Andes
For centuries, farmers living in the foothills of the Cotacachi Volcano have made their living by cultivating small plots of land with a diverse assortment of native crops, many of which are little-known outside the Andes. The Cotacachi communities are located within one of the world’s primary centers of crop domestication. Crops grown here include numerous local maize varieties; Andean...
Water is in the air we breathe and beneath the ground we walk on. The very substance of life, it makes up as much as 60 percent of the human body. And yet, for one billion people there is such a thing as life without water. These are the people seen in Dry - those who live in the dry lands of Africa, Asia, the Pacific, and the Americas, eking out an existence at once remarkable and mundane...
This report presents the perceptions and experiences of farmers from various regions of the Peruvian Andes on issues related to farmers' rights. The aim of the study is to contribute to the debate as well as to practical efforts aimed at realising farmers’ rights in Peru, while also generating information useful for other countries.
The central recommendations of this...
This report presents the perceptions and experiences of farmers from various regions of the Peruvian Andes on issues related to farmers' rights. The aim of the study is to contribute to the debate as well as to practical efforts aimed at realising farmers’ rights in Peru, while also generating information useful for other countries.
The central recommendations of this...
As the international community is gearing towards shifting values and attitudes making adjustments in trending environmental protection campaigns, the accepted paradigm points towards the need to minimize the impacts on mountain landscapes subjected to climate change due to global warming. Hitherto, research policy and the subsequent funding for proposals dealing with climate change have...
The development of GM crops is to build-in resistance to insects and diseases, which in turn is expected to reduce the negative impact of agrochemicals on health and the environment. Research on genetic modification taking place in the Andean countries is predominantly focusing on plant health. Significant financial and human resources are being invested in research that will eventually bring...
Bolivia is the country with the largest number of llamas in the world. The llamas are part of the life strategy of the poor peasant families in the country. These animals are a means of transport, provide nutrition in the form of meat, manure used as fertiliser and fuel, provide wool for garments and similar articles. Llamas are intimately connected to the culture and cosmovision of the Andean...
“Childhood and biodiversity in the Peruvian Andes” is a project that ensures the values of small-scale farmers’ communities who are under increasing pressure to modernize their livelihoods in an economic context that is increasingly dominated by market forces. Respect for and understanding of the values, skills and knowledge developed over generations are in danger of being...
Ponds are not new in Bolivia. In the past, they were associated with large-scale cattle ranches in the lowlands of Santa Cruz. However, traces of traditional ponds are also found all over the semi-dry inter-Andean mountainous region between 1,000 and 3,000 metres. These ponds were simple, mostly used for watering livestock, and usually had a storage capacity of less than 500 m3. They were...
Part of the worldwide biodiversity program DIVERSITAS, the Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA) assesses the biological richness of high-elevation biota. GMBA’s focus includes the uppermost forest regions or their substitute rangeland vegetation, the treeline ecotone, and the alpine and nival belts. Providing more than description, the GMBA explains the causes of biological...
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