Rapid Inventory of Earthquake Damage (RIED)

The 25 January 1999 Quindío earthquake in Colombia was a major disaster for the coffee-growing region in Colombia. Most of the damage occurred in the city of Armenia and surrounding villages. Damage due to earthquakes is strongly related to topographic and subsurface geotechnical conditions underneath structures and houses. The RIED project used aerial photographs to obtain a rapid inventory of the earthquake damage right after the seismic event. This inventory was subsequently used to identify any existing relation with subsurface- and topographic conditions. Hazard zonation maps were made on the basis of seismic response analysis of a three-dimensional model of the subsurface that has been created in the GIS. Also indicative zonation maps were created outlining potential areas where topographic amplification may occur. These seismic zonation maps delineate those areas that are most likely affected by subsurface and topographic resonance effects during a future and similar earthquake. The maps have been presented to the city planning authorities of Armenia so that reconstruction of the damaged areas can be carried out in such a way that high risk areas will be avoided or that structures and houses will be built according to the standards for high seismic risk areas

Poor household participation in payments for environmental services in Nicaragua and Colombia

We evaluate the extent to which poor households are able to participate in Payments for Environmental Services (PES) scheme using data from a PES scheme implemented at two sites in Latin America. This allows us to compare environmental and livelihood impacts of PES across regions with different agronomic and socio-economic characteristics. In particular, one of our sites is composed almost entirely of poor or extremely poor households, while the other has households ranging from extremely poor to very well off. The results show that poorer households are in fact able to participate—indeed, by some measures they participated to a greater extent than better-off households. Moreover, their participation was not limited to the simpler, least expensive options. Extremely poor households had a somewhat greater difficulty in participating, but even in their case the difference is solely a relative one. Transaction costs may be greater obstacles to the participation of poorer households than household-specific constraints.Payments for environmental services, PES, poverty, silvopastoral

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Poor Household Participation in Payments for Environmental Services: Lessons from the Silvopastoral Project in Quindío, Colombia

As the use of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) approaches in developing countries has grown, concern has arisen over the ability of poorer households to participate. This paper uses data from a PES project being implemented in Quindío, Colombia, to examine the extent to which poorer households that are eligible to participate are in fact able to do so. The project provides a strong test of the ability of poorer households to participate in a PES program as it requires participants to make substantial and complex land use changes. The results show that poorer households are in fact able to participate at levels that are broadly similar to those of better-off households. Moreover, their participation was not limited to the simpler, least expensive options. Transaction costs may be greater obstacles to the participation of poorer households than household-specific constraints.Payments for Environmental Services (PES); poverty; silvopastoral; Colombia

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Obtención de algunos parámetros de referencia del suelo y del mucílago de aloe vera cultivado en el corregimiento de Combia Risaralda y en el municipio de Montenegro Quindío

Se llevó a cabo un estudio comparativo entre cultivos de Aloe vera del departamento Risaralda y del departamento del Quindío. Se realizó la determinación de nutrientes en el suelo del cultivo y el análisis Bromatológico del Mucílago. Las muestras fueron tomadas de cuatro fincas pertenecientes al corregimiento de Combia, municipio de Pereira, Risaralda, y de la hacienda Nápoles en el municipio de Montenegro departamento del Quindío. Según los resultados de los análisis existen algunas diferencias entre los cultivos de las dos regiones sin embargo las dos son aptas para el cultivo de Aloe vera.A comparative study was carried out between Aloe vera growth from Risaralda Department and Quindío department. It was made the soil fertility analysis and bromatological analysis of plant mucilage. Samples were taken from county of Combia, municipality of Pereira, Risaralda and Nápoles farm, municipality of Montenegro Quindío. The results analysis showed some differences between these regions however both are available for Aloe vera growth

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