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1. PEREZ ALEMAN CARLOS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PEREZ RAMIREZ ALICIA NOEMI COMMERCIALIZATION OF FOREST PRODUCTS PEZO QUEVEDO DANILO NUTRITION AND PASTURES PHILLIPS MORA WILBERT AGRONOMY CROPS PINIERO MARICEL C ENVIRONMENTAL ECOLOGY POCASANGRE ENAMORADO LUIS ERNESTO PATHOLOGY NEMATOLOGY POWELL GEORGE VAN NOSTRAND BIODIVERSITY RIVAS PLATERO GONZALO G PLANT PATHOLOGY RIVEROS ANGARITA ALBA STELLA AGRONOMICAL SCIENCES PLANT PATHOLOGY ROBLES VALLE GABRIEL AGRONOMY ROSALES IZAGUIRRE FRANKLIN EDM PLANT BREEDING ROTTGER ULRICH PLANT PRODUCTION SANTOS LOPEZ CESAR ALEJANDRO ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS SALAZAR SALVATIERRA SEBASTIAN GENETIC RESOURCES AND ECOTOURISM SALAZAR LIENDO LEONARDO ALBERTO COMMUNICATION SALINAS VALLECILLO ZENIA ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS SANCHEZ GARITA VERA PLANT PATHOLOGY BIOLOGICAL CONTROL STOIAN DIETMAR FORESTRY SOTO MUNOZ GABRIELA MARIA SOILS ECOLOGY SOMARRIBA CH EDUARDO AGROFORESTRY TEN HOOPEN GERBEN MARTIJN ECOLOGY URENA RIVERA ANA GABRIELA PLANT SCIENCES VAAST PHILIPPE JACQUES SOILS AND PLANT NUTRITION VALLEJO RENDON ALVARO FORESTRY V SQUEZ CARBALLO WILLIAM FOREST MANAGEMENT V SQUEZ MORERA NELLY AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES VEL SQUEZ MAZARIEGOS SERGIO GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS VENEGAS VILLEGAS GEOFFREY FORESTRY VILLALOBOS RODR GUEZ MARILYN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FOR THE RURAL SECTOR VILLALOBOS SOTO R GER NATURAL FORESTS VILLANUEVA NAJARRO CRISTOBAL
2. Arcos Torres I Efecto del ancho los ecosistemas riparios en la conservaci n de la calidad del agua y la biodiversidad en la microcuenca del r o Sesesmiles Cop n Honduras Tesis M Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Astorga C Alvarado P Red Mesoamericana de Recursos Fitogen ticos REMERFI Res menes V Simposio de Recursos Gen ticos para Am rica Latina y el Caribe 23 al 25 de Noviembre 2005 Radisson Victoria Plaza Hotel Montevideo Uruguay p 25 3 Astorga C Ebert A W Banco de Germoplasma del Centro Agron mico Tropical de Investigaci n y Ensefianza CATIE Res menes V Simposio de Recursos Gen ticos para Am rica Latina y el Caribe 23 al 25 de Noviembre 2005 Radisson Victoria Plaza Hotel Montevideo Uruguay p 25 2 Avila H Harmand J M Dambrine E Jim nez F Beer J Oliver R Din mica del nitr geno en el sistema agroforestal Coffea arabica con Eucalyptus deglupta en la Zona Sur de Costa Rica Agroforester a en las Am ricas 41 42 83 91 Baker P Krauss U Trying best practices in sustainable coffee Coffee Agronomy Meeting CATIE Costa Rica 31 March 1 April Baltodano Picado ME Valoraci n Econ mica de la Oferta del Servicio Ambiental H drico en las subcuencas de los r os Jucuapa y Calico Nicaragua Tesis M Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Bateman R P Hidalgo E Garc a J Arroyo C ten Hoopen G M Adonijah V Krauss U Application of chemical and biological agents
3. at the global level Integration of Microfinance and Health Services ProMujer SEEP Network USAID Development of the Cacao Production Sector in Belize RUTA with the Agroecology Thematic Group Training and Technical Assistance Program for the Management of Community Based Forestry Enterprises in Guatemala and Nicaragua Rainforest Alliance Analysis and Development of Markets for Non Timber Forest Products FAO Two Case Studies of Community Based Forestry Enterprises in the Pet n Guatemala Forest Trends ITTO Development of Community Based Forestry Enterprises at the Global Level CIFOR Entrepreneurial Farm Management and Development of the Xate Chain FAO Global Review of Rural Community Enterprises Ford Foundation Added Value Through Banana Processing INIBAP Environmental Goods and Services Non Traditional Markets Financing Mechanisms and Best Practices in Latin America and the Caribbean IDB as a basis for exchange between the ministries of the environment of the region beginning with the project with contributions about green markets for agricultural and forestry ecoproducts with SEBSA CeCoEco has collaborated on the revision and simplification of regulations for charging overhead to the Administrative Committee the Web Committee and Communication Strategy Committee of CATIE Socioeconomics of Environmental Goods and Services Thematic Group SEBSA At the scientific level the group has
4. in issues such as biosafety and biotechnology It also supported CCAD in discussions on such topics as water environmental services and biodiversity CATIE played a notable role in preparing a report requested by IDB on the state of the art related to payment for environmental services IDB has used the report in different ministerial forums and it has created an impact throughout Latin America The center also contributed to the dialog on the Central American agroenvironmental agenda where organizations including CATIE IICA RUTA IUCN etc support the environmental agricultural and health ministerial councils CATIE s experience in this area places it in a key position to support future regional plans CATIE strengthened its relationship with IICA with the approval of a medium term plan for joint actions and through new initiatives and projects to be shared by both institutions Planning monitoring and evaluation CATIE began the implementation of its Medium Term Plan for 2006 2009 and the implementation of the Gender Policy for that same period At the same time the center initiated a reflection phase regarding its positioning vis vis poverty and progress was made in the formulation of a plan that will orient CATIE s actions in that area Governing bodies CATIE s Governing Council of Ministers met for the first time under the presidency of Ing Alfredo Volio Costa Rica s new Minister of Production in its or
5. Garc a Azuero AF Campos JJ Villalobos R Lineamientos para el Bosque Modelo Reventaz n Costa Rica Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 45 74 80 Garc a Azuero AF Campos JJ Villalobos R Identificaci n y selecci n de reas piloto y actores sociales en el Bosque Modelo Reventaz n Costa Rica Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 46 47 109 116 Garcia J A Alarc n D Harvey C A S enz J Efectos de diferentes tipos de cobertura arb rea y relaci n de la complejidad estructural del h bitat sobre la diversidad de anuros en un paisaje silvopastoril de Costa Rica ler Congreso Sobre Conservaci n y Manejo de Vida Silvestre Libro de Res menes UNA Costa Rica p 10 Gobbi J Ibrahim M Casasola F Ram rez E Murgueitio E Solucionando el Problema de Monitoreo El Uso de un Indice Ecol gico como Herramienta para Aplicar un Pago por Servicios Ambientales In 4th Henry A Wallace CATIE Inter American Scientific Conference Integrated Management of Environmental Services in Human Dominated Tropical Landscapes November 1 3 2005 pp 15 17 Gouriveau F Ecological and participatory Assessment of the impact of Silvopastoral systems on Butterfly Diversity in the seasonally dry tropics Costa Rica Master of Science Thesis Universidad de Hohenheim Alemania 129 p Gurrreo Aguirre G Caraterizaci n poblacional de cinco especies arb reas ecol gicamente importantes para el Corredor Biol gico Turrialba Jim
6. Consultancies Consultancy PRODESIS EU Development of Sustainable Production Systems Microenterprises and Financing Systems in the State of Chiapas Mexico Agroecology component a bid that was won in 2007 by the CIRAD IICA CATIE consortium The GAE expects to lead the Lote 2 Agroecology component in this consultancy budget of approx U S 1 million for the Lacandone Forest of Chiapas Mexico The objectives being pursued are poverty reduction in the project execution zone reducing pressure on forest natural resources and mitigation of environmental degradation in the zone The group also expects to reformulate and apply diverse social development policies toward participatory and sustainable territorial development 23 This will help create capacities in agricultural promoters 24 through training on diverse subjects such as participatory rural development agroforestry silvopastoral systems marketing of agricultural products natural resource management coffee cacao annual and commercial crops Policy The Organic Fertilizer Law was finalized in participatory fashion with the Ministry of Health of Costa Rica and all the actors of the sector At the same time regulations were made for the production of organic fertilizers and their impact on the environment Chamber associations for nonsynthetic agricultural inputs in Nicaragua Honduras and Costa Rica were consolidated and will continue fieldwork on the use of biopestici
7. Crop Science 45 1927 1933 2005 Casasola F Ibrahim M Gobbi J Chac n M Holguin V Barrantes J Arguedas R Pago de servicios ambientales en fincas ganaderas de Esparza Costa Rica Experencia Proyecto Enfoques Silvopastoriles para el Manejo de Ecosistemas n Memoria VII Reuni n de la red latinoamericana de agricultura de conservaci n y II Congreso nacional de agricultura conservacionista Los servicios ambientales y la agricultura conservacionista Una opci n para el desarrollo sostenible pp 79 85 CATIE Nuestros Logros 2005 Serie Institucional Informe Anual No 25 79 pags CATIE POA 2005 CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica CATIE Informe Anual CATIE 2004 CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Cavers S Navarro C Hopkins P Ennos RA Lowe AJ Regional and Popilation scales Influences on Genetic Diversity Partitioning within Costa Rican Populations of Pioneer Tree Vochysia ferruginea Mart Silvae Genetica 54 6 258 264 Cerda R Diagn stico de enfermedades fungosas en genotipos cultivados de cacao Theobroma cacao L en floraci n y fructificaci n en localidades productoras del Alto Beni Tesis Ing Agr UMSA La Paz Bolivia 96 p Cerrud R Villanueva C Ibrahim M Stoian D Esquivel H Caracterizaci n de los sistemas silvopastoriles tradicionales del distrito de Bugaba Provincia de Chiriqu Panam Agroforester a en las Am ricas 41 42 43 49 Cervantes C Phillips W Brown S Takrama J
8. Haggar J P Educaci n y colaboraci n para la producci n y comercializaci n de caf de calidad En Memoria del 6to Encuentro Cafetalero Internacional RAMACAFE 2006 Managua Nicaragua Hanson T Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on the Reproductive Ecology and Conservation Genetics of the Almendro Dipteryx panamensis a Keystone Rainforest Tree CATIE Turrialba CR Hanson T Brunsfeld S Finegan B Variation in Seedling Density and Seed Predation Indicators for the Emergent Tree Dipteryx panamensis in Continuous and Fragmented Rainforest Biotropica 38 770 774 Harmand J M Hergoualc h K De Miguel S Dzib B Siles P Vaast P Carbon sequestration in coffee agroforestry plantations of Central America In 21th International Scientific Colloquium on Coffee of ASIC Association for Science and Information on Coffee Harvey C A Gonz lez J Somarriba E Dung beetle and terrestrial mammal diversity in forests indigenous agroforestry systems and plantain monocultures in Talamanca Costa Rica Biodiversity and Conservation 15 555 585 Harvey C Medina A S nchez D Vilchez S Hern ndez B Saenz J Maes J M Casanoves F Sinclair F Patterns of animal diversity in different forms of tree cover in agricultural landscapes Ecological Applications Biology 16 5 1986 1999 Harvey C Alp zar F Madrigal R Mejores pr cticas de manejo para asegurar la provisi n de servicios ecol gicos en sistemas agr
9. J Alpizar F Louman B and Parrota J en el libro Forest in the Global Balance Changing Paradigms Mery G Alfaro R Kanninen M and Lobovikov M eds en el Volumen 17 de la serie IUFRO World Series Campos JJ Alp zar F Louman B Parrotta J Porras I Enfoque integrado de los servicios ecosist micos de los bosques Disco compacto presentaci n Power Point Helsinki Finlandia IUFRO wfse 1 disco compacto 8 mm Campos JJ Villalobos R Manejo forestal a escala de paisaje un enfoque para satisfacer multiples demandas de la sociedad hacia el sector forestal Presentation II IUFRO Congress for Latin America and the Caribbean Chile October 2006 Candela Restrepo S Convergencias y divergencias entre organizaciones ind genas y externas con respecto al uso y la conservaci n de recursos naturales en las reservas ind genas Bribri y Cab car en Talamanca Costa Rica CATIE Turrialba CR C rdenas A Stoian D Vaast P Donovan D Corrales OM Economic incentives for environmentally friendly production on coffee farms in the Turrialba Jimenez Biological Corridor Costa Rica Poster presented at the 2006 IGERT Annual Meeting September 6 10 2006 UI Moscow Idaho Caro J come OL Conocimiento local y estudio de la comunidad de aves como herramientas para la identificaci n de especies arb reas nativas importantes para la conservaci n en sistemas ganaderos de los llanos orientales de Colombia San
10. M Ruiz J P Paying for Biodiversity Conservation Services Mountain Research and Development 25 3 206 211 Pagiola S Agostini P Gobbi J de Haan C Ibrahim M Murgueitio E Ram rez E Rosales M Ruiz J Paying for biodiversity conservation services in agricultural landscapes Environment Department Paper No 96 Environmental Economics Series 37 pp Pay n F Effects of Erythrina poeppigiana shade trees and manipulation of pruning residues on soil organic matter in organic coffee plantations PhD Thesis CATIE UWB Joint PhD 61 Program 285 P 62 Pedroni L Locatelli B Mecanismo para un Desarrollo Limpio Una oportunidad para el sector forestal United Nations Forum on Forests UNFF Country led Initiative on Innovative financial mechanisms searching for viable alternatives to secure basis for the financial sustainability of forests San Jos Costa Rica March 29 April 1st 2005 Pedroni L Carbon accounting for sinks in the CDM after CoP 9 Climate Policy 5 2005 407 418 P rez J Mes n F Hilje L Aguilar ME M todo de micropropagaci n aplicable a genotipos selectos de Cedrela odorata Fases de desarrollo y enraizamiento Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 46 47 146 151 Phillips Mora W Cawich J Garnett W Aime M C First report of frosty pod rot moniliasis disease caused by Moniliophthora roreri on cacao in Belize Plant Pathology New Disease Reports http www bspp org uk n
11. Murgueitio E Casasola F Villanueva C Ram rez E Opportunities for carbon sequestration and conservation of water resources on landscapes dominated by cattle production in Central America In 4th Henry A Wallace CATIE Inter American Scientific Conference Integrated Management of Environmental Services in Human Dominated Tropical Landscapes November 1 3 2005 pp 27 32 Ibrahim M Villanueva C Mora J Traditional and Improved Silvopastoral Systems and their Importance in Sustainability of Livestock Farms n Silvopastoralism and sustainable land management Mosquera Losada M R J McAdam and A Rigueiro Rodriguez eds CABI publishing pp 402 403 Ibrahim M Casasola F Tobar D Villanueva C Buenas pr cticas para la conservaci n de la biodiversidad en fincas ganaderas Serie Cuaderno de Campo 31 p INIBAP Biological enhancement of banana for suppression of Fusarium and nematodes In Australasian Plant Pathology Society Seminar Brisbane Australia February 24 2005 INIBAP Uso de fungos endofiticos para o controle biologico do nematoides da bananeira No III Congreso Catarinense de Frutas Tropicales Ararangua Santa Catarina Brazil 30 Marzo 2005 INIBAP Gu a de diagn stico de calidad y salud de suelos bananeros Versi n Preliminar Agosto 2005 Proyecto FONTAGRO Innovaciones tecnol gicas para el manejo y mejoramiento de la calidad y salud de suelos bananeros de Am rica Latina y el Caribe No
12. Rep blica Dominicana 18 25 de marzo 2006 Fern ndez G Hidalgo E Badilla F Reproducci n y esporulaci n in vitro de la bacteria Paenibacillus Bacillus lentimorbus para el control de larvas Phyllophaga elenans Manejo Integrado de Plagas y Agroecologia 75 38 42 Flores J C Selecci n de las preferencias de los productores relativas a la arquitectura de los rboles en los pastizales en el bosque seco de Costa Rica con enfoque de pago de servicios ambientales In IV Congreso Latinoamericano de Agroforester a en CUBA III Simposio sobre Sistemas Silvopastoriles para la Producci n Ganadera Sostenible 24 al 28 de octubre 2006 14 p Flores J C Caracterizaci n de los productores ganaderos ubicados en la zona piloto del proyecto CATIE NORUEGA en Honduras definici n de dominios de recomendaci n n IV Congreso Latinoamericano de Agroforester a Pecuaria October 24 28 2006 Varadero Cuba 5 p Flores J C Exploring the potential of sound management of forest and tree resources on cattle farms to counter the loss of tropical dry forest in Guanacaste Costa Rica Thesis Ph D CATIE UWB Joint PhD Program 259 p Flores JC Exploring the Potential of Sound Management of Forest and Tree Resources on Cattle Farms Located in Tropical Dry Forest of Guanacaste Costa Rica CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica and UWB Bangor UK Florian E Tropical bird assemblages in coffee agroforestry systems exploring the relationships between
13. Rosales F E Romero J Jimenez M I Jimenez R Acu a O Tabora P Segura R Pocasangre L E amp Villalobos M Estandarizaci n de enmiendas org nicas para banano en Am rica Latina y el Caribe Jn Memorias de ACORBAT Joinville Santa Catarina Brasil 20 al 26 Octubre 2006 pp 234 240 Rodas A Efecto del establecimiento de plantaciones forestales de Teca Tectona grandis L f en reas de potrero sobre las caracter sticas de suelo en Pet n Guatemala Tesis MSc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 90 p Rodas A Donovan J Desarrollo de Empresas Forestales Comunitarias de Xate Chamaedorea spp en Pet n Guatemala FAO COSUDE WWF CATIE Rodrigues AA Jim nez Ot rola F dos Santos Oliveira AM Diniz Silva F Potencial de generaci n de servicios ambientales en bosques ribere os de la microcuenca del r o Araqu Sao Paulo Brasil Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 48 123 128 Romero S Aporte de la biomasa y reciclaje de nutrientes en seis sitemas agroforestales de caf Coffea arabica var Caturra con tres niveles de manejo Thesis MSc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 110 p Rosales F E Pocasangre L E Trejos J Serrano E Acu a O Segura A E Delgado Pattison T Rodriguez W Staver C Guia para el diagn stico de la calidad y la salud de los suelos bananeros n Memorias de ACORBAT Joinville Santa Catarina Brasil 20 al 26 Octubre 2006 pp 198 206 Salgado RA Vel squez S
