Colombia
A comprehensive work on the páramo plant diversity is now available in a checklist form. The need of this type of publication is increasingly acknowledged by the growing number of professionals interested in biodiversity. Despite its clearly aligned botanical audience, the book can serve to a greater readership because it touches the páramos from different aspects....
To the Kogi Indians of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, in Colombia, the Sierra is 'the heart of the world'. One man is at the centre of effort to restore that heart to good health.
The Kogi Indians believe the Sierra moves between good and evil, between day and night, between south and north, searching for equilibrium, says Juan Mayr, founder and director of the...
The sustainability of rural development initiatives (including forestry) depends greatly on the capacities of the institutions involved, the relationships among them and their relative power. Therefore a strategy to foster pluralistic approaches to rural development should focus on building the capacities of those who have typically been marginalized by development strategies and discussions...
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