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Bolivia is one of the top 15 countries in the world in terms of
biodiversity and endemic species. Consequently, the
international conservation community is very active, and more
than 16% of the country's surface has been declared protected
area.
However, Bolivia is also one of the poorest countries in the
Americas, desperately seeking ways of rapid development. This
often involves the exploitation of natural resources, including
land, timber, minerals and petroleum in protected areas.
Given that conservation and human development are both very
worthwhile objectives, it is important to find ways to maximize
both simultaneously, or at the very least have the other
objective in mind when maximizing the one that one considers of
primary importance.
Balancing and
integrating the objectives of conservation and human development
in Bolivia is what we are trying to do in a series of joint
projects with many other development and conservation
institutions in Bolivia.
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1)
Conservation and Human Development in the Amboró-Madidi Corridor
Investigate
the degree of conflict between conservation and human development in the
Amboró-Madidi Corredor, and find ways to reduce this conflict.
Lykke E. Andersen
George Gray-Molina, Eduardo Forno, María
Sol Aguilar, Kathryn Anderson, Antonio Aranibar, Natalia Araujo, Jorge
Cortés, Jairo Escobar, Julia Elena la Fuente, Timothy J. Killeen,
Cecilia Ledezma, Juan Carlos Ledezma, Consuelo Luna, Ramiro Molina,
Robert Müller, Milenka Ocampo, Cándido Pastor, Bernardo Peredo,
Sebastián Quispe, Stephen Taranto, Martín Vargas.
UNDP, Conservation International.
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Andersen, L. E., M. Ocampo &
M. Vargas (2006)
"Conservación
y Desarrollo Humano: Un Análisis Dinámico-Cuantitativo del Corredor
Amboró-Madidi." Development Research Working Paper No. 03/2006.
Institute for Advanced Development Studies, La Paz, Bolivia. April.
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Andersen, L. E., J.C. Ledezma
& M. Vargas (2006) "Un
Mosaico de Conservación, Desarrollo Humano y Tensiones en el Corredor
Amboró-Madidi."
Development Research Working Paper No.
04/2006. Institute for Advanced Development Studies, La Paz, Bolivia.
June.
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Anderson, K. & L. E. Andersen
(2006) "Herramientas
de Conservación: Un Menú de Instrumentos para el Corredor Amboró-Madidi."
Development Research Working Paper No.
06/2006. Institute for Advanced Development Studies, La Paz, Bolivia.
July.
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Peredo, B. (2006) "Oportunidades
y Desafíos para el Desarrollo Humano Sostenible: Características,
Beneficios y Valores de la Biodiversidad y los Servicios Ambientales en
el Corredor Amboró-Madidi."
Development Research Working Paper No.
07/2006. Institute for Advanced Development Studies, La Paz, Bolivia.
July.
2)
The Impact of Land Use Change on the Economy of Santa Cruz
To
investigate the relationship between land use change (mostly
deforestation) and economic performance in the department of Santa Cruz.
Timothy J. Killeen
Lykke E. Andersen, Carmen Crespo,
Liliana Soria.
The Natural History Museum Noel
Kempff Mercado, WWF.
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