14. Vel squez R A Selectividad animal de forrajes herb ceos y lefiosos en pasturas naturalizadas en funci n de pocas manejo y condici n de paisaje en Muy Muy Nicaragua Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 77 p Venegas G Carrera F Tala dirigida In Orozco L Brum r C Quir s D eds Aprovechamiento de impacto reducido de bosques latifoliados h medos tropicales Pp 119 158 Vidal Riveros C Distribuci n geogr fica y caracterizaci n de h bitat de seis especies arb reas en el Corredor Biol gico San Juan La Selva Costa Rica Tesis M Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Vilela E Jim nez F Usos predominantes de la tierra y potencial de recarga de agua en la cuenca del r o Gama Distrito Federal Brasil Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 45 13 20 Villegas R Caracterizaci n morfol gica del cacao nacional Theobroma cacao L cultivado en la zona de Alto Beni Bolivia Tesis Ing Agr UMSA La Paz Bolivia 98 P Whelan M The dynamics and determinants of land use in the Bribri Cab car Indigenous Reserve Talamanca Costa Rica Thesis M Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Whelan M Stoian D Reading the Talamanca Landscape Land Use and Livelihoods in the Bribri and Cab car Indigenous Territories Poster presented at the 2005 IGERT Annual Meeting July 21 27 2005 CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Wightman K Rodr guez Santiago B Ward S Cornelius J Domesticaci n de cedro y caoba en la Pen nsula de
15. and Orton Library orton catie ac cr bco Publications Table 12 Publications by category 2005 2006 CATIE Publications 2005 2006 DRNA DAAF MIPA Agroforestry in the Americas RAFA and Categories 13 2005 2006 TOTAL Natural Resources and the Environment journals 5 N Academic and educational texts 20 6 26 both in printed and electronic format Table 11 miese T 4 18 am Books and monographs 5 1 6 Table 11 Subscription to CATIE s journals 2005 2006 Chapters in books 9 9 18 IPM and Natural Resources Proceedings 7 13 20 dournal Agroecology RAFA and Environment Articles in refereed scientific journals 26 24 50 Donations 174 201 600 Articles in technical journals 90 Exchanges 65 65 300 Presentations in conferences 134 Subscriptions 190 152 496 seminars and others Electronic Reports and other publications 48 subscriptions X E eh Scientific Week 0 TOTAL 462 459 1431 Technical Series 16 Software 2 In 2006 CATIE decided to offer free access to the Theses 154 electronic versions of these journals to its alumni TOTAL 582 Institutional Website CATIE s institutional Web page was renewed in 2006 The new Website has modified the structure of navigation from the former Website in order to improve the organization of contents to achieve more efficient and user friendly access to information This page offers greater interaction both in English and in
16. colas y forestales en Am rica Latina Di logo Regional de Pol ticas sobre el Medio Ambiente BID Hergoualc h K Skiba U Harmand J M Oliver R Processes responsible for the nitrous oxide emissions from a Costarican Andosol under a coffee agroforestry plantation Biology and Fertility of Soils Herrero M Pezo D P rez E Holmann F Resource management strategies in tropical agro ecosystems of Latin America In International Workshop on New Opportunities for dairy and dual purpose ruminant systems in Latin America Resource Management Product Safety Quality and Market Access 28 30 June 2006 Ixtapan de la Sal M xico Hilje L Mora G A Promissory botanical repellents deterrents for managing two key tropical insect pests the whitefly Bemisia tabaci and the mahogany shootborer Hypsipyla grandella In Rai M Carpinella MC editors Naturally occurring bioactive compounds Vol 3 Chapter 15 Amsterdam Elsevier pp 379 403 Ibrahim M Villanueva C Casasola F Rojas J Sistemas silvopastoriles como una herramienta para el mejoramiento de la productividad y restauraci n de la integridad ecol gica de paisajes ganaderos In IV Congreso Latinoamericano de Agroforester a en CUBA III Simposio sobre Sistemas Silvopastoriles para la Producci n Ganadera Sostenible 24 al 28 de octubre 2006 23 p Ito S Caracterizaci n y evaluaci n de los factores que determinan la calidad nutricional e inocuidad en la produ
17. country were shown through its participation in eight high level meetings related to national policies National Technical Office NTO in Guatemala CATIE participated in different activities with government authorities including the Ministers and Vice Ministers of Agriculture Livestock and Food and Environment and Natural Resources Nearly 15 projects from different organizations received technical assistance from the office including MAGA INAB CONAP PROSA APESA SESAN GUATE INVIERTE CENTRO MAYA FIRA FONAGRO and INE CATIE supported the implementation of national and regional projects Support Mechanism to the Oxlajuj Tzi kin Indigenous People CATIE IIDEMA Y A SIDA e Sustainable Development Project in Peten PDS CATIE MAGA IDB e Participative Development of Sustainable Alternatives for Land Use for Degraded Pastures in Central America PD CATIE Norway Development of Links among Small Central American Producers with Specialty Coffee Markets CATIE WB ANACAFE e Multisectorial Innovations for Reducing the Use of Agrochemicals in Vegetable Production CATIE Norway Trifinio National Plan Commission e Project proposal for the Trinational Mexico Belize Guatemala Area under the Regional Public Goods Framework backed by IDB Washington Approved by the IDB Loan Committee and under review by the Executive Directorate National Technical Office NTO in Honduras During 2005 2006 CATIE played an important
18. lez R Ot rola M Buenas pr cticas en la aplicaci n de mecanismos de financiamiento para la obtenci n de servicios ambientales de pr cticas forestales y agr colas sostenibles en Am rica Latina y el Caribe Dialogo Regional de Pol ticas sobre el Medio Ambiente BID Alvarado Henr quez ME Elementos claves para el dise o e implementaci n de un pago por el servicio ecosist mico de protecci n del recurso h drico en el municipio de Valle de ngeles Honduras CATIE Turrialba CR 109 p Andino J Campos JJ Villalobos R Prins C Faustino J Los servicios ambientales desde un enfoque ecosist mico Una propuesta metodol gica para una planificaci n ecol gica r pida de los recursos naturales a escala de paisaje Serie T cnica Informe T cnico no 349 Colecci n Gesti n Integrada de Recursos Naturales a Escala de Paisaje no 3 53 p Andino J Campos JJ Villalobos R Prins C Faustino J Manejo de recursos naturales a partir de servicios ambientales prioritarios en la cuenca del lago de Yojoa Honduras Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 48 47 56 Anfinsen B Factors determining the adoption of silvopastoral systems by livestock farmers in El Pet n Guatemala Thesis MSc Norwegian University of Life Sciences s Norway 160 p Angulo Aguilar O Gobernabilidad e institucionalidad para la gesti n protecci n y aprovechamiento de los recursos h dricos en el Municipio de Valle de ngeles Honduras CATIE Turrialb
19. looking to develop a professional master s program that combines participatory and virtual modules in rural development A first proposal developed is presently under analysis and discussion In 1995 CATIE formed an alliance with the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor that aided in the development of a proposal for a training plan CATIE was hired to help prepare materials for six of the modules contemplated in this plan for national and local decision makers and the implementation of the first regional training activities of the plan CATIE negotiated the use of leftover funds from the contract to develop at least six more modules with the donor agency UNDP Dissemination Dissemination of the available courses has been conducted efficiently through printed material electronic mail databases and networks and CATIE s Web site the last two have become the principal sources for dissemination Nevertheless despite efforts by the Training Area there is still no marketing strategy Training materials Within CATIE s participation in the Alliance for Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical America the center produced a document on CD Rom titled Training for Protected Areas Management in Latin America an Approximation of Demand 2 500 copies were produced for distribution in Latin America Library The Orton Commemorative Library OCL is a synonym for excellence and experience a school for forming librarians and an active outr
20. management and negotiation of projects and consultancies both at the regional level These activities are conducted in El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama and Bolivia through National Technical Offices NTOs in coordination with CATIE s Thematic Groups and other bodies and through IICA offices and other partner institutions in the remaining member countries Many other actors including donors international cooperation agencies financial entities national institutions NGOs universities and private companies linked to the agriculture and natural sectors support and participate in CATIE s activities Outreach staff participate in the formulation of proposals and negotiation of new projects in agriculture and natural resources in the coordination of consultancies and projects under implementation that are generating funds and counterparts contributed by international cooperation national institutions and local organizations Other functions include the coordination of institutional support and dialog with national entities and authorities the preparation of consultancy reports progress and end reports of projects and the preparation and negotiation of agreements letters of understanding technical cooperation agreements coordination of technical and institutional cooperation services charging of membership quotas and offers of services to member countries Outreach also promotes strategic alliances with instituti
21. s especiales CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica S nchez SY Donovan J Junkin R Diagn stico empresarial de cooperativas en mercados de caf s especiales Informe de Nicaragua Informe t cnico del Proyecto CATIE Banco Mundial Fortalecimiento de v nculos de peque os productores con mercados de caf s especiales CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica S nchez SY Donovan J Junkin R Diagn stico empresarial de cooperativas en mercados de caf s especiales Informe de Honduras Informe t cnico del Proyecto CATIE Banco Mundial Fortalecimiento de v nculos de peque os productores con mercados de caf s especiales CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Santiv ez J L Efecto de la estructura composici n y conectividad de las cercas vivas en la comunidad de aves en R o Fr o Costa Rica Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 2005 138 p Sesnie S Morse M C Finegan B Harvey C A Gessler P E Hollenhorst S People polices and conserving biodiversity in the La Selva Biological Corridor an integrated land change assessment of Costa Rica s environmental service payments In XIX Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology University of Brasilia Brazil July 14 19 2005 Sikora R A Pocasange L E Nuevas Tecnolog as para Mejorar la Salud de las Ra ces y Aumentar la Producci n de los Cultivos INFOMUSA 13 2 25 29 Sirias I Ram rez F Ram rez I P rez M Sotelo M La biodiversidad en fincas gana
22. tree crop agroforestry Biological Strategies for Sustainable Soil Systems E by N Uphoof et al CRC Press pp 291 303 Serrano E Sandoval J Pocasangre L E Rosales F E amp Delgado E Importancia de los indicadores f sicos qu micos en la calidad del suelo para la producci n sustentable del banano en Costa Rica In Memorias de ACORBAT Joinville Santa Catarina Brasil 20 al 26 Octubre 2006 pp 207 221 Sesnie S A Geospatial Data Integration Framework for Mapping and Monitoring Tropical Landscape Diversity in Costa Rica s San Juan La Selva Biological Corridor CATIE Turrialba CR Sikora R A y L E Pocasangre The concept of a suppressive banana plant Root health management with biological approach In Memorias de ACORBAT Joinville Santa Catarina Brasil 20 al 26 Octubre 2006 pp 241 248 Somarriba E Agroforestry with cacao Abstracts of the 15th International Cocoa Research Conference p 33 Somarriba E Quesada F El disefio y manejo de la sombra en el cacaotal Serie T cnica Manual T cnico No 59 54 pags Somarriba E Quesada F Villalobos M La captura de carbono un servicio ambiental en fincas cacaoteras ind genas Serie T cnica Manual T cnico No 64 29 pags Somarriba E Beer J Productivity of Theobroma cacao plantations using leguminous and timber shade tree species Abstracts of the 15th International Cocoa Research Conference p 44 Somarriba Trujillo L El Proyecto Moderniza
23. 19 Dominican Republic 2 58 15 73 El Salvador 1 009 7 007 3 500 10 507 Guatemala 8 103 43 146 Haiti 1 15 2 17 Honduras 31 566 247 813 Nicaragua 4 101 29 130 Panama 1 40 30 70 United States 1 50 20 70 Total 1 093 8 507 4 280 12 787 The interest to integrate graduate studies and training in a process of continuing education resulted in the desire to assign graduate credits to training courses To do this after reaching internal agreements and a request by the board of directors a detailed relation of the different components of each course academic credit class hours practices laboratories etc was included on certificates for strategic courses so that the participants own institutions can determine the number of credits that the course represents in its programs CATIE is working with a group of consultants to produce virtual modules of watershed management with teaching materials made available by the Watershed Thematic Group This work constitutes part of a proposal begun in 2005 that seeks to create a semi participatory professional master s program in integrated watershed management In the area of virtual education CATIE continues to work with IICA to develop new virtual courses and in particular the Introduction to Agroforestry Systems course as well as in the development of three other virtual courses that function on line Silvopastoral Systems Research Techniques in Agroforestry and Agroforestry System
24. 411 Biringer J Guariguata MR Locatelli B Pfund JL Spanger Siegfried E Su rez A Yeaman S Biodiversity in a changing climate A framework for assessing vulnerability and evaluating practical responses n Kanninen M Robledo C eds Tropical forests and adaptation to climate change in search of synergies CIFOR Intercooperation pp 154 183 Boshier D Cordero J Detlefsen G Beer J Indigenous trees for farmers information transfer for sustainable management in Central America and the Caribbean OFI CATIE Oxford England 11 p Bosque N Waitts L P Force J Eigenbrode S Brunsfeld S Wulfhorst J McDaniel P Boll J Harvey C A Finegan B Stoian D Launching interdisciplinary team based Ph D training in conservation biology and sustainable development at the university of Idaho and CATIE Jn XIX Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology University of Brasilia Brazil July 14 19 2005 p 23 55 56 Brum r C Louman B Quir s D Condiciones laborales en el aprovechamiento forestal In Orozco L Brum r C Quir s D eds Aprovechamiento de impacto reducido de bosques latifoliados h medos tropicales Pp 313 360 Burgos E Jim nez F Matamoros G Articulaci n de metodolog as de evaluaci n como base para la formaci n del Plan Maestro Integral de la microcuenca del r o Nimboyores y su rea de influencia Guanacaste Costa Rica Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no
25. ATN SF 9159 RG 2004 2006 Jim nez F Editorial Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 45 4 5 Jim nez F Gesti n integral de cuencas hidrogr ficas Enfoques y estrategias actuales Recursos Ciencia y decisi n no 2 Jim nez Ferrer G Soto Pinto L Nahed Toral J Aleman T Ferguson B Ibrahim M Sinclair F Local capabilities development and silvopastoral intervention in Chiapas M xico In Silvopastoralism and sustainable land management Mosquera Losada M R J McAdam and A Rigueiro Rodriguez eds CABI publishing pp 402 403 Johnson E S Aim Marker assisted Breeding for Disease Resistance in Cacao Oral Presentation WCF Partnership Meetings Beltsville MD 13 Oct 2005 Johnson E S Bekele F L Schnell R J Field Guide to the ICS Clones of Trinidad Molecular Marker Technology at Work for Cacao Breeders and Researchers Poster Presentation at the PAG XIII Conference San Diego CA January 15 19 2005 Abstr P124 p 109 Johnson E S Crozier J Phillips W Schnell R J A possible variant form of P palmivora on cacao in Central America Poster Presentation WCF Partnership Meetings Washington DC 13 14 Oct 2005 Juan Carlos I Efectos de borde sobre la din mica de la vegetaci n en bosques htimedos tropicales fragmentados de Costa Rica 95 p Tesis M Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Junkin R Microfinance and forest based small scale enterprises Banrural and Bancafe in Pet n The Brazil
26. Association of CDB Secretariat of the Convention on Turrialba Biological Diversity AP Protected Area CDM Clean Development Mechanism APESA Assistance to the Special Program for CeCoEco Center for the Competitiveness of Food Security Ecoenterprises thematic group APPTA Small Producers Association of CENTA National Agriculture Technology Center Talamanca El Salvador APROCABI Honduran Association of Producers and CEPAC Center for the Promotion of Campesino Sellers of Organic Fertilizers and Agriculture Biopesticides CEPF Conservation Ecosystem Partnership AVRDC World Vegetable Centre Fund BCIE Central American Economic Integration CFC Common Fund for Commodities Bank CGIAR Consultative Group of International BCO Orton Commemorative Library Agricultural Research BMR Reventazon Model Forest Cl Conservation International BNPP Bank of Netherlands Partnership Program CIAT International Center for Tropical BOLHISPANIA Spanish Cooperation in Bolivia Agriculture CA Central America CICAD Inter American Commission for the CABCO Administrative Committee of the Orton Control of Drug Abuse Library CIDA Canadian International Development CABI CAB International Agency CAC Central American Agriculture Advisory CIEBREG Center for Research and Education in Board Biodiversity and Genetic Resources CAD Doctoral Academic Committee CIFOR Center for International CAFTA Central America Free Trade Agreement Forestry Research CAFNET Connecting and Sustaining Environmental CI
