilient livelihoods and production, considering governance and planning frameworks with communities (SDGs 2.4, 13.3, 15.4). -
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