Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I General perspectives
- Part II Regional floristic and animal diversity
- Part III Hydrometeorology of tropical montane cloud forest
- Part IV Nutrient dynamics in tropical montane cloud forests
- Part V Cloud forest water use, photosynthesis, and effects of forest conversion
- Part VI Effects of climate variability and climate change
- Part VII Cloud forest conservation, restoration, and management issues
- 62 Environmental history and forest regeneration dynamics in a degraded valley of north-west Argentina's cloud forests
- 63 Impact of deforestation and forest regrowth on vascular epiphyte diversity in the Andes of Bolivia
- 64 Ecology and use of old-growth and recovering montane oak forests in the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica
- 65 Forest restoration in the tropical montane cloud forest belt of central Veracruz, Mexico
- 66 Ecological and social bases for the restoration of a High Andean cloud forest: preliminary results and lessons from a case study in northern Ecuador
- 67 Biodiversity-based livelihoods in the ceja andina forest zone of northern Ecuador: multi-stakeholder learning processes for the sustainable use of cloud forest areas
- 68 Embracing epiphytes in sustainable forest management: a pilot study from the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico
- 69 Fire dynamics and community management of fire in montane cloud forests in south-eastern Mexico
- 70 Assessment needs to support the development of arrangements for Payments for Ecosystem Services from tropical montane cloud forests
- 71 Conservation strategies for montane cloud forests in Costa Rica: the case of protected areas, payments for environmental services, and ecotourism
- References
67 - Biodiversity-based livelihoods in the ceja andina forest zone of northern Ecuador: multi-stakeholder learning processes for the sustainable use of cloud forest areas
from Part VII - Cloud forest conservation, restoration, and management issues
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 May 2011
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I General perspectives
- Part II Regional floristic and animal diversity
- Part III Hydrometeorology of tropical montane cloud forest
- Part IV Nutrient dynamics in tropical montane cloud forests
- Part V Cloud forest water use, photosynthesis, and effects of forest conversion
- Part VI Effects of climate variability and climate change
- Part VII Cloud forest conservation, restoration, and management issues
- 62 Environmental history and forest regeneration dynamics in a degraded valley of north-west Argentina's cloud forests
- 63 Impact of deforestation and forest regrowth on vascular epiphyte diversity in the Andes of Bolivia
- 64 Ecology and use of old-growth and recovering montane oak forests in the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica
- 65 Forest restoration in the tropical montane cloud forest belt of central Veracruz, Mexico
- 66 Ecological and social bases for the restoration of a High Andean cloud forest: preliminary results and lessons from a case study in northern Ecuador
- 67 Biodiversity-based livelihoods in the ceja andina forest zone of northern Ecuador: multi-stakeholder learning processes for the sustainable use of cloud forest areas
- 68 Embracing epiphytes in sustainable forest management: a pilot study from the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico
- 69 Fire dynamics and community management of fire in montane cloud forests in south-eastern Mexico
- 70 Assessment needs to support the development of arrangements for Payments for Ecosystem Services from tropical montane cloud forests
- 71 Conservation strategies for montane cloud forests in Costa Rica: the case of protected areas, payments for environmental services, and ecotourism
- References
Summary
ABSTRACT
In the northern part of the Ecuadorian Andes, people are not profiting from the benefits that biological diversity may yield, and highland ecosystems continue to be deforested. At present, this trend is not likely to change due to a regional economy driven by an intensive potato–dairy production system. In highly populated areas, only few remnants of the uppermost forests, the ceja andina (a type of sub-alpine montane cloud forest), survive. Due to the implicit spatial relationship between the agricultural zone and the remaining forest area, and the disconnectedness of the rural population to the forest, a change in attitude is required toward more sustainable agricultural production systems and use of biodiversity if forest conservation is to be achieved. This chapter describes and evaluates the change in attitude of a wide range of stakeholders with respect to alternative production systems and forest conservation. Endogenous learning processes were facilitated within farmer communities through the establishment of learning centers in which two participatory learning and research methodologies were applied. The two methods resulted in acceptable participation and adoption by local farmers. Results showed a visible change toward less contaminating and more diverse production systems and the formation of institutionalized commercialization of organic produce and non-timber forest products. Local government-led inter-institutional and social learning processes were also facilitated. The process has been successful in one municipality where decision-makers and municipal staff showed high motivation and increased technical capacity, but not in another municipality where such capacity was lacking. […]
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- Tropical Montane Cloud ForestsScience for Conservation and Management, pp. 644 - 651Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011
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