27. BIOMETRY FINEGAN BRYAN GERALD FORESTRY GALLOWAY GLENN FORESTRY GIANNACE DONATO FORESTRY AND MODEL FORESTS GOBBI JOSE ALBERTO AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS GOMEZ FLORES MANUEL ANGEL AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS GONZALEZ FIGUEROA ALAN NATURAL RESOURCES HAGGAR JEREMY PHILIP TROPICAL AGRO ECOLOGY HARVEY CELIA ECOLOGY AND BIOLOGY HIDALGO JAMINSON EDUARDO APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY HOLGUIN CASTANO VILMA ZOOTECHNOLOGY IBRAHIM MUHAMMAD SILVOPASTORAL SYSTEMS JIMENEZ BURGOS JORGE AGROFORESTRY JIMENEZ OTAROLA FRANCISCO PLANT PRODUCTION JOHNSON ELIZABETH SHIRLA PLANT PATHOLOGY KAMMERBAUER JOHANN ENVIRON SCIENCES NATURAL RESOURCES KRAUSS ULRIKE ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS LEANDRO MONTOYA PATRICIA CHEMISTRY LOCATELLI BRUNO PLANT REPRODUCTION LOPEZ PEREZ GUSTAVO INFORMATION SYSTEMS 53 54 MADRIGAL BALLESTERO ROGER ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOECONOMICS MENESES MARTINEZ ALLAN BIOTECHNOLOGY MONTEVERDE PENSO EDGARDO JOSE PLANT REPRODUCTION MORA DELGADO JAIRO RICARDO RURAL DEVELOPMENT MORA QUIROS ANTONIO PLANT SCIENCES MORENO MARTINEZ RAUL ALBERTO ECOLOGY NAVARRO MONGE GUILLERMO ECONOMICS AND FOREST ORDERING NAVARRO PEREIRA CARLOS MANUEL FORESTRY NIEUWENHUYSE ANDREA SOILS ORTIZ KREIS SPENCER DEMPSEY FORESTRY ORTIZ VARGAS JUAN LUIS AGROECOLOGY OROZCO VILCHEZ EVA LORENA ECOLOGY AND SILVICULTURE PEDRONI LUCIO GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
28. C Salvar Conocer y Usar La Experiencia de Costa Rica en Biodiversidad y Bioprospecci n Agrociencia 2005 Vol IX No 1 y 2 p g 187 193 Ebert A W Astorga C Documentaci n del Banco de Germoplasma del CATIE Taller sobre acceso manejo y uso de la informaci n sobre recursos fitogen ticos en las Am ricas Cali Colombia 28 30 de septiembre de 2005 Enr quez M L Impacto de la cobertura arb rea sobre las comunidades de aves en un agropaisaje del Pac fico Central de Costa Rica Master of Science Thesis Universidad Nacional de Heredia Costa Rica 118 p Esquivel H Ibrahim M Harvey C A Sinclair F L Benjamin T The integration of dispersed trees in pastures of cattle farm systems in a dry ecosystem n AHAT BSAS International Conference Integrating livestock crop systems to meet the challenges of globalization 15 15 November 2005 Khon Kaen Thailand Esquivel H Ibrahim M Harvey C A Villanueva C Tree diversity in pastures of cattle farms systems in a Costa Rica dry ecosystem In First DIVERSITAS Open Science Conference Integrating biodiversity science for human well being 9 12 November 2005 Oaxaca Mexico Poster Esquivel H Ibrahim M Harvey Villanueva C Sinclair F Benjamin T Dispersed trees in pasturelands of cattle farms in a dry ecosystem in Costa Rica In Silvopastoralism and sustainable land management Mosquera Losada M R J McAdam and A Rigueiro Rodriguez
29. CARDER Regional Autonomous Corporation of ADB Asian Development Bank or African Risaralda Development Bank CASFOR Carbon Sequestration in Aforestation and ADEPESCO Association for the Development of Sustainable Management Project Fishing and Conservation of the Bocas del CASCA Coffee Agroforestry Systems in Central Toro Archipelago America Project ADITIBRI Integrated Development Association of CATIE WB ANACAFE Project to Develop Links between Small the Bribri Indigenous Territory Central American Coffee Producers with ADITICA Integrated Development Association of Specialty Coffee Markets the Cabecar Indigenous Territory CATIE IIDEMAYA SIDA National and Regional Projects Support AED Academy for Educational Development Mechanisms for the Oxlajuj Tz ikin AF Agroforestry Indigenous Community AFS Agroforestry System CATIE Norway National Commission for the Trifinio Plan AGCATIE CATIE Alumni Association Multisectorial innovations for the AHECATIE Honduran CATIE Alumni Association reduction of pesticide use in vegetable AID Agency for International Development production ANACAFE National Coffee Association Guatemala CBM Mesoamerican Biological Corridor ANIECATIE Nicaraguan CATIE Alumni Association CBSJLS San Juan La Selva Biological Corridor ANPROCAB Nicaraguan Association of Producers CCAD Central American Commission for the and Sellers of Organic Fertilizers and Environment and Development Biopesticides CCT Tropical Scientific Center APOT Organic Producers
30. CECADI San Jos Costa Rica 1 disco compacto 8 mm Detlefsen G Cordero J Beer J Boshier D Manual rboles de Centroam rica una herramienta para el fomento de la biodiversidad dentro de los sistemas agropecuarios de la regi n y su aplicaci n en Guatemala n Congreso Forestal Nacional 7o 2005 Antigua Guatemala Guatemala Perspectivas del sector forestal y su aporte al desarrollo nacional Turrialba Costa Rica OFI CATIE 13 p D az A Jim nez F Prins C Alp zar F La mancomunidad de municipios como estrategia para la gesti n del riesgo El caso de la Mancomunidad de Municipios del Centro de Atl ntida MAMUCA Honduras Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 45 51 58 Donovan J Junkin R Plan de capacitacion y asistencia t cnica para el desarrollo empresarial de cooperativas en mercados de caf s especiales Proyecto CATIE Banco Mundial Fortalecimiento de v nculos de peque os productores con mercados de caf s especiales CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Duarte N Sostenibilidad socioecon mica y ecol gica de sistemas agroforestales de caf Coffea arabica en la microcuenca del R o Sesesmiles Cop n Honduras Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 141 p Ebert A W CATIE Coffee Germplasm Center for the Western Hemisphere Specialty Coffee Association of America 17th Annual Conference amp Exhibition Seattle Washington April 15 18 2005 10 p published on SCAA website Ebert A W Astorga
31. COPAL Cocoa Producers Alliance FEDEGAN National Cattlemen s Federation of CORBANA National Banana Producers Corporation Antioquia Costa Rica FIAES Initiative Fund for the Americas CORECA Regional Agricultural Cooperation Council El Salvador for Central America FIRA Rural Agricultural Investment Fund CORECAF Ecuadorian Coffee Producers Corporation FONAFIFO National Forest Fund Costa Rica CORPOICA Colombian Agricultural Research FONACIT National Science Technology and Corporation Innovation Fund of Venezuela COSA Committee of Standards Assessment FONAGRO State trust for the Development of cal Coffee Quality Institute Agricultural Livestock Wildlife and CREL Center for Milk Collection and Refrigeration Fishing Activities Mexico CRRH Regional Hydraulic Resources Committee FONDEAGRO Agricultural Development Fund CRS Catholic Relief Services FONTAGRO Regional Agricultural Technology CUSO Canadian cooperation NGO Fund IDB CVC Regional Autonomous Corporation of the FORMA Regional CDM project in collaboration Cauca Valley with CIFOR DAAD German Academic Exchange Service FSC Forest Stewardship Council DAAF Department of Agriculture and GAE Agroecology Thematic Group Agroforestry GAMMA Livestock and Environmental Danida Danish International Cooperation Agency Management Thematic Group DEFC Development of Community Forestry GAT Technical Support Group Enterprises GCG Global Change Group DFID Department for International GEF Global Environmental Facility
32. Creciente Importancia de sus Funciones Ambientales Sociales y Econ micas realizado en La Serena Chile del 23 al 27 de octubre del 2006 Stoian D Donovan J Demanda de PyMEs forestales por servicios t cnicos empresariales y financieros Abstract presentado en Conferencia Internacional Desarrollo de Peque as y Medianas Empresas Forestales para la Reducci n de la Pobreza Oportunidades y Retos en Mercados Globalizantes CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 23 25 de mayo del 2006 Stoian D Donovan J Fortalecimiento de la Gesti n Empresarial de Empresas Colectivas y Comunidades Forestales en Guatemala y Nicaragua Programa de Capacitaci n y Asistencia T cnica Basado en un Diagn stico Empresarial Informe de consultor a para Rainforest Alliance Stoian D Donovan J Development of Small and Medium Forest Entreprises for Poverty Reduction Special Volume Forests and the Millennium Development Goals ETFRN News 47 48 28 31 73 74 Stoian D Rodas A Community Forest Enterprise Development in Guatemala A Case Study of Cooperativa Carmelita R L Report as part of the Comparative Study ITTO Forest Trends Community based Forest Enterprises in Tropical Countries Status and Potencial Forest Trends Washington D C Stoian D Rodas A Community Forest Enterprise Development in Guatemala A Case Study of Sociedad Civil para el Desarrollo rbol Verde Report as part of the Comparative Study ITTO Forest Trends Community
33. In Orozco L Brum r C Quir s D eds Aprovechamiento de impacto reducido de bosques latifoliados h medos tropicales Pp 49 87 Louman Q Quir s D Castillo M Carrera F Las operaciones de saca n Orozco L Brum r C Quir s D eds Aprovechamiento de impacto reducido de bosques latifoliados h medos tropicales Pp 159 192 Macias J Arguedas M Hilje L Zanuncio J eds Bolet n Plagas Forestales Neotropicales No 16 Manejo Integrado de Plagas y Agroecolog a 74 99 100 Mart nez J A Evaluaci n de productos sint ticos y bioplaguicidas para el control de mosca blanca Bemisia tabaci y gusano del fruto Helicoverpa zea en el cultivo del tomate Lycopersicon sculentum S baco Nicaragua Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 104 p Mart nez M H Contribuci n econ mica del componente forestal en diferentes tipos de fincas cafetaleras en la bocacosta pac fica de Guatemala Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 103 p Mej a Clara MR An lisis de la calidad del agua para consumo humano y percepci n local de las tecnolog as apropiadas para su desinfecci n a escala domiciliaria en la microcuenca El Lim n San Jer nimo Honduras Tesis M Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Mendoza Bola os KJ Tecnolog as utilizadas en los actuales sistemas de producci n y conservaci n en la Subcuenca del R o Jucuapa Matagalpa Nicaragua Tesis M Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Menjivar R D Estu
34. Kanten R Beer J Production and phenology of the fruit shrub Eugenia stipitata in agroforestry systems in Costa Rica Agroforestry Systems 64 3 203 209 van Kanten R F Beer J Schr th G Vaast P Interacciones competitivas entre Coffea arabica y rboles maderables de r pido crecimiento en P rez Zeled n Costa Rica Agroforesteria en las Am ricas 41 42 5 15 Vargas A Evaluaci n del impacto del chinche Monalonion dissimulatum Dist en la producci n de cacao org nico Theobroma cacao L en Alto Beni Tesis Ing Agr UMSA La Paz Bolivia 98 p Vargas E Institucionalidad Centroamericana del Caf n Memoria del Tercer Congreso Cafetalero Andino CANCAFE La Paz noviembre 2004 Federaci n de Caficultores Exportadores de Bolivia FECAFEB La Paz Bolivia Pp 22 Var n E H Barbera N Hanson P Carballo M Hilje L Potencial de depredaci n de Hypsipyla grandella por hormigas en cafetales de Costa Rica Manejo Integrado de Plagas y Agroecolog a 74 17 23 V squez N Salazar K Anthony F Chabrillange N Engelmann F Dussert S Variability in response of seeds to liquid nitrogen exposure in wild coffee Coffea arabica L Seed Science and Technology 33 2 293 301 Vega M M Planificaci n agroforestal participativa para el enriquecimiento de fincas cacaoteras org nicas con especies lefiosas perennes utiles en el Alto Beni Bolivia Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 109 p
35. Mart nez Ramos M Bongers F Finegan B Rates of change in tree communities of secondary tropical forests following major disturbances Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 362 273 289 Chesney P V squez N Dynamics of non structural carbohydrate reserves in pruned Erythrina poeppigiana and Gliricidia sepium trees Agroforestry Systems 69 2 89 105 Chica NI Le n J Prins C Organizaci n liderazgo y reglamentaci n para la gesti n comunitaria del agua Experiencias en siete comunidades de Cop n Ruinas Honduras Serie t cnica Informe t cnico no 348 42 p Col n P Conocimiento local sobre el uso del fuego en sistemas silvopastoriles en Peten Guatemala Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 87 p Cruz J Piniero M Pezo D Evaluaci n participativa de pastos con criterios de pequefios y mediados productores ganaderos El Chal Peten Guatemala Jn IV Congreso Latinoamericano de Agroforester a Pecuaria October 24 28 2006 Varadero Cuba 5 p Cuadra Jir n WA An lisis de la calidad del recurso h drico superficial en la subcuenca del r o Turrialba Cartago CR CATIE Turrialba CR 111 p Cuartas C Naranjo J Murgueitio E Ibrahim M Propuesta metodol gica para determinar el balance de gases de efecto invernadero GEI en paisajes agropecuarios Congreso internacional de los servicios ecosist micos en los neotr picos estado del arte y desaf os futuros Bos
36. Pet n Guatemala Tesis MSc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 91 p Betancourt H Pezo D Cruz J Beer J Impacto bioecon mico de la degradaci n de pasturas en fincas de doble prop sito en el chal Pet n Guatemala In IV Congreso Latinoamericano de Agroforester a en CUBA III Simposio sobre Sistemas Silvopastoriles para la Producci n Ganadera Sostenible 24 al 28 de octubre 2006 5 p Blaschette C L E Pocasangre R A Sikora C Buettner Diversity of soil nematodos as indicador of the soil health in banana plantations of Costa Rica Annual Meeting of the Agriculture Faculty of Gent Belgium Blaschette C L E Pocasangre R A Sikora C Buettner Diversitaet frei lebender Nematoden als Indikator de Bodengesundheit von Bananenplantagen in Costa Rica Mitteilung asu der Biologischen Bundesanstalt fuer Land und Forstwirstschaft 55 Detsche Pflanzenschutztagun in Goettinegen Sep 2006 Brown S Schnell R Power E J Krol C Phillips Mora W Cervantes Martinez C Preliminary QTL mapping results for resistance to frosty pod and horticultural traits in cacao Theobroma cacao L Abstracts of the 15th International Cocoa Research Conference p 28 Bulkan J Newsom D Max P Stoian D Anta Fonseca S Campos JJ Carrera Gambeta F Morales Cancino J Pinelo G Quevedo L Regional Overview Forest Certification in latin America In Cashore B Gale F Meidinger E Newaom D eds Confronting Sustainabili
37. Schnell R Motamayor J C Combining ability for disease resistance yield and horticultural traits of cacao Theobroma cacao L clones Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science Cetz J Micropagaci n de chile dulce Capsicum annuum L var Najera y chile habanero Capsicum chinense Jacq con miras al mejoramiento gen tico del cultivo Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 73 p Chagoya J L An lisis de inversi n en la incorporaci n de rboles maderables en fincas ganaderas en el Tr pico Sub h medo de Costa Rica Tesis Mag Sc CATTE Turrialba Costa Rica 93 p Chanat sig C I Inducci n de los embriog nesis som tica en clones superiores de cacao Theobroma cacao L con resistencia a enfermedades fungosas Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 87 p Chaparro L A An lisis financiero de sistemas agrosilvopastoriles multiestrata y agroforestales en fincas ganaderas convencionales del Departamento de Santander Colombia Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 131 p Ch vez V Harmand J M Variaci n estacional de la biomasa y extracci n de nutrientes del cultivo de caf XXI Simposio Latinoamericano de Caficultura IICA PROMECAFE PROCAFE San Salvador 14 15 Julio 2005 Chica Claros NI Sistematizaci n de experiencias de transferencia de tecnolog a agr cola y organizaci n comunitaria en la subcuenca del r o Cop n Honduras Tesis M Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica C
38. Sustainable Use of Neotropical Native Crops and Wild Relatives of Crops to the World Bank GEF with IICA and CIAT as legal signatories for this project Germplasm exchange and database Germplasm was distributed to actors interested in research and production at local regional and international levels increasing the distribution of germplasm in the last four years with 1 721 samples distributed to international research institutions 33 universities 22 large producers 18 small producers 15 national research institutions 7 and NGOs 3 Another important work was the strengthening of the germplasm bank information system through the installation of DBGERMO software and the purging and updating of the database on the diverse collections for users of CATIE germplasm Education and theses Each year the graduate course on Conservation and Use of Plant Genetic Resources is given and three elective courses for the Graduate School are offered Guidance was given to 15 master s students 2 doctoral students and four students Policies strategies and international agreements The MURF group collaborated on a strategy with the Global Crop Diversity Trust directly with the Area of Biotechnology and Biosafety of IICA which is the coordinator for the development of a hemispheric strategy for the conservation of plant genetic resources ex situ Furthermore it supported a proposal on agrobiotechnology and biosafety for Cent
39. Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources Thematic Group MURF for the dissemination and validation of cacao genetic material developed by CATIE The joint actions encompass the collection characterization and distribution of cacao germplasm and the implementation of cacao production development projects in several countries of the region MURF has continued with the maintenance and evaluation of the second largest cacao germplasm collection in the world Policy In Costa Rica the Cacao TG has given key information for the formulation of new forestry policies for logging timber from indigenous cacao farms and for the design of payment mechanisms for carbon capture and other environmental services using agroforestry systems on indigenous cacao farms It has also become a key ally in the investigation and development programs of CATIE member country governments as well as the new Central American Cacao Project There are great expectations for a regional initiative for Latin America like ACCESO in the Andean region Colombia Ecuador Peru and Bolivia The Cacao TG has also made important global alliances such as PCP with CIRAD CABI INCAE PROMECAFE see the DAAF section and above and with other international organizations regional projects and important donors such as the World Bank and MFA Norway Coffee Quality Profitability and Diversification Thematic Group Coffee In these two years the Coffee Thematic Group ha
