In the Argentina Biodiversity
Conservation Project, a social assessment (SA) helped the
Government of Argentina/World Bank team develop a
cooperative approach to protected areas management. Social
analysis and participatory research helped the task team
understand the range of potential social impacts and risks
to people living in proposed protected areas, and to the
project itself. The resulting recommendations were put

The Little Green Data Book represents a
succinct collection of information from the World
Development Indicators 2002, and its accompanying CD-ROM.
The data compiled in this issue corresponds to the period
between 1997 and 2000, unless otherwise noted, for the
headings of agriculture, forests, biodiversity, energy,
emissions and pollution, water and sanitation, and
"greener" national accounts aggregates - 2000,

The study reviews the challenges water
resources management faces, and the opportunities for policy
formulation towards sustainable development in Argentina,
where regardless of prudent public finances management,
water resources management remain disproportionately
backward compared to regional, and international best
practices. Hence, within a frame of reference on the
country's population, institutions, and legal

The objective of the project is to
improve the environmental management capacity in Madagascar
through the implementation of institutional development and
emergency actions. Project components included: (i)
protection and management of biodiversity; (ii)
community-based soil conservation and watershed management;
(iii) mapping and remote sensing for improved natural
resources management; (iv) improved land security through

This Strategy Note sets out a framework
for World Bank involvement in the environment sector in the
immediate to medium term. It elaborates upon and reinforces
the environmental objectives specified in Thailand's
Eighth National Economic and Social Development Plan
(1997-2001) and the World Bank's Country Assistance
Strategy for 1998. This report is organized in six sections.
Section 1 provides a brief introduction to the changing

Conservation is often viewed as a
tradeoff between the development of short-term benefits and
protection for long-term benefits. However, with the
appropriate mechanisms, it is possible to achieve both aims.
The justification to protect parks in developing countries
can be based on an economic rationale rather than a
primarily social or environmental one. Enhancing the revenue
earning potential of protected areas from tourism, and

Parks and protected areas are valuable
assets to developing nations, whether viewed as
environmental, economic or social goods. Nevertheless, to
date there are few examples where the full potential
economic rent of protected areas has been captured
efficiently or distributed effectively. This severely limits
the capacity of developing nations to sustain their natural
resources. In Sub-Saharan Africa the crisis is acute,

The Sahel Operational Review (SOR) seeks
to accelerate the transfer of lessons learned in natural
resource management from ongoing Bank projects to the design
of new Bank projects. This paper is the final report of the
second phase of the SOR. It summarizes 29 SOR activities
between 1989 and July 1994, including project reviews,
seminars, workshops, conferences, and studies. This final
report is an attempt to incorporate the major lessons and

Los quilombolas -descendientes de los esclavos negros- de Erepecuru (Brasil) viven en el medio de la selva amazónica, en una región que abriga el mayor mosaico de áreas protegidas del mundo que incluyen 12,8 millones de hectáreas de unidades de conservación estatales, 1,3 millón de hectáreas de unidades de conservación federales, 7,2 millones de hectáreas de Tierras Indígenas.

El barrio de Cerro Norte constituye un territorio para muchos de sus habitantes, geográficamente ubicado en la frontera donde se acaba lo urbano y empieza lo rural, Cerro Norte ha sido un espacio forjado al calor de conflictos y luchas por el acceso a la tierra, a los servicios, al agua y a la soberanía alimentaria.

Se trata de un caso de resistencia a la ofensiva gubernamental ante los proyectos de infraestructura. La defensa del territorio indígena actualiza el derecho colectivo a la tierra y por ende fortalece las estructuras organizativas de la población.

A demarcação das Terras Indígenas no Alto Rio Negro, entre dezembro de 1995 e maio de 1996, encerraram 30 anos de lutas dos povos nativos pela garantia de seus territórios e culturas. As cinco terras reconhecidas no final do século passado formam uma área única na faixa de fronteira com Colômbia e Venezuela.