Identification of development indicators in tropical mountainous regions and some implications for natural resource policy designs: an integrated community case study
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Auteurs : J. Kammerbauer ; B. Cordoba ; R. Escolán ; S. Flores ; V. Ramirez ; J. Zeled NSource :
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In tropical and subtropical countries a social gradient can be observed in mountainous regions between small-scale farmers on fragile ecosystems associated with human poverty, and the fertile plains and broad valleys with large-scale cash crop productions and industrial centers associated with relative economic welfare. Sustainable community development paths have to be identified in these less privileged regions. The objective of this study was to make a contribution for defining and assessing development indicators at community level, including ecological, economic and social dimensions, to elicit the conflicting objectives in development and to discuss some practical implications. The study was performed in a typical watershed in central Honduras and special attention was given to autochthonous and qualitative indicators for development. Using the pressure-state-response model as a framework, a series of indicators were identified and assessed, which were also used by the local population and grouped into landscape structure, soil fertility, water availability and quality, production system and extractive activities, economic and social performance, and institutions. The development path in this specific case illustrated the transition from an expansive forest conversion agriculture to an intensified and diversified agriculture. This was made possible through technology transfer and improved market access. However, this development path, while increasing economic welfare, generated increasing negative environmental impacts caused by pesticide residues, soil erosion and less regular water supply. As the watershed carrying capacity for traditional shifting cultivation (used as a system indicator) reached its ecological limit, new sustainable development strategies had to be identified. The implications of the study for policy design are that tools need to be provided for natural and environmental resource monitoring, which may consist of sustainability goal definitions, a minimal set of indicators and simple maps for planning land use at local level.
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Sustainable community development paths have to be identified in these less privileged regions. The objective of this study was to make a contribution for defining and assessing development indicators at community level, including ecological, economic and social dimensions, to elicit the conflicting objectives in development and to discuss some practical implications. The study was performed in a typical watershed in central Honduras and special attention was given to autochthonous and qualitative indicators for development. Using the pressure-state-response model as a framework, a series of indicators were identified and assessed, which were also used by the local population and grouped into landscape structure, soil fertility, water availability and quality, production system and extractive activities, economic and social performance, and institutions. The development path in this specific case illustrated the transition from an expansive forest conversion agriculture to an intensified and diversified agriculture. This was made possible through technology transfer and improved market access. However, this development path, while increasing economic welfare, generated increasing negative environmental impacts caused by pesticide residues, soil erosion and less regular water supply. As the watershed carrying capacity for traditional shifting cultivation (used as a system indicator) reached its ecological limit, new sustainable development strategies had to be identified. 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The development path in this specific case illustrated the transition from an expansive forest conversion agriculture to an intensified and diversified agriculture. This was made possible through technology transfer and improved market access. However, this development path, while increasing economic welfare, generated increasing negative environmental impacts caused by pesticide residues, soil erosion and less regular water supply. As the watershed carrying capacity for traditional shifting cultivation (used as a system indicator) reached its ecological limit, new sustainable development strategies had to be identified. 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The implications of the study for policy design are that tools need to be provided for natural and environmental resource monitoring, which may consist of sustainability goal definitions, a minimal set of indicators and simple maps for planning land use at local level.</ce:simple-para></ce:abstract-sec></ce:abstract><ce:keywords class="keyword"><ce:section-title>Keywords</ce:section-title><ce:keyword><ce:text>Indicators</ce:text></ce:keyword><ce:keyword><ce:text>Sustainability</ce:text></ce:keyword><ce:keyword><ce:text>Rural development</ce:text></ce:keyword><ce:keyword><ce:text>Natural resources policies</ce:text></ce:keyword><ce:keyword><ce:text>Honduras</ce:text></ce:keyword></ce:keywords></head></converted-article></istex:document></istex:metadataXml><mods version="3.6"><titleInfo lang="en"><title>Identification of development indicators in tropical mountainous regions and some implications for natural resource policy designs: an integrated community case study</title></titleInfo><titleInfo type="alternative" lang="en" contentType="CDATA"><title>Identification of development indicators in tropical mountainous regions and some implications for natural resource policy designs: an integrated community case study</title></titleInfo><name type="personal"><namePart type="given">J</namePart><namePart type="family">Kammerbauer</namePart><affiliation>Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Biology, Pan-American Agricultural School, Zamorano, P.O. Box 93, Tegucigalpa, Honduras</affiliation><affiliation>E-mail: kammerbauer@zuper.net</affiliation><description>Corresponding author. Present address: Ecology Institute, Campus Universitario C. #27 Cota Cota, Casilla 10077, La Paz, Bolivia. Tel./fax: +591-2-797511</description><role><roleTerm type="text">author</roleTerm></role></name><name type="personal"><namePart