40. TROPICAL AGROFORESTRY VIQUEZ LOPEZ EDGAR FOREST GENETICS staff in the countries Annex 2 Publications PUBLICATIONS 2005 Aastum M Forage selection in heterogeneous pastures in Muy Muy Nicaragua Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim Norway 43 p Aime M C amp Phillips Mora W The causal agents of witches broom and frosty pod rot of cacao chocolate Theobroma cacao form a new lineage of Marasmiaceae Mycologia 97 5 1012 1022 Alfaro R Bahamondez C Beer J Campbell B Campos JJ Can L Cashore B Colfer C Farrel J Fullerton M Galloway G Gautier D Gliick P Gonzalez L Grau M Holznecht H Kanninen M Kanowski P Katerere Y Kengen S Kleine K Lee D Lobovikov M Lorenz M Louman B Lujan C Mery G Montagnini F Parrota J Pye Smith C Oka H Ottitsch A Rayner J Roda J Saram ki J Sayer J Sepp l R Stennes B Stpian D Tikkanen I Trevin J Vanhanen H Vantomme P Varmola M Varjo J Wang S Wilson B Wood J Bosques para el Nuevo Milenio bosques que beneficien a la gente y sustenten la naturaleza Helsinki Finland Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland 36 p Aliaga W Alternativas tecnol gicas para reducir el tiempo de permanencia del plant n de cacao Theobroma cacao L en vivero Sapecho Alto Beni Tesis de grado Alvarado E Desarrollo de un modelo de optimizaci n para la simulaci n de pol ticas en el sector lechero d
41. Table 17 Classification of master s students according to study area 7 Master s students by COUNTY coccion 7 Doctoral students countries of origin as of December 2006 8 Distribution of doctoral students by study area Universities of students who have done research with CATIE Distribution of training events by type 2005 10 Distribution of training events by country 2005 a 11 Distribution of training events by theme 2005 11 Distribution of training events by type 2006 Distribution of training events by country 2006 a 12 Subscription to CATIE s journals 2005 2006 43 Publications by category 2005 2006 43 Distribution of CATIE s logistical administrative and financial services 44 Specific contributions to core Distribution of funds in custody Assets liabilities and combined statement of funds for 2005 and 2006 U S t 45 Balance of income and expenditures for the core budget and projects for 2005 and 2006 U S 46 1 Introduction civil institution created in 1973 through an agreement between the Inter American Ts Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center CATIE is a nonprofit Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture IICA and the Government of Costa Rica CATIE is a renowned regional organization dedicated to researc
42. These tools for biodiversity and carbon constitute contributions for research and decision making in public environmental policy The results obtained from research in two regional development projects GEF Silvopastoral SSP and Degraded Pastures PD and six research projects FRAGMENT Red Carbono PACA FONTAGRO BNPP Biodiversity and CORRIDOR allowed the preparation and implementation of an environmental services payment methodology Colombia Costa Rica Nicaragua a program for land recovery of degraded pastures PD in Central America in collaboration with local and regional institutions the development of an environmental livestock management program and expansion of the focal area for activities in Colombia Quindio Panama Dari n Central America e g Copan Honduras and Mexico Chiapas The Degraded Pastures Project funding MFA Norway made progress on the development and implementation of methodologies for investigation learning with producers their families and local institutions for the recovery of degraded lands in three pilot areas Nicaragua Honduras Guatemala Local groups were organized for learning evaluating and decision making about sustainable management of land use each one had a curriculum with the events or specific themes Preparation of new proposals The CORRIDOR project with the University of Wales was negotiated with the EU to systematize results from the patterns of trees in coffee and l
43. Voluntary Group that works MICH Integrated Watershed Management with cacao trees and people worldwide Thematic Group INBio National Biodiversity Institute MIF Multilateral Investment Fund IDB Costa Rica MINAE Ministry of the Environment and Energy INCAE Central American Institute for Business Costa Rica Administration MURF Management and Sustainable Use of INE National Statistics Institute Plant Genetic Resources Thematic Group INCO UE International Cooperation for Developing MUSALAC Network of Research and Development in Countries European Union Bananas and Plantains for Latin America INIA National Institute for Agricultural and the Caribbean Research Spain NARS National Agricultural Research Systems INIBAP International Network for Improvement of NGO Nongovernmental Organization Bananas and Plantains now Bioversity NINA Norwegian Institute for Nature Research International Nitlapan Research and Development Institute INTA Nicaraguan Institute of Agricultural Central American University Technology Nicaragua IPGRI International Plant Genetic Resources NORAD Norwegian Ministry of Development Institute Cooperation IPM AF Integrated Pest Management NSF National Science Foundation Agroforestry NTO National Technical Office of CATIE ISDEM Institute for Municipal Development OAS Organization of American States El Salvador 00 Overseas Development Institute UK ITCR Costa Rican Institute of Technology OIMT ITTO International Tropical Timber Or
44. Yucat n M xico Experiencias en el mejoramiento del germoplsma forestal Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 44 119 128 Yalle Paredes S Campos JJ Louman B Desempe o ambiental de la certificaci n forestal y el pago por servicios ambientales como mecanismo de promoci n del manejo sostenible de bosques naturales en Costa Rica Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 46 47 89 98 Zamora S Efecto de los pagos por servicios ambientales en la estructura composici n conectividad y el stock de carbono presente en el paisaje ganadero de Esparza Costa Rica Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 88p Zea Y Navarro GA Finegan B Monitoreo ecol gico en bosques h medos tropicales certificados en la RAAN Nicaragua An lisis econ mico Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 46 47 79 88 Zuluaga J J Din mica de la materia org nica del suelo en sistemas agroforestales de caf con Erythrina poeppigiana Walpers O F Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 116 p zum Felde A Pocasangre L E Sikora R A The potential use of microbial communities inside suppressive banana plants for banana root protection n Banana Root System towards a better understanding for its productive management Proceedings of an international symposium Turner D W amp F E Rosales eds INIBAP Montpellier France Pp 169 177 Z iga C Somarriba E S nchez V Tipolog as cafetaleras de la Reserva Natural Miraflor Moropotent
45. a partir de suspensiones celulares embriog nicas observaciones agron micas de la estabilidad gen tica de las plantas en el campo In Memorias del VII Simposio Internacional de Biotecnolog a Vegetal Instituto de Biotecnolog a de las Plantas IBP Santa Clara Cuba Abril 17 21 Alc zar C Ibrahim M Finegan B Efecto de variables estructurales de h bitat sobre el establecimiento de pl ntulas y juveniles de rboles y arbustos en reas de pasturas en un agropaisaje mesoamericano In IV Congreso Latinoamericano de Agroforester a en CUBA III Simposio sobre Sistemas Silvopastoriles para la Producci n Ganadera Sostenible 24 al 28 de octubre 2006 14 p Alfaro Reyna T Estudio de condiciones del manejo polic clico en bosques naturales en la zona norte de Costa Rica CATIE Turrialba CR Alfaro R Bahamondez C Beer J Campbell B Campos JJ Can L Cashore B Colfer C Farrel J Fullerton M Galloway G Gautier D Gl ck P Gonz lez L Grau M Holznecht H Kanninen M Kanowski P Katerere Y Kengen S Kleine K Lee D Lobovikov M Lorenz M Louman B Luj n C Mery G Montagnini F Parrota J Pye Smith C Oka H Ottitsch A Rayner J Roda J Saram ki J Sayer J Sepp l R Stennes B Stpian D Tikkanen I Trevin J Vanhanen H Vantomme P Varmola M Varjo J Wang S Wilson B Wood J Bosques para el nuevo milenio Bosques que beneficien a la gente y sustenten la natural
46. actors support from LEAD FAO Red carbono GEF Silvopastoral Degraded Pastures Management and Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources Thematic Group MURF Plant genetic resources constitute key elements for diversification improvement of agricultural production and genetic adaptation of crops to biotic pests and diseases and abiotic stress which is important in climate change drought excessive rainfall heat cold Since the 1950s CATIE has been the depository of germplasm collections of regional and international relevance such as coffee cacao fruit trees vegetables and legumes CATIE also maintains a forest seed bank that provides services to the region and distributes seeds of the highest quality The interdisciplinary staff that comprises the Management and Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources thematic group MURF TG contributes through conservation characterization and use of germplasm from CATIE for strengthening sustainable diversified and environmentally friendly agriculture The cacao and coffee collections are the basis of successful genetic enhancement programs that have allowed the selection of superior genotypes for high production quality and resistence to pests and diseases The materials selected are profiled as promising options for improving production systems and livelihoods of the region s farmers Biotechnology tools have been used for propagation conservation of germplasm and selectio
47. as well as to other projects and consultancies under execution A project proposal was prepared and negotiated in conjunction with the GAMMA group for the Arco Seco region in 2006 More than 15 project proposals were prepared and negotiated of which four are currently under execution Validation of Sustainable Agricultural Practices in Priority Areas of the Panama Canal Watershed USAID Environmental Livestock and AFS in Priority Areas in the Darien Province USAID Pilot Plan for Managing the High Watershed of the Santa Maria River in the Noble Bugle Area Natura Foundation and Management and Use Study of Teak Plantations and advising conferences and manuals on Sustainable Livestock Production USAID National Technical Office NTO in Colombia CATIE began its participation as associated center to the Center for Research and Education in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources CIEBREG Project within the National Program of Higher Research Centers COLCIENCIAS The office supported the development of the Forestry Plan and the Agreement of Forest Competitiveness for the Risaralda Department the latter financed by the government of Risaralda and the Regional Autonomous Corporation of Risaralda CARDER Watershed management courses were held in Cali 39 and Manizales with collaboration from the Regional 40 Autonomous Corporation of the Cauca Valley CVC and with the PROCUENCA project of Infi Manizales FAO and the Clas
48. based Forest Enterprises in Tropical Countries Status and Potencial Forest Trends Washington D C Stolf E C Pocasangre L E amp Guerra M P Efeito de re inoculaciones de fungos endofiticos sobre o controle do nematoide cavernicola da bananeira Radopholus similis In Memorias de ACORBAT Joinville Santa Catarina Brasil 20 al 26 Octubre 2006 pp 393 Taylor R C Birds using a contemporary neotropical landscape The effect of forest fragmentation and agricultural landscape structure on Neotropical birds Thesis Ph D School of Agriculture and Forest Sciencies University of Wales Bangor Gwynedd Wales U K teen Hoopen G M Krauss U Biology and control of Rosellinia bunodes Rosellinia necatrix and Rosellinia pepo a review Crop Protecti n 25 89 107 Tehelen B K Elementos principales de una propuesta de pago por servicios ambientales para el manejo de los recursos h dricos en la subcuenca del r o Barbas Quind o Colombia CATIE Turrialba CR 126 p Tello Hern ndez N Crecimiento de teca Tectona grandis en plantaciones establecidas en el Sur de Pet n Tesis Ing Agr USAC CUNORCC Huehuetenango Guatemala ten Hoopen G M Flood J Bramley P Krauss U Effect of innundative biocontrol on microbial populations on cocoa Theobroma cacao L pods Abstracts of the 15th International Cocoa Research Conference p 67 Tobar D Ibrahim M Villanueva C Casasola F Diversidad de mariposas diurnas en un
49. but with considerable financial limitations Approximately 35 new students benefit from the Scholarship Loan Program each year in other words 70 first year and second year students are participating in the program at one time In 2006 there was a slight increase to 41 students The loans awarded to date total U S 1 64 million The account receivable is U S 1 3 million and the rate of recuperation has been excellent with approximately U S 275 000 recovered Other funding sources During this period CATIE has received financial support from international and national entities such as the Ford Foundation the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency SIDA through the implementation of the Focuencas II project the National Science Foundation of the United States NSF IGERT the Organization of American States OAS the International Timber Trees Organization ITTO the Norwegian Cooperation Agency NORAD Belgian Cooperation the National Council for Science and Technology of Mexico CONACYT for its Spanish acronym the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD for its acronym in German the Kellogg Foundation the U S Department of Agriculture USDA the ornamentals Dracaena Project MAG Costa Rica Purdue University the Colombian Agricultural Research Corporation CORPOICA for its Spanish acronym the National Science Technology and Innovation Fund of Venezuela FONACIT for its Spanish acronym Fundatro
50. by Dr Luis Pocasangre who was accompanied by Dr Luis H Jacome expert in Sigatoka management They visited commercial banana farms in the municipalities of Tapachula Suchiate and Mazat n The objective of the mission was to make a review of the Sigatoka management program in the Soconusco region as well as modify and adjust the program for Sigatoka control in the State of Chiapas Mexico e CATIE in conjunction with INIBAP conducted technical missions to support the Association of Plantain Producers of Soconusco CATIE made a plant health diagnosis on plantain production prepared an integrated management plan for black Sigatoka and implemented a project in Integrated Management of Sigatoka that was successfully financed for U S 1 5 million Also CATIE carried out an emergency plan against black Sigatoka due to the increase and severity of the disease after Hurricane Stan Actions in Venezuela Joint research activities were conducted by CATIE and INIBAP now Bioversity International personnel in cooperation with the Venezuelan Institute for Agricultural Research INIA in Trujillo La Ceiba Maracay San Mateo and Santa Cruz as part of the Banana Soils Health and Quality Project funded by FONTAGRO The Central University of Las Villas Maracay and the Graduate School of Barquisimeto also collaborated This project will generate indicators for soil health and quality that lead to recommendations for pest management and the con
51. de las actividades antr picas en las caracter sticas f sico qu micas Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 48 35 46 George A Estudio comparativo de indicadores de calidad de suelo en fincas de caf organico y convencional en Turrialba Costa Rica Thesis MSc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 101 p Gobbi JA Alp zar R Madrigal R Ot rola M Perfil de sistemas de pagos por servicios ambientales para apoyo de pr cticas forestales y agr colas sostenibles Dialogo Regional de Pol ticas sobre el Medio Ambiente BID Guifarro C Efecto del manejo del pastoreo en pastures recien establecidas de Brachiaria brizantha cv Victoria y el hibrido Mulato en asocio con Arachis pintoi ein Monte de Oro Col n Tesis Ing Agr CURLA La Ceiba Honduras Guti rrez Montes I El enfoque de g nero en CATIE reflexi n sobre los aspectos ticos y humanos del manejo de recursos naturales Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 48 4 9 Gutierrez Montes I Piniero M El enfoque de genero en CATIE reflexi n sobre los aspectos eticos y humanos del manejo de recursos naturales Recursos Naturales y Ambiente 48 4 9 Haensel G Ibrahim M Selling environmental services generated on cattle plots transaction costs and their impact on the economic feasibility of payment schemes in Costa Rica Congreso internacional de los servicios ecosist micos en los neotr picos estado del arte y desaf os futuros Bosque Valdivia 2006 27 2 169 ISSN 0717 9200
52. integration of regional coffee programs a workshop was held in Costa Rica with CATIE COI Rainforest Alliance Conservation International Starbucks and CIRAD on the concepts of Best Practices Training In addition to the training offered under the Special Coffees Project 250 Costa Rican producers were trained and advised on diversification and ecological management of quality coffee Project FUNDECOOPERACION Moreover a workshop was held to present project results to decision makers of participating institutions including MAG IDA and ICAFE The international course on Coffee was given in 2005 for 18 participants from Latin America Education and theses Content about coffee management was incorporated into master s courses for the graduate degree in Agroforestry and Agroecology In 2005 three master s and two doctoral students enrolled whose thesis research will focus on coffee In 2006 two master s thesis projects were developed with support from the TG Behavior of trees in Agroforestry Systems and Biomass and Nutrient Contributions from Coffee AFS a large number of thesis studies from CASCA were published and practical recommendations were developed for coffee growers based on these Livestock and Environmental Management Thematic Group GAMMA The GAMMA group continued strengthening its work on silvopastoral systems with a broad focus on environmental problems through research education technical assistance acti
