Remembering the Ayllu, Remaking the Nation: Indigenous Scholarship and Activism in the Bolivian Andes

2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 198-201
Author(s):  
Andrew Orta
Keyword(s):  
Bolivian Andes

STRUCTURAL AND LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION IN THE CENTRAL BOLIVIAN ANDES: INSIGHTS FROM FLEXURAL, THERMO-KINEMATIC, AND LANDSCAPE MODELLING

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria M. Buford Parks ◽  
◽  
Nadine McQuarrie ◽  
Paul R. Eizenhöfer ◽  
Todd A. Ehlers
Keyword(s):  
Landscape Evolution ◽  
Bolivian Andes

Spatial and temporal variability in denudation across the Bolivian Andes from multiple geochronometers

Geomorphology ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 122 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 65-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadja Insel ◽  
Todd A. Ehlers ◽  
Mirjam Schaller ◽  
Jason B. Barnes ◽  
Sohrab Tawackoli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Variability ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Variability ◽  
Bolivian Andes

scholarly journals What role should randomized control trials play in providing the evidence base for conservation?

Oryx ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin L. Pynegar ◽  
James M. Gibbons ◽  
Nigel M. Asquith ◽  
Julia P. G. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Randomized Control Trials ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Bolivian Andes ◽  
Behavioural Effects ◽  
Randomized Control ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Conservation Interventions

AbstractThe effectiveness of many widely used conservation interventions is poorly understood because of a lack of high-quality impact evaluations. Randomized control trials (RCTs), in which experimental units are randomly allocated to treatment or control groups, offer an intuitive way to calculate the impact of an intervention by establishing a reliable counterfactual scenario. As many conservation interventions depend on changing people's behaviour, conservation impact evaluation can learn a great deal from RCTs in fields such as development economics, where RCTs have become widely used but are controversial. We build on relevant literature from other fields to discuss how RCTs, despite their potential, are just one of a number of ways to evaluate impact, are not feasible in all circumstances, and how factors such as spillover between units and behavioural effects must be considered in their design. We offer guidance and a set of criteria for deciding when RCTs may be an appropriate approach for evaluating conservation interventions, and factors to consider to ensure an RCT is of high quality. We illustrate this with examples from one of the few concluded RCTs of a large-scale conservation intervention: an incentive-based conservation programme in the Bolivian Andes. We argue that conservation should aim to avoid a rerun of the polarized debate surrounding the use of RCTs in other fields. Randomized control trials will not be feasible or appropriate in many circumstances, but if used carefully they can be useful and could become a more widely used tool for the evaluation of conservation impact.

scholarly journals Operation Blackbuck

Oryx ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 228-230
Author(s):  
Anne Wright
Keyword(s):  
Bolivian Andes

The James’s or lesser Andean flamingo Phoenicoparrus jamesi is undoubtedly the world’s rarest flamingo. Very little is known of its habits, status or distribution, mainly because of the extreme isolation of its usual haunts in the high semi-desert wilderness region of the southern Bolivian Andes. The birds have never been recorded below 9000 feet.

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT BY A FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE IN A RESERVOIR LOCATED IN THE BOLIVIAN ANDES

2013 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. I_1501-I_1506
Author(s):  
Keisuke TANI ◽  
Makoto UMEDA ◽  
Tsuyoshi KINOUCHI ◽  
Yoshihiro ASAOKA ◽  
Marcelo GORRITTY
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Future Climate ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
Bolivian Andes

scholarly journals Towards radiocarbon dating of ice cores

2009 ◽  
Vol 55 (194) ◽  
pp. 985-996 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Sigl ◽  
T.M. Jenk ◽  
T. Kellerhals ◽  
S. Szidat ◽  
H.W. Gäggeler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aerosol Particles ◽  
Ice Core ◽  
Ice Cores ◽  
Swiss Alps ◽  
Carbonaceous Aerosol ◽  
Polar Ice ◽  
Low Latitude ◽  
Bolivian Andes ◽  
Glacier Ice ◽  
Dating Method

AbstractA recently developed dating method for glacier ice, based on the analysis of radiocarbon in carbonaceous aerosol particles, is thoroughly investigated. We discuss the potential of this method to achieve a reliable dating using examples from a mid- and a low-latitude ice core. Two series of samples from Colle Gnifetti (4450 m a.s.l., Swiss Alps) and Nevado Illimani (6300 m a.s.l., Bolivian Andes) demonstrate that the 14C ages deduced from the water-insoluble organic carbon fraction represent the age of the ice. Sample sizes ranged between 7 and 100 μg carbon. For validation we compare our results with those from independent dating. This new method is thought to have major implications for dating non-polar ice cores in the future, as it provides complementary age information for time periods not accessible with common dating techniques.

Some factors determining species diversity of prepuna and puna vegetations in a Bolivian Andes region

2010 ◽  
Vol 143 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evert Thomas ◽  
Patrick Van Damme ◽  
Paul Goetghebeur
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Bolivian Andes ◽  
Andes Region
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