Soil samples from a savanna in northern Bolivia were examined as part of the first detailed study on the regional vegetation. Soil texture, PH, organic carbon, total nitrogen, exchangeable cations, cation exchange capacity, and base saturation of 29
Regional devolution has been a major issue in many Latin American countries as a way to decentralize the power structures. In Chile this has been strongly influenced by geopolitical ideas in the Chilean military. In Bolivia, regionalization has
A case study from Bolivia demonstrates that a relatively inexpensive economic analysis can develop a strong case for a watershed management project. - (DWG)
Post-peasant capitalist graziers : the 21st century in Southern Bolivia
Bolivia ; Environmental degradation ; Livestock farming ; Pastureland ; Rural community ; Village
Author challenges orthodox position that livestock grazing causes increased environmental degradation. He examines the grazing part of the household livelihood strategies of rural people in Tarija, Bolivia, who use a range of micro-environments
Soil fertility in the mid-elevation hillsides of the Cochabamba region of Bolivia has been declining as natural fallow times have been reduced in order to bring more land into crop production. A photothermal model is used to simulate climate
Impact of live barriers on soil erosion in the Pairumani sub-catchment, Bolivia
Andes ; Bolivia ; Model ; Mountain ; Simulation ; Slope gradient ; Soil conservation ; Soil erosion ; Watershed
Results from plot scale studies on the effectiveness of live barriers for soil erosion control on steep mountains in Cochabamba, Bolivia are used to evaluate the European Soil Erosion Model (EUROSEM). A three hectare catchment with 28 fields
Spaces of uneven development and class struggle in Bolivia : transformation or trasformismo?
Bolivia ; Class struggle ; Development ; Economic development ; Economic restructuring ; Political geography ; Social movement ; Uneven development
This article engages with the politics of class struggle and state formation in modern Bolivia. It ex-amines how current forms of political contestation are shaped by the legacy of the Revolution of 1952 and the subsequent path of development
. It is argued that state formation in Bolivia can be read as part of the history of passive revolution in Latin America within the spatial conditions of uneven and combined development shaping the geopolitics of the region. However, the expansion of passive
Bolivia ; Central America ; Deforestation ; Environment ; Environmental degradation ; Guatemala ; Honduras ; Land use ; Latin America ; Peru
Six substantive chapters by different authors on deforestation and Central America's beef exports; development and environmental destruction in Honduras; colonization and deforestation in northern Guatemala, land degradation in Bolivia
, international aid and environment in the Beni region of Bolivia, deforestation in Peru's Amazon Basin. These essays, plus two theoretical chapters, explicate a political ecology perspecive. - (DWG)