53. made a substantial contribution to the development and gradual application of new concepts approaches and methodologies such as action research systematization of experiences to make effective new strategies for intervention in the countries developing and evaluating financial mechanisms for sustainable natural resource management Members of SEBSA participated in obtaining funds from SIDA Sweden for the creation of five research centers in environmental economics Each center will work in the interface between academia and decision makers at the local and central government level One of these centers will be at CATIE and will cover the Central American region SEBSA has completed most of the AOP for that period The coordination of the group changed in August 2005 Projects The LACEEP Project Environmental Economics Program for Latin America and and the Caribbean based at CATIE whose director general is the SEBSA TG has the goal of preparing the professionals specialized in environmental economics of Latin America and the Caribbean in the area of research It is an initiative that has support from SIDA Sweden and CIDA Canada Work continued with the Focuencas II program with the Action Research Systematization and PES components At the same time an analysis was made of mechanisms for the sustainable funding of best agricultural and forestry practices with an emphasis on ESP and markets for ecoproducts IDB project to support Mi
54. nez Costa Rica 58 p Tesis M Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Guti rrez M Harmand J M Dambrine E Disponibilidad de nitr geno en el suelo bajo especies maderables y leguminosas usadas como sombra en sistemas de Coffea arabica Agroforester a en las Am ricas 41 42 69 76 Haggar J Sosa M Diaz B Hernandez G Contreras J Uc C Adaptation of Agroforestry Systems in SE Mexico through the integration of farmer and bioeconomic evaluations International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 2 3 154 166 Hammill A Leclerc L Myatt Hirvonen O Salinas Z Using the sustainable livelihoods approach to reduce vulnerability to climate change n Kanninen M Robledo C eds Tropical forests and adaptation to climate change in search of synergies CIFOR Intercooperation pp 71 96 Harvey C A S enz J Montero J Medina J S nchez J V lchez S Hern ndez B Gonz lez J Sinclair F Conserving biodiversity in agricultural landscapes in Central America a multi taxa assessment of the conservation value of different agricultural and forest habitats Jn XIX Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology University of Brasilia Brazil July 14 19 2005 p 93 Harvey C A S enz J Sinclair F L Ibrahim M Villanueva C G mez R L pez M Montero J Gonzalez J Medina A S nchez D V lchez S Hern ndez B Kunth S Oportunidades para conservar biodiversidad en
55. now have a lifetime CATIE electronic mail address CATIE alumni were given information regarding employment opportunities and scholarships for graduate studies Through the lifetime electronic mail system they are kept informed about matters of institutional interest The second alumni meeting and General Assembly of AGCATIE was held in October 2005 Free electronic access to CATIE s journals is another of the services provided to our graduates since 2006 In the case of alumni who have not finished their theses the School has offered them a Diploma of Specialization in recognition of the successful completion of their postgraduate studies plan Some of the NTOs supported and strengthened the alumni associations in the countries as was the case in Honduras AHECATIE The NTO supported this association in the preparation of the AOP and in the organization of meetings The NTO in Nicaragua has facilitated support to ANIECATIE in meetings discussions regarding work plans and strategic planning of the association Training Some training needs in the region were identified together with some TG and NTOs and the need to develop some new strategic courses was seen These include 1 Territorial Ordering 2 Specialization in Watershed Management and 3 Modernization and Sustainability of Latin American Cacao Production During 2005 152 short courses of which 16 were strategic courses generally held at CATIE and another 136
56. of Change in Tropical Forests of Brazil Mexico and Costa Rica with global partners and funding from the EU the National Science Foundation directly and through the National Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis U S and the Inter American Institute for Global Change Research IAI Different entities of the group coordinate their efforts with key partners at all levels internationally for example with LAC Net CIFOR University of Wales and IUFRO regionally with TNC WWF INBio CODEFORSA and other partners of alliances formed with those NGOs and nationally and locally Integrated Watershed Management Thematic Group MICH Studies on payment for ecosystemic hydric services the role of riparian strips as biological corridors ecological sustainability of coffee production systems and risk management of hydro meteorological threats have been of relevance in the 2005 2006 period Technical assistance was provided to multiple projects in the Central American region and the group participated in a large number of national and international events with priority reports on topics of interest such as co management of watersheds territorial management as the basis of watershed management watershed committees PES in watersheds etc which demonstrate CATIE s leadership and regional recognition as the most experienced entity in watershed management of tropical America Activities have been developed to address an ag
57. of Clean Technologies for Musa thematic groups It will incorporate initiatives on ornamental plants fruit trees and organic agriculture Through this new thematic group we expect to revitalize CATIE s work in integrated pest management organic agriculture and protected agriculture among other topics Another of the important achievements of the period has been the organizing of much closer relations among the TGs including between the different departments This partnering has involved the joint execution of projects and the successful postulation of new contracts Some examples are 1 a contract with SIDA to systematize FondeAgro initially developed by the Agroecology TG but after the first phase it was ceded to the SEBSA Thematic Group of DNRE 2 cooperation of the groups to execute the Focuencas II watershed management project 3 management of the components and activities of the Innovations project with coffee and horticulture A proposal was also prepared for a project to modernize cacao production chains in Central America that received funding from the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Norway This project is expected to give significant assistance to cacao clusters or their equivalent in the countries for at least five years beginning in September 2007 The proposals negotiated by the end of this period that will be implemented in coming years include a Extension of the agreement for a joint Ph D with the University o
58. paisaje agropecuario en la regi n del Pacifico Central Costa Rica n IV Congreso Latinoamericano de Agroforester a en CUBA III Simposio sobre Sistemas Silvopastoriles para la Producci n Ganadera Sostenible 24 al 28 de octubre 2006 8 p Tovar L pez DE L pez MA Morales R Determinaci n de la capacidad de carga tur stica en el parque nacional Tapant Macizo de la Muerte Costa Rica Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 49 147 153 Turcios M Caracterizacion participativa y planificacion en cinco fincas ganaderas en las comunidades de La Hoya Juncal y Flores de Terrero en Olanchito Yoro y Sonaguera Colon Tesis Ing Agr UNA Catacamas Honduras Urefia N Jim nez F Reynolds J Jones J Prins C Efectos del aumento poblacional y del cambio de uso del suelo en los recursos h dricos en la microcuenca del r o Ciruelas Costa Rica Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 48 75 80 Useche Rodr guez DC Contribuci n de los sistemas silvopastoriles a la restauraci n ecol gica de paisajes ganaderos Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 46 47 5 12 Useche Rodr guez DC Restauraci n del paisaje a partir de la implementaci n de sistemas silvopastoriles para la conservaci n de la biodiversidad en Nicaragua CATIE Turrialba CR Vallejo A Chac n M Rooij W van Guti rrez I Serrano D vila M Campos JJ Villalobos R Biodiversity Human Well being linkages for teak farms in Hojancha Nicoya peninsula Costa Rica Po
59. special courses were held throughout Latin America Tables 6 7 8 Excellent participation in the courses and funding for a variable proportion of the participants was achieved through collaboration with course committees and their coordinators Thus all programmed training activities for the year were held Work with the coordinators and technical committees of the courses allowed CATIE to improve and update training materials used but more resources and time are still needed to continue to develop and improve more adequate materials A total of nearly 1 093 training events including courses workshops and conferences in which some 12 787 people participated were held in 2006 Tables 9 10 The majority of these participants were producers with a distribution by gender of 66 men and 34 women Table 6 Distribution of training events by type 2005 Type Number of Events Men Women Total Strategic courses 16 190 85 275 Special courses 136 1 847 855 2 702 In service training 4 7 3 10 Field trips and field days 187 374 114 488 Workshops and demonstrations 212 2 196 742 2 938 Seminars 1 45 11 56 Forums 1 66 35 101 Lectures Conferences 54 585 241 826 Working meetings 1 75 25 100 Total 612 5 385 2 111 7 496 Of all of these activities the greatest participation was through activities developed for producers farmers and were organized and implemented by CATIE s projects in the countries w
60. systems in Costa Rica Agroforestry Systems 63 1 27 32 Ordo ez Y Delgado D Finegan B Monitoreo ecol gico en bosques h medos tropicales certificados en la RAAN Nicaragua Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 46 47 66 78 Orlando A A Evaluaci n agron mica y de la resistencia a fitonem todos y sigatoka negra de cultivares mejorados de banano y pl tano en Ecuador Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 75 p Orozco L A Enriquecimiento agroforestal de fincas cacaoteras con maderables valiosos en Alto Beni Bolivia Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 99 p Orozco L Brum r C Quir s D eds Aprovechamiento de impacto reducido en bosques latifoliados h medos tropicales Serie T cnica Manual T cnico no 63 442 p Ortiz M Conocimiento local y decisiones de los productores de Alto Beni Bolivia sobre el disefio y manejo de la sombra en sus cacaotales Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 76 p Osorio V E Descomposici n y liberaci n de nitr geno de material foliar y radicular de siete especies de sombra en un sistema agroforestal con caf Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 75 p Ospina S Rasgos funcionales de las plantas herb ceas y arbustivas y su relaci n con el r gimen de pastoreo y la fertilidad ed fica en Muy Muy Nicaragua Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 88 p Pagiola S Agostini P Gobbi J De Haan C Ibrahim M Murgueitio E Ram rez E Rosales
61. the characterization of freshwater ecosystems of Mesoamerica and is selecting priority sites for the terrestrial and aquatic portfolio of The Nature Conservancy TNC Alliances The GCG has diverse alliances including BAFU Switzerland ONF France INIA Spain CIFOR Indonesia MGAP Uruguay ZEF Germany ETH Switzerland ECOSUR Mexico World Bank USA The group maintained interaction with more than 20 research institutes and universities of Latin America and Europe principally as partners in the projects and courses of the group The GCG also interacts regularly with the institutions of Latin America involved in the fields of forests and climate change National Designated Authorities for CDM promoter institutions of CDM Focal Points of the UNFCCC New alliances are being explored with TNC Conservation International Environmental Defense FONAFIFO CCAD and some private enterprises TerraCarbon Climate Focus Technical Support Unit TSU The main objectives of the TSU are to collaborate in the development of research and teaching activities and support institutional dissemination and promotion work Dissemination work has been conducted that includes visitation by tourists to the Botanical Garden Actions to improve the infrastructure of the garden maintain germplasm collections and establish nurseries containing ornamental and medicinal plants fruit and forest tree species and palms were developed The T
62. with the government of Norway for a new cacao project and for the creation of a long term regional program that brings together the different initiatives presently under execution The endowment funds managed by the Fundatropicos foundation continued to grow CATIE was able to finalize its counterpart payment toward the Chair II in Diversified Forest Management which has become an endowment fund worth more than U S 3 million In addition the center was able to register two properties in Chile donated by the Weyerhaeuser Foundation to the Tropics Foundation TTF The foundation has now received the first offers for this property A new farm XA farm was purchased in Buenos Aires Puntarenas Costa Rica It is an important forest seed source for Gmelina arborea and will provide material to CATIE s Forest Seed Bank 3 Upper level management uring the 2005 2006 period the Governing D Council of Ministers of CATIE held two ordinary meetings These meetings were chaired by the Ministers of Agriculture and Livestock of Costa Rica Lic Rodolfo Coto 2005 and Ing Alfredo Volio 2006 The main products of these meetings were the following e Approval of CATIE s Medium Term Plan for 2006 2009 Member countries owing more than two membership quotas were asked to sign a payment agreement with CATIE This decision was linked to what is stipulated in CATIE s General Bylaws which states that countries in this condition
63. yield and horticultural traits of cacao Theobroma cacao L clones Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 131 2 231 241 C spedes Ag ero MV Dise o de una red ecol gica de conservaci n entre la Reserva de Biosfera La Amistad y las reas protegidas del rea de Conservaci n Osa Costa Rica CATIE Turrialba CR 121 p Chac n M Harvey C Live fences and landscape connectivity in a neotropical agricultural landscape Agroforestry Systems 68 15 26 Chac n M Ibrahim M Ponce P Vega P Casasola F Determinaci n de carbono en diferentes sistemas de usos de la tierra en Centroam rica In IV Congreso Latinoamericano de Agroforester a en CUBA III Simposio sobre Sistemas Silvopastoriles para la Producci n Ganadera Sostenible 24 al 28 de octubre 2006 7 p Chac n M Ibrahim M Cuartas C Naranjo J Ponce G Casasola F Dep sitos de carbono en el suelo y la biomasa arb rea en diferentes sistemas de usos de la tierra en tres paisajes neotropicales en Colombia Costa Rica y Nicaragua Congreso internacional de los servicios ecosist micos en los neotr picos estado del rea y desaf os futuros Bosque Valdivia 2006 27 2 193 ISSN 0717 9200 Chan V H Monitoreo de parcelas permanente de teca Tectona grandis Pinus caribeae y Gmelina arborea en la zona piloto de El Chal y comunidades vecinas Tesis Ing Agr USAC Ciudad de Guatemala Guatemala Chazdon RL Letcher SG van Breughel M
64. 20 students were assisted 18 CATIE master s students and two exchange students with other universities 60 men and 40 women and three doctoral students two from CATIE and one from the University of G ttingen The graduate students have been integrated into the projects and key institutions Alliances Contacts were maintained and renewed with other research and education centers In the case of universities and research centers UCR UPAZ EARTH UNA UNACH U Caldas Purdue ILRI University of Wales Yale SLU and University of El Salvador students and investigators were attended to during their visits The group also collaborates with Cocibolca Nitlapan UNA University of Wales University of G ttingen FRAGMENT Ecoagriculture IUFRO etc Dissemination Different strategies have been used to disseminate results Use of the LEAD FAO Spanish language platform was continued to facilitate electronic conferences and discussions 3 000 registered users and electronic conferences of high relevance for the region were organized More than 700 participants including local decision makers and national authorities were involved Training Training modes in situ were innovated in project implementation sites reaching at least 140 producers in Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua Strategic courses were also given on sustainable ranching training more than 700 technicians from different institutions in collaboration with local
65. 40 0 252 467 0 Goods and services 1 057 997 1 078 193 Norway 523 017 498 219 Sweden 770 904 790 193 TOTAL U S 4 304 058 00 4 319 319 00 Table 15 Distribution of funds in custody Classification 2006 2005 Education 1 067 523 659 561 Institutional 713 409 599 946 Specific 2 711 909 2 765 617 TOTAL U S 4 492 841 4 025 124 Table 16 Assets liabilities and combined statement of funds for 2005 and 2006 U S 2006 2005 ASSETS Current Assets Cash 7 794 648 8 135 946 Negotiable instruments 72 839 142 763 Accounts and documents receivable CATIE s Members 2 422 338 2 400 073 Other accounts 2 214 015 2 455 602 Total accounts receivable 4 636 353 4 855 675 Inventories 138 386 148 330 Total current assets 12 642 226 13 282 714 Buildings machinery and equipment 5 599 781 5 758 558 Other assets 374 832 242 964 Trust funds 1 250 000 1 050 000 TOTAL ASSETS 19 866 839 20 334 236 LIABILITY AND BALANCE OF FUNDS Current liabilities Accounts payable and accumulated expenditures 1 976 998 3 558 237 Funds in custody 3 108 058 2 979 835 Donors projects and contracts 4 638 472 3 818 166 Deferred income and other liabilities 285 010 145 000 Total current liabilities 10 008 538 00 10 501 238 TOTAL LIABILITIES Balance of funds 9 858 301 9 832 998 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND WORKING FUND 19 866 839 20 334 236 45 46 Table 17 Balance of income and expenditures for the core budget and projects for 2005 and 2006 U S INC