type="given">B</namePart><namePart type="family">Cordoba</namePart><affiliation>Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Biology, Pan-American Agricultural School, Zamorano, P.O. Box 93, Tegucigalpa, Honduras</affiliation><role><roleTerm type="text">author</roleTerm></role></name><name type="personal"><namePart type="given">R</namePart><namePart type="family">Escolán</namePart><affiliation>Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Biology, Pan-American Agricultural School, Zamorano, P.O. Box 93, Tegucigalpa, Honduras</affiliation><role><roleTerm type="text">author</roleTerm></role></name><name type="personal"><namePart type="given">S</namePart><namePart type="family">Flores</namePart><affiliation>Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Biology, Pan-American Agricultural School, Zamorano, P.O. Box 93, Tegucigalpa, Honduras</affiliation><role><roleTerm type="text">author</roleTerm></role></name><name type="personal"><namePart type="given">V</namePart><namePart type="family">Ramirez</namePart><affiliation>Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Biology, Pan-American Agricultural School, Zamorano, P.O. Box 93, Tegucigalpa, Honduras</affiliation><role><roleTerm type="text">author</roleTerm></role></name><name type="personal"><namePart type="given">J</namePart><namePart type="family">Zeledón</namePart><affiliation>Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Biology, Pan-American Agricultural School, Zamorano, P.O. Box 93, Tegucigalpa, Honduras</affiliation><role><roleTerm type="text">author</roleTerm></role></name><typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource><genre type="research-article" displayLabel="Full-length article"></genre><originInfo><publisher>ELSEVIER</publisher><dateIssued encoding="w3cdtf">2001</dateIssued><dateModified encoding="w3cdtf">2000-04-04</dateModified><copyrightDate encoding="w3cdtf">2001</copyrightDate></originInfo><language><languageTerm type="code" authority="iso639-2b">eng</languageTerm><languageTerm type="code" authority="rfc3066">en</languageTerm></language><physicalDescription><internetMediaType>text/html</internetMediaType></physicalDescription><abstract lang="en">In tropical and subtropical countries a social gradient can be observed in mountainous regions between small-scale farmers on fragile ecosystems associated with human poverty, and the fertile plains and broad valleys with large-scale cash crop productions and industrial centers associated with relative economic welfare. Sustainable community development paths have to be identified in these less privileged regions. The objective of this study was to make a contribution for defining and assessing development indicators at community level, including ecological, economic and social dimensions, to elicit the conflicting objectives in development and to discuss some practical implications. The study was performed in a typical watershed in central Honduras and special attention was given to autochthonous and qualitative indicators for development. Using the pressure-state-response model as a framework, a series of indicators were identified and assessed, which were also used by the local population and grouped into landscape structure, soil fertility, water availability and quality, production system and extractive activities, economic and social performance, and institutions. The development path in this specific case illustrated the transition from an expansive forest conversion agriculture to an intensified and diversified agriculture. This was made possible through technology transfer and improved market access. However, this development path, while increasing economic welfare, generated increasing negative environmental impacts caused by pesticide residues, soil erosion and less regular water supply. As the watershed carrying capacity for traditional shifting cultivation (used as a system indicator) reached its ecological limit, new sustainable development strategies had to be identified. The implications of the study for policy design are that tools need to be provided for natural and environmental resource monitoring, which may consist of sustainability goal definitions, a minimal set of indicators and simple maps for planning land use at local level.</abstract><note type="content">Section title: ANALYSIS</note><note type="content">Fig. 1: General map and La Lima watershed in Honduras, Central America.</note><note type="content">Fig. 2: Steps of the sustainability assessment procedure and indicator framework in the La Lima watershed.</note><note type="content">Fig. 3: The estimated development path of the La Lima watershed from 1955 to 1995.</note><note type="content">Table 1: Summary of study methods used in the La Lima watershed</note><note type="content">Table 2: Examples of indicators on land use change, soil characteristics and water availability and quality identified and assessed in the La Lima watersheda</note><note type="content">Table 3: Examples of indicators on production systems, economic and social performance and institutions identified and assessed in the La Lima watersheda</note><subject lang="en"><genre>Keywords</genre><topic>Indicators</topic><topic>Sustainability</topic><topic>Rural development</topic><topic>Natural resources policies</topic><topic>Honduras</topic></subject><relatedItem type="host"><titleInfo><title>Ecological Economics</title></titleInfo><titleInfo type="abbreviated"><title>ECOLEC</title></titleInfo><genre type="journal">journal</genre><originInfo><dateIssued encoding="w3cdtf">200101</dateIssued></originInfo><identifier type="ISSN">0921-8009</identifier><identifier type="PII">S0921-8009(00)X0070-5</identifier><part><date>200101</date><detail type="volume"><number>36</number><caption>vol.</caption></detail><detail type="issue"><number>1</number><caption>no.</caption></detail><extent unit="issue pages"><start>1</start><end>188</end></extent><extent unit="pages"><start>45</start><end>60</end></extent></part></relatedItem><identifier type="istex">2D268896C1A418D6820B60D96471AB4B57F9A586</identifier><identifier type="DOI">10.1016/S0921-8009(00)00206-8</identifier><identifier type="PII">S0921-8009(00)00206-8</identifier><accessCondition type="use and reproduction" contentType="copyright">©2001 Elsevier Science B.V.</accessCondition><recordInfo><recordContentSource>ELSEVIER</recordContentSource><recordOrigin>Elsevier Science B.V., ©2001</recordOrigin></recordInfo></mods></metadata><serie></serie></istex></record>Pour manipuler ce document sous Unix (Dilib)
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