66. 4444444444444444 4 4444444 444444444 44 14 Research Program 14 Department of Agriculture and Agroforestry DAAP 14 Department of Natural Resources and Environment DNRE 24 Technical Support Unit TSU tnter 36 Outreach Directorate 0 sasa 37 Outreach National Technical Offices NTOs 37 Comm Un Cato 43 Promotional 76 5 444444444444444444444444444444444 444444 43 Geographical Information Laboratory GIS 44 Administration and FINANCE 4444444444444444444444444 4 44 F undi g aa M 44 5 ACTONYI S ici danna 47 6 Governing Authorities entres 52 Board of Directors 2005 2009 tttttttttttttttttnnnnnnnn 52 Governing Council of Ministers 2005 2009 52 T ANNEX tiia 53 Annex 1 International Associated and National Technical Personnel 2005 2009 nnne 53 Annex 2 Publications ananassa 55 Publications 2005 Publications 2006 Tables Table 1 Table 2 Table 3 Table 4 Table 5 Table 6 Table 7 Table 8 Table 9 Table 10 Table 11 Table 12 Table 13 Table 14 Table 15 Table 16
67. 45 43 50 Calle J Evaluaci n del efecto de los abonos org nicos sobre el desarrollo de plantines de cacao Theobroma cacao L sembrados en bolsas durante la etapa de vivero Sapecho Alto Beni Tesis de grado Calles R Piedra M Evaluaci n del servicio ambiental h drico en la cuenca alta del r o Lempa y su aplicaci n en el ajuste de la tarifa h drica del rea metropolitana de San Salvador Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 45 28 35 Campos A JJ and Corrales Olga The Role of Model Forests for Managing Ecosystem Services at Landscape Scales In CATIE Integrated Management of Environmental Services in Human Dominated Tropical Landscapes Henry A Wallace Inter American Scientific Conference Series November 1 3 2005 CATIE Costa Rica Campos JJ Stoian D Villalobos R Innovation in forest management for new economic streams The International Forestry Review 7 5 Abstracts Candela S Stoian D Relationships between Indigenous and External Organizations with Influence on the Use and Conservation of Natural Resources in Indigenous Territories in Talamanca Costa Rica Poster presented at the 2005 IGERT Annual Meeting July 21 27 2005 CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Carballo M Carranza C Varela G Use of biopesticides in Central America Farmers and market criteria Jn International Symposium on Biopesticides for Developing Countries 2003 Turrialba Costa Rica PAN GTZ CATIE Serie T cnica Reuniones T cnicas
68. 52 54 Table 3 Doctoral students countries of origin Table 4 Distribution of doctoral students by study area as of December 2006 Area of study U Wales CATIE U Idaho Otros Total Country of origin Number of Students Ph D Belice 1 Tropical Forest 4 6 2 12 Bolivia 1 graduated Sciences Colombia 5 1 graduated Tropical 9 5 3 17 Costa Rica 1 Agroforestry Dominican Republic 2 1 graduated Ecological 3 4 7 Agriculture El Salvador 1 Guatemal 1 TEE Watershed 1 1 uatemala graduated Management Honduras 1 graduated 1 1 Japan 1 Socioeconomics Mexico 8 2 graduated Total 10 12 14 2 38 Paraguay 1 Joint CATIE U Wales and CATIE U Idaho diplomas Portugal 1 died Puerto Rico 1 Bote 1 graduated Joint master s with INCAE USA great The Graduate School continues to seek ways to innovate Venezuela its ability to respond better to the needs of young TOTAL 40 11 graduated Exchange students and interns Each year CATIE receives many students from different universities all over the world that come to the center to conduct their thesis research and other research work For the period covered by this report 73 students came to CATIE to work with our researchers The following table shows the number and countries of origin of these students professionals who wish to pursue their postgradua
69. 6 Colecci n Gesti n Integrada de Recursos naturales a Escala de Paisaje No 2 31 p L pez V amp Krauss U Mitigating the Threats of Invasive Alien Species in the Caribbean Caribbean Envasive Species Workiing Group Meeting Post of Spain Trinidad 27 28 October 2005 Lor o Berr os AL Prins C Jim nez F Organizaci n regulaci n y tecnolog as para el manejo y conservaci n del recurso h drico en la subcuenca del r o Aguas Calientes Nicaragua Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 45 36 42 Louman B Impacto Ambiental del aprovechamiento Jn Orozco L Brum r C Quir s D eds Aprovechamiento de impacto reducido de bosques latifoliados h medos tropicales Pp 361 397 Louman B Seguimiento y evaluaci n del aprovechamiento In Orozco L Brum r C Quir s D eds Aprovechamiento de impacto reducido de bosques latifoliados h medos tropicales Pp 399 434 Louman B G mez M Navarro GA Determinaci n de costos productividad y rendimiento del aprovechamiento forestal In Orozco L Brum r C Quir s D eds Aprovechamiento de impacto reducido de bosques latifoliados h medos tropicales Pp 271 312 Louman B Meza A Quir s D Carrera F Sistemas de aprovechamiento forestal Jn Orozco L Brum r C Quir s D eds Aprovechamiento de impacto reducido de bosques latifoliados h medos tropicales Pp 29 47 Louman B Meza A Quir s D Carrera F Planificaci n del aprovechamiento forestal
70. 607 2 033 Guatemala 17 347 45 392 Honduras 6 136 22 158 Mexico 1 4 6 10 Nicaragua 9 172 11 183 Panama 2 39 8 47 Venezuela 1 66 35 101 Total 612 5 385 2 111 7 496 Table 8 Distribution of training events by theme 2005 Number of Theme vente Men Women Total Agroforestry 506 3 914 1 469 5 383 Biotechnology 4 3 6 9 Management and Conservation of Natural Resources and Environment Forests Protected Areas Plantations Biodiversity i ead lt sed Watershed Management 5 85 24 109 Information Management Computer Center Statistics GIS Library E 7 32 18 50 Documentation Others Management Planning Enterprises etc 30 642 297 939 Sustainable Production 7 66 28 94 Socio economics 2 14 8 22 Total 612 5 385 2 111 7 496 11 12 Table 9 Distribution of training events by type 2006 Type Number of events Men Women Total Strategic courses 10 79 31 110 Special courses 22 312 200 512 In service training 2 2 1 3 Field trips and field days 21 393 230 623 Workshops and Demonstrations 886 6 212 2 876 9 088 Conferences and Teleconferences 140 1 160 841 2 001 Working meetings 12 349 101 450 Total 1 093 8 507 4 280 12 787 Table 10 Distribution of training events by country 2006 Country Number of events Men Women Total Argentina 1 17 9 26 Bolivia 3 105 25 130 Canada 1 20 10 30 CATIE 15 132 42 174 Costa Rica 1S 281 301 582 Cuba 1 12 7
71. 8 de octubre 2006 Ramos Benda a ZS Finegan B Red ecol gica de conectividad potencial Estrategia para el manejo del paisaje en el Corredor Biol gico San Juan La Selva Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 49 112 123 Ramos L M Efecto de hongos endofiticos sobre promoci n de crecimiento de vitro plantas de banano y pi a Tesis de grado Escuela Agr cola Panamericana El Zamorano Honduras Retamal D az MR Valoraci n econ mica de la oferta del servicio ecosist mico h drico para consumo humano en el municipio de Cop n Ruinas Honduras CATIE Turrialba CR 181 p Reyes Ponce KY An lisis del estado de las fuentes de agua para consumo humano y funcionamiento de los acueductos rurales en la cuenca del r o La Soledad Honduras CATIE Turrialba CR 227 p Reyes W Jim nez O F Faustino M J Vel squez S Vulnerabilidad y reas cr ticas a deslizamientos en la microcuenca del r o Talgua Honduras Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 48 103 110 Richers B Perez E Marineros L Casanoves F De Clerck F Benajamin T Topolog as de productores ganaderos cobertura arb rea y su uso en tres sistemas silvopastoriles en la subcuenca del r o Copan Honduras Actas del III Simposio sobre Sistemas Silvopastoriles para la Producci n Ganadera Sostenible Varadero Cuba 24 28 de octubre 2006 5 p R os Ram rez JN Comportamiento hidrol gico de sistemas de producci n ganadera convencional y silvopastoril en la zon
72. ATIE was asked to explore strategies for the center to strengthen its role in International Conventions CATIE was asked to proposed an incentive system for its thematic groups 4 Summary of achievements by operative area Education Program for Development and Conservation Beginning in 2004 this program under the leadership of Dr Glenn Galloway includes the following entities the Graduate School Training Area Orton Commemorative Library and the Biostatistics Unit Graduate School Since 1946 CATIE s Graduate School has offered studies toward master s degrees and since 1996 toward doctoral degrees in areas related to tropical agriculture and the conservation and sustainable management of natural resources The objective of the school is to train professional leaders and researchers who are capable of successfully conducting their activities in difficult and changing environments but with a firm sense of their social responsibilities The principal actions during this period follow Master s degrees The following master s programs were offered Ecological Agriculture Tropical Agroforestry Integrated Watershed Management Management and Conservation of Tropical Forests and Biodiversity and Environmental Socioeconomics CATIE offers doctoral programs in Tropical Forest Sciences Tropical Agroforestry Ecological Agriculture and Watershed Management Besides these programs CATIE negotiated an agreement with t
73. CATIE No 10 pp 169 176 Cardona AJ Faustino J Jim nez F Vel squez S Riesgo de contaminaci n en aguas superficiales en la microcuenca La Soledad Honduras Recursos naturales y Ambiente no 45 59 66 Carrera F Louman B Jim nez S Contexto actual del aprovechamiento forestal en Am rica Latina In Orozco L Brum r C Quir s D eds Aprovechamiento de impacto reducido de bosques latifoliados h medos tropicales Pp 1 28 Carrera F Louman B L pez G Planificaci n y construcci n de caminos forestales n Orozco L Brum r C Quir s D eds Aprovechamiento de impacto reducido de bosques latifoliados h medos tropicales Pp 89 118 Carrera F Stoian D Campos JJ Morales J Pinelo G Forest Certification in Guatemala n Cashore B Gale F Meidinger E and Newsom D eds Confronting Sustainability Forest Certification in Developing and Transitioning Countries Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Press New Haven CT Carrera L Louman B Transporte mayor n Orozco L Brum r C Quir s D eds Aprovechamiento de impacto reducido de bosques latifoliados h medos tropicales Pp 195 214 Casanoves F Baldessari J Balzarini M Evaluation of Multienvironment Trials of Peanut Cultivars Crop Science 45 18 26 Casanoves F Macchiavelli R Balzarini M Error Variation in Multi environment Peanut Trials Within Trial Spatial Correlation and Between Trial Heterogeneity
74. CATIE ase Education Center and Higher Education Cer enter Biannual Report 2005 2006 www catie ac cr The Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center CATIE is a regional center dedicated to research and graduate education in agriculture and the management conservation and sustainable use of natural resources Its Regular Members include the Inter American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture IICA Belize Bolivia Colombia Costa Rica the Dominican Republic El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay and Venezuela CATIE s core budget is strengthened by generous annual contributions from these members Contents 1 INTROGUCTION socket mnaqa anan aii 1 2 Executive summary tns Regional interinstitutional relations Planning monitoring and evaluation E Governing bodies u m u L L pen im diese tee s eut HIIS Internal Organization 4444444444444 4444444444444444444444444444444444444444444 4 Dissemination Firiarice and administration stets ca 3 Upper level managenment a aaaaass 5 4 Summary of achievements by operative area 6 Education Program for Development and Conservation 6 Graduate School oa 6 Training 10 Bloc aaa 13 Biostatistics 7 1 44 4
75. Conocimiento ind gena sobre aves de Talamanca Serie T cnica Bolet n T cnico No 25 25p Flores JC Exploring the Potential of Sound Management of Forest and Tree Resources on Cattle Farms to Counter the Loss of Tropical Dry Forest in Guanacaste Costa Rica Ph D Thesis CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica and University of Wales Bangor Galloway G Capacity building of managers in multiuse landscapes Recent experiences of CATIE in sustainable forestry management Paper accepted for publication in the proceedings of the UNESCO meeting Beristagi 7 held in Nance France in March 2005 Galloway G Stoian D Barriers to Sustainable Forestry in Central America and Promising Initiatives to Overcome Them Journal of Sustainable Forestry Galloway G Stoian D Barriers to Sustainable Forestry in Central America and Promising Initiatives to Overcome Them Presented at XXII IUFRO World Congress held in Brisbane Australia August 8 13 2005 Galv n O Louman B Galloway G Obando G Efecto de la iluminaci n de copa en el crecimiento de Pentaclethra macroloba y Goethalsia meiantha Implicaciones para la silvicultura de los bosques tropicales h medos Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 46 47 117 126 Garay M Locatelli B Louman B Impacto socioecon mico del pago por servicios ambientales y la certificaci n forestal voluntaria en la sostenibilidad del manejo forestal en Costa Rica Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 46 47 99 108
76. Development United Kingdom World Bank DG General Directorate GIS Geographical Information System DNRE Department of Natural Resources and GLAD CC Latin American Discussion Group on Environment Forests and Climate Change DP Degraded Pastures GRIN Germplasm Resources Information DP CATIE Norway Degraded Pastures Project in Network Central America GTTA Generation and Transfer of Agricultural DPE Outreach Directorate Technology DSS Decision Support Systems GTZ German Technical Cooperation Agency EARTH Agricultural School of the Humid Tropical GU Guatemala Region Costa Rica GUATE INVIERTE Trust for the Economic Reactivation of EC European Community the Agricultural Sector Guatemala ECOMAN Decision Support System for Sustainable GWP Global Water Partnership Ecosystem Management in Atlantic Rain HARC Hawaii s Agriculture Research Center Forest Rural Areas Project IHCAFE Honduran Coffee Institute IAI Inter American Institute for Global JASEC Administrative Board of Electrical Change Research Services of Cartago IBSA Biodiversity Index for PES JICA Japanese International Cooperation ICAFE Costa Rican Coffee Institute Agency ICRA International Centre for Development JNC National Coffee Board of Peru Oriented Research in Agriculture JSDF Japanese Social Develo
77. E Inter Model Forest Trade IDRC Strengthening rural competitiveness in los Yungas Bolivia USAID with DAI and the Cacao TG Competitiveness of Community Based Forest Enterprises for Xate in Guatemala IDB FOMIN with INCAE Communities and Biodiversity IUCN INBio CATIE and Financial Services for Differentiated Coffees IFC ECOM Nestl with INCAE Rural Innovations MAF Norway with the Coffee TG Cacao in Central America MAF Norway with the Cacao TG Graduate School Leadership in the conceptualization and negotiation of the new joint master s program International Agribusiness Management INCAE CATIE In 2006 this new program was officially launched in the presence of Costa Rica s Minister of Production The new master s program will begin in July 2007 and it will prepare leaders for the development of sustainable rural businesses The Master s Program in Environmental Socioeconomics is providing instruction to build capacities for the development of productive chains from the perspective of rural livelihoods based on innovative concepts and methodologies and participatory methods for research action During 2005 and 2006 more than 30 master s students were educated and three doctoral and seven master s students were given guidance The group also collaborated with the Steering Committee of the IGERT Project of CATIE and the University of Idaho Training The first term of the degree program in Rural Enterpris
78. E Biogeochemical cycling of base cations in cacao agroorestry and shifting cultivation systems in the BriBri Cabecar indigenous territories Talamanca Costa Rica Abstracts of the 15th International Cocoa Research Conference p 51 Zamora S Chac n M Vallejo A Efecto de la aplicaci n de los pagos por servicios ambientales en el stock de carbono de un paisaje ganadero en Esparza Costa Rica Congreso internacional de los servicios ecosist micos en los neotr picos estado del arte y desaf os futuros Bosque Valdivia 2006 27 2 175 ISSN 0717 9200 Zamora S E Efectos de los pagos por servicios ambientales en la estructura composici n conectividad y el stock de carbono presente en el paisaje ganadero de Esparza Costa Rica Tesis MSc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 88 p Zhang D Boccara M Mischke S Motilal L Kolesnikova Allen M Cryer N Turnbull C Lanaud C Phillips Mora W Butler D Detection of mislabeled germplasm in cocoa collections using DNA fingerprinting with SSR markers Abstracts of the 15th International Cocoa Research Conference San Jos Costa Rica p 29 zum Felde A Pocasangre L E Sikora R A Can successive generations of banana plants be protected from nematode attack by a single inoculations of beneficial endophytic fungi In Proceedings Conference of the International Agricultural Research for Development German Tropical Meeting Tropentag Bonn Germany Octuber p 189
79. ERIFOR and EFORWOOD forestry projects also funded by the EU was negotiated Regional Model Forest Network for Latin America Model Forests focus on improving the sustainable management of natural resources on a landscape scale They emphasize aspects of harmonization such as joint planning cooperation dialogue and conflict resolution among institutions communities and persons creating and strengthening alliances and seeking equality and peace They aspire to increase opportunities for sustainable human development improvement of livelihood strategies and rural poverty reduction The Model Forest Network for Latin America and the Caribbean LAC Net provides a forum for preventing and managing environmental conflicts between diverse actors and diverse sectors sharing solutions in the network LAC Net is the regional affiliation of the International Model Forest Network IMFN led by the IDRC of Canada and now by Natural Resources Canada Its regional coordination office is based at CATIE LAC Net is made up of 16 model forests in nine countries of the region and Spain which work together to consolidate innovative initiatives in environmental governability In the 2005 2006 period the managerial staff was consolidated and several agreements were signed with IDRC and AVINA to finance network activities Honduras Spain Bolivia Chiquitano Forest and Guatemala were incorporated discussions were begun for the possible incorp
80. Fund This fund comes from membership quotas from CATIE s 13 member countries IICA s regular contribution teaching activities sales of goods and services administrative costs of projects journals books and contribution from productive activities and specific support to the core budget from the governments of Sweden and Norway Productive Activities Fund This fund contains resources from the administration of agricultural and livestock activities farms and services housing and vehicles that support the generation of income for the core budget and cover operation costs Net support to the core budget from these activities was U S 315 160 and U S 425 603 during 2005 and 2006 respectively e Funds in Custody These are funds negotiated by CATIE through its technical programs and the Graduate School to support research and higher education They are managed independently since they require greater agility and effectiveness in their accounting These funds are classified education institutional and specific e Project and Agreements Fund These are restricted funds that have specifically defined conditions established by the donor During 2005 68 projects were executed for a total amount of U S 8 7 million while in 2006 98 projects were executed for a total amount of U S 9 1 million e Institutional Fund This is an accounting tool that allows the administration to control and register institutional assets adequately CAT
81. IE is audited annually by an internationally recognized firm of external auditors This firm is chosen by the Inter American Board of Agriculture IABA through an external bidding process to audit the financial statements of CATIE and IICA In addition many individual projects and agreements are audited periodically by other external firms hired by the donors In addition to this CATIE has an Internal Auditor that reports directly to the center s Board of Directors Each year this audit covers a review of funds management expenditures executed by the projects institutional accounts and control procedures among other aspects Tables 16 and 17 show CATIE s financial statements for 2005 and 2006 based on the audited reports for those years Table 16 shows the balance of funds for the years indicated and Table 17 shows the balance of income and expenditures for 2005 and 2006 As can be seen in both tables in general terms financial stability has been maintained during both years There are no important variations Besides all the efforts to maintain this stability in income it is important also to point out the success that the technical areas have had in project negotiation since income from projects and funds in custody continued to grow Table 14 Specific contributions to core Source 2006 2005 IICA 1 000 000 1 000 000 Member countries 700 000 700 247 Teaching activities 252 1
82. Jim nez F Faustino J An lisis integral del riesgo a deslizamientos e inundaciones en la microcuenca del r o Gila Honduras Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 48 93 102 Salguero Londo o B M Caracterizaci n de Nematodos de Vida Libre como Bioindicadores de la Calidad y Salud de Suelos Bananeros en Costa Rica Tesis MSc Agricultura Ecol gica CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 93 p S nchez Merlos DA Criterios ecol gicos para la planificaci n de la conservaci n en un sector del Corredor Biol gico del Atl ntico de Nicaragua CATIE Turrialba CR 122 p Sandoval I La producci n de hojarasca de dos especies de rboles y dos gram neas y su aporte potencial al reciclaje de nutrientes en pasturas en Muy Muy Nicaragua Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 160 p Santos A Cu nta madera necesita una ebanister a para ser eficiente Info CATIE Nicaragua CATIE Managua Nicaragua Sauceda D Caracterizacion de los sistemas de produccion de granos basicos en fincas ganaderas de doble proposito en La Hoya Olanchito Yoro Tesis Ing Agr UNA Catacamas Honduras Schedlbauer J Forest Ecosystem Responses to Edge Effects and Secondary Forest Development in Northeastern Costa Rica Implications for Conservation CATIE Turrialba CR Schedlbauer JL Finegan B Kavanagh KL Rainforest Structure at Forest Pasture Edges in Northeastern Costa Rica Biotropica Schroth G Krauss U Biological soil fertility management for
83. M Somarriba E Tipolog as de fincas cafetaleras con sombra de maderables en P rez Zeled n Costa Rica Agroforester a en las Am ricas 43 44 86 91 Orozco L Somarriba E rboles maderables en fincas de cacao org nico del Alto Beni Bolivia Agroforester a en las Am ricas 43 44 46 53 Ortega P y Obando O El uso de la resina de neem para el control biologico de torsalo Dermatobia hominis en bovinos de Muy Muy Matagalpa Tesis Med Vet UNA Managua Nicaragua Ortiz J F Nutrientes limitantes para el crecimiento de Brachiaria brizantha cv Marandu en las sabanas y planicies onduladas de Santa Ana Pet n Tesis Ing Agr USAC Ciudad de Guatemala Guatemala Ortiz J L G mez Lim M Aguilar M E Regeneraci n de Suspensiones Celulares Embriog nicas de Pl ntano Cv Currar Aab Bombardeadas con Genes Antiftingicos para Introducir Resistencia a la Sigatoka Negra Mycosphaerella fijiensis In Memorias del VII Simposio Internacional de Biotecnologia Vegetal Instituto de Biotecnologia de las Plantas IBP Santa Clara Cuba Abril 17 21 Ortiz M Somarriba E Sombra y especies arb reas en los cacaotales del Alto Beni Bolivia Agroforester a en las Am ricas 43 44 54 61 Ortiz S Santos A Pinelo G Rivera C Asistente de Planificaci n Financiera y Forestal ASISFFOR Software para planificar la actividad forestal en reas de aprovechamiento de bosque latifoliado CATIE Managua Nicaragu
84. Majano El Salvador 2005 2006 e Sergio Abarca Representative of the Costa Rican Ministry of Agriculture 2005 Guillermo Flores Representative of the Costa Rican Ministry of Agriculture 2005 Lionel Peralta Representative of the Costa Rican Ministry of Agriculture 2006 Godfrey Eneas The Bahamas Representative of the IABA 2006 Floyd Horn USA 2005 e Juan Carlos Godoy Guatemala 2005 Manuel Guariguata Venezuela 2005 Fiona Wilson Denmark 2005 e Rosalia Arteaga Ecuador began in 2006 Marcelino Avila Belize began in 2006 Geoffrey Hawtin United Kingdom began in 2006 Benjamin Figueroa Mexico began in 2006 Michael Tewes Belize Representative of the Governing Council 2005 Olmedo Espino Panama Representative of the Governing Council 2005 e Erick Santamaria Panama Representative of the Governing Council 2006 Mariano Olaz bal IICA 2005 2006 Governing Council of Ministers 2005 2006 Belize Michael Espat 2005 Vildo Marin 2006 Bolivia Guillermo Rivera 2005 2006 Colombia Andr s Felipe Arias 2005 2006 Costa Rica Rodolfo Coto 2005 Alfredo Volio 2006 Dominican Republic Amilcar Romero 2005 Salvador Jim nez 2006 El Salvador Mario Salaverr a 2005 2006 Guatemala Alvaro Aguilar 2005 2006 Honduras Mariano Jim nez 2005 H ctor Hern ndez 2006 Mexico Javier Usabiaga 2005 Francisco Javier Mayo
85. Mart n Meta CATIE Turrialba CR Carrera Gambeta F Stoian D Campos JJ Morales Cancino J Pinelo G Forest Certification in Guatemala n Cashore B Gale F Meidinger E Newaom D eds Confronting Sustainability Forest Certification in Developing and Transitioning Countries Report Number 8 Yale School of Forestry amp Environmental Studies Pp 363 406 Carrillo P Comparative Study of Broadleaf forest in the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area Belize with an emphasis on the impacts of forest management CATIE Turrialba CR 85 p Casasola F Ibrahim M Villanueva V Gonz lez A Efecto del pago de servicios ambientales sobre los cambios de los usos de la tierra en fincas ganaderas de Esparza Costa Rica n IV Congreso Latinoamericano de Agroforester a en CUBA III Simposio sobre Sistemas Silvopastoriles para la Producci n Ganadera Sostenible 24 al 28 de octubre 2006 5 p Castellanos W L Biodegradaci n acelerada del nematicida Terbufos en suelos bananeros de Costa Rica Tesis de grado Universidad Nacional de Agricultura Honduras Castillo S Uso de Metarhizium anisopliae para el control biol gico del salivazo Aeneolomia spp y Prosapia spp en pastizales de Brachiaria decumbens en El Pet n Guatemala Tesis MSc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 64 p Cervantes Martinez C Brown J S Schnell R J Phillips Mora W Takrama J F Motamayor JC Combining ability for disease resistance
86. Molecular Tools in Different Disciplines of the Agricultural and Forestry Sciences was given for three consecutive years 2003 2005 at CATIE and the international course on Applications of Mixed Models in Agricultural Forestry and Environmental Sciences was also given in 2005 The international course on Plant Genetic Resources Strategic Assets for Genetic Enhancement and Agricultural Diversification in the Context of Agrobiodiversity was given in 2006 In 2005 decision makers and technicians from Belize Nicaragua Mexico and the Dominican Republic were supported in the adoption of a national action plan that will help halt the expansion and the negative effects of cacao moniliasis in those countries Simultaneously three international meetings were held on control and evaluation of disease resistance and genetic enhancement of cacao which had 60 participants from nearly every continent Numerous training sessions were also held for students from other universities technicians and producers on the control of cacao moniliasis genetics molecular biology tissue culture and histology Outreach Co organization of the International Cocoa Research Conference COPAL and the organization of the International Workshop of INGENIC in October 2006 in San Jos with more than 200 investigators from around the world substantially improved regional and international outreach of the cacao genetic enhancement program of the MURF group Th
87. NVESTAV Center for Research and Higher Services and Markets for Coffee in Education of the National Polytechnical Agroforestry Systems Project Institute Mexico CAM Master s Academic Council CATIE CIRAD International Center for Research 47 Graduate School and Development France 48 Clusa League of Cooperatives of the ECTI Strategy to Combat Illegal Logging United States ESC Environmental Service Certificate CNP National Production Council Costa Rica ESNACIFOR National Forestry Science School CODEFORSA Forestry Development Commission of Honduras San Carlos ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology COFLAC Forestry Commission of Latin America Zurich and the Caribbean EU European Union COHDEFOR Honduran Forestry Development FAN Friends of Nature Foundation Bolivia Corporation FANCA Central American Network for Water CONAP National Protected Areas Council Action Guatemala FAO United Nations Food and Agriculture CONARFI National Plant Genetic Resources Organization Commission FAS Foreign Agricultural Service USA CONACYT National Science and Technology FCBC Foundation for the Conservation of the Council Mexico Chiquitano Forest Bolivia CONPES National Economic Policy Council FECAFEB Federation of Coffee Exporters of Bolivia
88. Navarro G Berm dez G An lisis Econ mico del Impacto de las Restricciones T cnicas y Legales sobre la Rentabilidad del Manejo de Bosques Naturales y su Competitividad Respecto a otros Usos de la Tierra en Costa Rica Informe de Consultor a ECTI 51 p Navarro G Berm dez 9 III Informe de Preverificaci n y verificaci n de los proyectos de protecci n y regeneraci n de bosques naturales que brindan los servicios ambientales que respaldan el programa de certificados de servicios ambientales CS A Costa Rica Informe de consultor a FONAFIFO 67 p Navarro GA Vieto R Bermudez G Costos de Acceso a la legalidad Cadenas y Actores de Mercado de la madera legal e ilegal en Costa Rica Informe de Consultor a ECTI 78 p N nez C Estudio de poblaciones de bacterias endofiticas de la riz sfera para el biocontro del nematodo barrenador Radopholus similis Tesis MSc Agricultura Ecol gica CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 62 p Oelbermann M Voroney R P Thevathasan N V Gordon A M Kass D C L Schl nvoigt A M Soil carbon dynamics and residue stabilization in a Costa Rican and southern Canadian alley cropping systems Agroforestry Systems 68 27 36 Orozco Bucardo PP Experiencias organizativas para el manejo de cuencas y propuesta metodol gica para incorporar el enfoque de cogesti n el caso de las subcuencas de los r os C lico y Jucuapa Nicaragua CATIE Turrialba CR 175 p Orozco L L pez A Rojas
89. Nut Industry in Madre de Di s Per n FAO ed Microfinance and forest based small scale enterprises FAO Rome Junkin R Construcci n de Capacidades para Servicios de Desarrollo Empresarial Orientados Hacia la Demanda Presentado en la Conferencia Reducci n de la Pobreza Rural en Centroam rica Fortalecimiento de Servicios T cnicos Empresariales y Financieros realizada en CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica del 11 al 13 de abril del 2005 Disponible en l nea http www catie ac cr econegociosagricolas BancoConocimiento D des_ pobreza_rural_presentaciones des_pobreza_rural_presentaciones asp CodIdioma ESP Junkin R Berry J Perez M Healthy Women Healthy Business Comparative Study of Pro Mujer s Model Integrating Microfinance with Access to Quality Affordable Healthcare USAID Microenterprise Department Technical Note Series Junkin R Donovan J S nchez SY Diagn stico empresarial de cooperativas en mercados de caf s especiales Gu a para el dise o de programas de capacitaci n y asistencia t cnica Proyecto CATIE Banco Mundial Fortalecimiento de v nculos de pequefios productores con mercados de caf s especiales CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Junkin R Donovan J Stoian D Vargas E Organizaci n empresarial de pequefios productores y productoras gu a para facilitadores de las etapas iniciales del desarrollo empresarial rural CATIE Serie t cnica Manual t cnico No 57 CeCoEco Colecci n de Desar
90. OME Membership quotas Technical Support Services Teaching activities Productive activities Administrative and logistical support Miscellaneous Donations and specific contributions Subtotal Income from projects and contracts funds Income from funds in custody TOTAL INCOME EXPENDITURES General Directorate and governing bodies Administration and services Technical programs Productive activities Others Subtotal Expenditures for projects and contracts funds Expenditures for funds in custody TOTAL EXPENDITURES Excess Income over Expenditures 2006 1 700 000 180 160 252 140 1 393 603 439 655 12 579 1 293 921 5 272 058 9 069 556 4 492 841 18 834 455 590 602 1 128 028 2 391 346 968 000 10 000 5 087 976 9 069 556 4 492 841 18 650 373 184 083 2005 1 700 247 194 114 252 467 1 359 272 499 791 69 128 1 288 412 5 363 431 8 660 980 4 025 124 18 049 535 564 707 1 261 172 2 090 624 1 044 112 78 316 5 038 931 8 660 980 4 025 124 17 725 035 324 500 o Acronyms ACOMUITA Indigenous Women s Association of CANCAFE Andean Coffee Producers Commission Talamanca CANIAN Chamber of Nonsynthetic Agricultural ACP Panama Canal Authority Products Costa Rica AdeC Central American Trees
91. Pilar buffer zone and strengthen alliances to support agrotourism study and re create the Mayan forest gardens and contribute to the preparation of a promotional video for El Pilar and Selva Maya The Management of the Gladden Split and Silk Keys Marine Reserve Project 2003 2005 was also developed with funds from PRODOMA administrated by CATIE This donation of U S 80 000 was managed by the Belizean NGO Friends of Nature The project facilitated the establishment of a geographical information system GIS for the scientific management of the reserve and the monitoring of species through the study of the evolution of the biodiversity in the area Another project executed with PRODOMA funds for an amount of U S 40 000 supported by a second donation from PROARCA APM developed a management plan for the Payne s Creek National Park This project was implemented by the Belizean NGO TIDE In April 2006 CATIE staff visited Belize to participate in the inauguration of the Documentation Center at the Agronomy School of the University of Belize in Central Farm CATIE and IICA worked together to make a donation of publications and computers and financed a two day course on access to information and databases of the Orton Library Three large projects that include activities in Belize were negotiated These were as follows e Central American Cacao Program donation from the Norwegian government U S 5 million for all Central America
92. SU helps in the characterization evaluation and distribution of CATIE s germplasm and supports the maintenance of the databases of inventories evaluations and identification of the field collections and those kept in cold chambers These inventories are for guava zapote peach palm cedar and laurel selected fruit species of CATIE s collections and crops CATIE s analytical laboratories continue to support sample analysis for the center s students and staff members offering prices generally lower than market prices The program to ensure quality control of analyses and deactivation of toxic wastes continued during this period The TSU continued to train elementary and high school teachers from Turrialba as well as tour guides and promoters Plants and seeds are distributed through direct sales Attention to visitors including charges improved during this period This allowed for an increase in 190 in income in this line item from U S 3 912 in 2004 to U S 11 358 in 2005 These resources are used to improve general maintenance of the collections and to support the recovery and electronic inclusion of germplasm evaluations and of the introduction accessions log book The TSU worked on maintaining equipment and acquired additional equipment essential for quality analysis Forest Seed Bank The Forest Seed Bank continued to strengthen its consulting activities and sales In 2006 it generated 100 of its personnel and opera
93. Spanish has a renewed image offers the possibility to fill out forms on line has search engines and facilitates the perusal of journals It also has animated images a centralized media bank and allows access to the contents created by each user to that user Thematic Websites Under the leadership of different thematic groups and with the support of different projects during 2005 2006 several portals and Websites were constructed for specific thematic areas These successful portals are Watersheds www portalcuencas net Model Forests www bosquesmodelo net Agricultural EcoBusiness www catie ac cr Promotional Events Besides events held in member countries CATIE has participated in these promotional events and presentations held outside the region e May 2005 Seminar at the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Stockholm Sweden September 2005 Seminar with European private sector Vevey Switzerland e September 2005 Presentation at the central headquarters of Swiss Cooperation SDC Berne Switzerland e September 2005 Presentation at FAO headquarters Rome September 2005 Presentation in IUFRO World Congress Brisbane Australia e September 2005 Seminar organized with The Tropics Foundation Atlanta Georgia USA e September 2006 Presentations organized with group of Friends of CATIE Santa Fe New Mexico USA e October 2006 Conference in honor of Dr Kenton Millar WWF hea
94. W One hundred species of Coffea the importance of coffee germplasm collections Specialty Coffee Association of America 18th Annual Conference amp Exhibition Charlotte North Carolina April 7 10 2006 6 p handout Ebert A W Agrobiodiversidad para enfrentar la pobreza en Am rica Latina y el Caribe Boletin CATIE Correo Mensual No 20 7 12 2006 Ebert A W Normas nacionales de acceso a los recursos fitogen ticos versus el sistema multilateral el caso del banco de germoplasma del CATIE en Costa Rica In Seminario Taller organizado por FAO MAGA y CONARFI sobre el Tratado Internacional de los Recursos Fitogen ticos relacionados con la Alimentaci n y la Agricultura 29 y 30 de Mayo de 2006 Guatemala Ebert A W Importancia de la conservaci n y uso de la agrobiodiversidad como estrategia para combatir la pobreza en ALC Dialogo Regional sobre Cooperaci n T cnica Importancia de la conservaci n y uso de la agrobiodiversidad para enfrentar la pobreza en ALC 02 de Noviembre 2006 IICA Sede Central Coronado Ebert A W Memoria Seminario Taller Tratado internacional sobre los Recurso Fitogen ticos relacionados con la Alimentaci n y Agricultura Memoria del Seminario Taller organizado por FAO IICA CONARFI CONCYT SENACYT y MAGA compilado por Dr Andreas W Ebert CATIE 42 pp Ebert A W Karihaloo J L Ferreira M E IX Opportunities limitations and needs for DNA banks n de Vicente MC amp Andersson MS e
95. Waiting for approval e Mayan Jungle Project donation from IDB U S 1 million for Selva Maya in Belize Mexico and Guatemala Approved GEF Project for the Belize Mopan River Watershed U S 5 million Under negotiation Actions in Mexico The principal activities were conducted in the state of Chiapas where the Capacity Development and Mainstreaming for Sustainable Land Management Project was negotiated and will be funded by GEF funds from the IDB for a total amount of U S 5 million The objective is to contribute to sustainable livestock production policies in Chiapas through the design and implementation of an incentive strategy that encourages the development of integrated silvopastoral systems for sustainable livestock production CATIE hopes to contribute to the transformation of production systems human resources and mechanisms and methods to sell cattle and forest products that will increase income for producers recover degraded lands and generate environmental services CATIE won the bid to execute the consultancy Formation and Training for the Development of Agroecological Agroforestry and Agrosilvopastoral Systems and the Conservation of Natural Resources through the CIRAD IICA CATIE Consortium which receives with funding of 1 million Euros from the European Union The consultancy that manages training processes in agroforestry in the Lacandon Forest is conducted within the activities funded by the Integra
96. a Osorio G P Evaluacion de hongos endofiticos y extractos bot nicos para el control de la Sigatoka negra Mycosphaerella fijiensis Morelet en banano Tesis MSc Agricultura Ecol gica CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 72 p Palacios E y Pineda N Selectividad animal de pasturas y especies le osas en la comunidad de El B lsamo en Muy Muy Matagalpa durante los periodos lluvioso y seco Tesis Ing Agr UNAN Matagalpa Nicaragua Pay n Mas s AY Evaluaci n participativa de forrajes mejorados para el manejo sostenible de los recursos naturales en la subcuenca del r o Jucuapa Matagalpa Nicaragua CATIE Turrialba CR 110 p P rez Casrrasco RR An lisis del proceso hacia la cogesti n en la subcuenca del r o Aguas Calientes Nicaragua CATIE Turrialba CR 135 p P rez E Caracterizaci n de sistemas silvopastoriles y su contribuci n socioecon mica en productores ganaderos de Cop n Honduras Thesis MSc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 138 p P rez F J Inducing resistance in Spanish cedar Cedrela odorata L and mahogany Swietenia macrophylla King against Hypsipyla grandella Zeller by grafting Thesis Ph D CATIE University of Idaho Joint PhD Program 136 p P rez F J Mes n F Hilje L Aguilar M E Desarrollo de un m todo de micropropagaci n aplicable a genotipos selectos de Cedrela odorata L II Fases de desarrollo y enraizamiento Revista Recursos Naturales y Ambiente 46 47 146 151 P rez J Induct
97. a CR Arce Baca JF Avances hacia un manejo forestal sostenible en concesiones con fines maderables estudio de caso en el departamento de Ucayali Amazonia eruana CATIE Turrialba CR 154 p Arciniegas A Phillips Mora W Comprehensive characterization of superior cacao genotypes selected by CATIE s breeding program based on yield and or moniliasis resistance Abstracts of the 15th International Cocoa Research Conference p 16 Arcos I Jim nez F Harvey C Campos JJ Casanoves F Le n JA Efecto del ancho del bosque ribereiio en la calidad del agua en la microcuenca del r o Sesesmiles Cop n Honduras Uso de comunidades de macroinvertebrados bent nicos como organismos indicadores Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 48 29 34 Arcos I Jim nez F Le n JA Percepci n local acerca del papel de los bosques riberefios en la conservaci n de los recursos naturales en la microcuenca del r o Sesesmiles Cop n Honduras Recursos 65 Naturales y Ambiente no 48 118 122 66 Arg ello Ruiz R Potencial del mecanismo de desarrollo limpio en las plantaciones forestales de Panam CATIE Turrialba CR Astorga C Ebert A W Uma ia C The Sapotaceae fruit tree collection at CATIE and related research activities International Sapotaceae Symposium National Museum of Costa Rica San Jos 15 17 March 2006 Abstracts p 3 Auquilla RC Astorga Y Jim nez F Influencia del uso del suelo en la calidad del agua en la subcue
98. a de recarga h drica de la subcuenca del r o Jabonal Cuenca del r o Barranca Costa Rica CATIE Turrialba CR 116 p R os J Ibrahim M Jim nez F Andrade H Sancho F Estimaci n de la escorrent a superficial e infiltraci n en sistemas de ganader a convencional y en sistemas silvopastoriles en la zona de recarga h drica de la subcuenca del R o Jabonal Barranca Costa Rica In IV Congreso Latinoamericano de Agroforester a en CUBA III Simposio sobre Sistemas Silvopastoriles para la Producci n Ganadera D122Sostenible 24 al 28 de octubre 2006 6 p R os N Jim nez F Ibrahim M Andrade H Sancho F Par metros hidrol gicos y de cobertura vegetal en sistemas de producci n ganadera en la zona de recarga de la subcuenca del r o Jabonal Costa Rica Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 48 111 117 R os N Jim nez F Ibrahim M Andrade H Sancho F Estimaci n de par metros hidrol gicos en sistemas de producci n ganadera convencional y silvopastoril en la zona de recarga h drica de Subcuenca del R o Jabonal Barranca Costa Rica Congreso internacional de los servicios ecosist micos en los neotr picos estado del arte y desaf os futuros Bosque Valdivia 2006 27 2 189 ISSN 0717 9200 R os N Jim nez F Ibrahim M Andrade H Sancho F Par metros hidrol gicos y de cobertura vegetal en sistemas de producci n ganadera en la zona de recarga de la subcuenca del r o Jabonal Costa Rica Recur
99. agropaisajes en Am rica Central lecciones del proyecto FRAGMENT 7n ler Congreso Sobre Conservaci n y Manejo de Vida Silvestre Libro de Res menes UNA Costa Rica p 10 Harvey C A Sinclair F S enz J Ibrahim M Villanueva C G mez R L pez M Montero J Medina A S nchez V lchez S Hern ndez B Opportunities for conserving biodiversity within agricultural landscapes in Central America lessons from the FRAGMENT project n 4th Henry A Wallace CATIE Inter American Scientific Conference Integrated Management of Environmental Services in Human Dominated Tropical Landscapes November 1 3 2005 pp 21 26 Harvey C Viilanueva C Villac s J Chac n M Mu oz D L pez M Ibrahim M G mez R Taylor R Mart nez J Navas A S enz J S nchez D Medina A V lchez S Hern ndez B P rez A Ruiz F L pez F Lang I Sinclair Contribution of live fences to the ecological integrity of agricultural landscapes Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment 111 200 230 Harvey C A F Alpizar M Chac n and R Madrigal Assessing linkages between Agriculture and Biodiversity in Central America Historical overview and Future perspectives Mesoamerican amp Caribbean Region Conservation Science Program The Nature Conservancy TNC San Jos Costa Rica 140 pp Hern ndez AJ Vel squez S Jim nez F Rivera S Din mica del uso de la tierra y de la oferta h drica en la c
100. ars In the case of the Cacao Carbon Capture Project of Talamanca Costa Rica World Bank MINAB it held a large number of workshops field days and meetings to disseminate the results and recommendations produced by CATIE and its partners to more than 500 indigenous farmers The initial training program in Alto Beni reached 2 000 farmers Outreach Global and regional outreach has been improved through the co organization of the International Cacao Research Conference with the Cocoa Producers Alliance COPAL Costa Rica 2006 strategic alliances and new projects The most relevant in this field is the cooperation that continues with COPAL and with the Mesoamerican Scientific Partnership Platform for Agroforestry with Perennial Crops PCP with CIRAD CABI INCAE and PROMECAFE CATIE leads a new global group INAFORESTA a joint initiative of CATIE Mars ITA ICRAF and CIRAD dedicated to the analysis and use of the information available on relations between cacao people trees forests and the environment in this context a global workshop of experts in cacao agroforestry systems was organized for INAFORESTA immediately after the International Cocoa Research Conference In 2006 a special effort was made to establish new collaboration links for research and education with the private sector e g with the World Cocoa Foundation WCF Yara and Mars This effort included active participation in WCF meetings in Washington and Euro
101. as an Interdisciplinary Approach funded by the Inter American Institute for Global Change Research IAI The unit has collaborated with the following projects Clean Stock Program funded by the Government of Costa Rica Biodiversity in Fragmented Livestock Dominated Landscapes funded by the World Bank and Bank of the Netherlands and Using Geographic Information Systems to Enhance Phytosanitary Conditions and Trade Capacity of Small Growers of Tropical Ornamental Crops funded by USDA FAS Four courses workshops were offered Application of Mixed Linear Models in Agriculture and Forestry Introduction to the use of R Software Linear Models in R Multivariate Data Classic Analysis and New Methodologies and Data Analysis and Interpretation of Results one module Analysis of Molecular Data in the framework of the Molecular Tools course and a course Tools for Monitoring Carbon Sequestration in Land Use Systems were offered Research Program Since 2003 the Research Program has continued carrying out its work through two technical scientific departments the Department of Agriculture and Agroforestry DAAF chaired by Dr John Beer and the Department of Natural Resources and Environment DNRE headed by Dr Jos Joaqu n Campos The departments are integrated into research units called thematic groups Department of Agriculture and Agroforestry DAAF This department is composed of five thematic groups TG as de
102. az Bolivia 154 p Quir s D Louman B Meza A Membre o JJ Actividades complementarias al aprovechamiento Jn Orozco L Brum r C Quir s D eds Aprovechamiento de impacto reducido de bosques latifoliados h medos tropicales Pp 215 227 Quir s D Venegas G Z iga V Aserr o in situ In Orozco L Brum r C Quir s D eds Aprovechamiento de impacto reducido de bosques latifoliados h medos tropicales Pp 229 275 Ram rez Ch vez J Prioridades sociales y arreglos institucionales para la gesti n local del Corredor Biol gico Turrialba Jim nez Tesis M Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Ramos M Bosque P rez N A Godoy G Hilje L Leafhopper Hemiptera Cicadellidae diversity in coffee agroforestry systems within the Turrialba Jimenez Biological Corridor 12th International Congress on Auchenorrhyncha Berkeley CA USA Ramos M Var n E Eigenbrode S D Bosque P rez N Hilje L The effect of riparian forested corridors on beneficial and detrimental entomofauna in coffee farms of the Turrialba Region Costa Rica Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting Salt Lake City Utah USA November 14 17 2004 Ramos Z Finegan B Una red ecol gica para la conservaci n de la biodiversidad Recursos Ciencia y decisi n no 4 Restrepo C Ibrahim M Harvey C Harmand J M Morales J Relaciones entre la cobertura arb rea en potreros y la producci n bovina en fincas ganaderas
103. can be seen in particular in Colombia Bolivia and Panama while in others such as El Salvador financial and self sustainability difficulties are noted As far as CATIE personnel there have been no significant quantitative changes in personnel categories However some qualitative tendencies are evident with the growth of some TGs and difficulties in others to respond to regional and international priorities The number of national staff members who have retired through Costa Rica s national Magisterio pension plan has increased Dissemination Several visits meetings and seminars were realized in different countries CATIE made important presentations in 2005 in Sweden at the Royal Academy for Agriculture and Forestry KSLA and at the headquarters of Nestl located in Vevey Switzerland In 2006 the center hosted a seminar at WWF headquarters to award an honorary doctoral degree to Dr Kenton Miller Dr Eduardo Somarriba received the award for the best Latin American work in cacao a recognition given by the World Cocoa Foundation Both events were held in Washington D C Finance and administration The years 2005 and 2006 showed a recovery or increase in funding with an increase in the total executed budget Nevertheless the core budget based on membership quotas overhead from projects and donations remains static The outlook with different donors and partners is good especially noteworthy is the recent negotiations
104. cci n de fertilizantes org nicos fermentados Thesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 107 p Jim nez F Faustino J La cuenca hidrogr fica como unidad de manejo gesti n y cogesti n de los recursos naturales CATIE Turrialba CR Joachim Sell J Koellner T Weber O Proctor W Pedroni L Scholz RW Ecosystem services from tropical forestry projects The choice of international market actors Forest Policy and Economics 9 2007 496 515 Johnson E Phillips W Bekele F L Arciniegas A Zhang D Schnell R J Field guide to the UF clones of Costa Rica Abstracts from the 15th International Cocoa Research Conference San Jose Costa Rica p 150 Jorge P Morphophysiological characteristics of Mexican sunflower Tithonia diversifolia Hemls Gray genotypes and the utilization of plant biomass as a phosphorus source in bean cultivars Phaseolus vulgaris L Thesis Ph D CATIE UWB Joint PhD Program 227 p Junkin R Gerencia Empresarial de Fincas Un Programa de Capacitaci n para Extensionistas en Am rica Latina FAO Roma Junkin R Soza S Herramientas B sicas para la Planificaci n Financiera de Pequefias Empresas Rurales Una Gu a para Facilitadores del Desarrollo Empresarial Rural Gu a metodol gica preparada para COSUDE WWE San Jos Costa Rica Kleine M Appanah S Galloway G Simula M Spilsbury M Temu A Desarrollo de capacidades para el manejo forestal sostenible Disco compacto
105. ces The Social and Ecological Impacts of Costa Rica s Conservation Incentive Program Presented at 2005 IGERT Project Meeting May 18 20 2005 Double Tree Hotel Crystal City Arlington VA Mungu a R Beer J Harmand J M Haggar J Tasas de descomposici n y liberaci n de nutrientes de la hojarasca de Eucalyptus deglupta Coffeea arabica y hojas verdes de Erythrina poeppigiana solas y en mezclas Agroforester a en las Am ricas 41 42 62 68 Mu oz C Muschler R Harmand J M Soto G P rdida y liberaci n de nutrimentos durante la descomposici n de tres tipos de compost en condiciones de campo Agroforester a en las Am ricas 41 42 22 28 Murdiyarso D Robledo C Brown S Coto O Drexhage J Forner C Kanninen M Lipper L Norh N Rond n M Linkages between mitigation and adaptation in land use change and forestry activities In Kanninen M Robledo C eds Tropical forests and adaptation to climate change in search of synergies CIFOR Intercooperation pp 122 153 Murrieta E Caracterizaci n de la cobertura vegetal y propuesta de una red de conectividad ecol gica en el Corredor Biol gico Turrialba Jim nez Tesis M Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Musalem K Propuesta metodol gica para la certificaci n del manejo de cuencas hidrogr ficas en Am rica Tropical Tesis M Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Navarro C Cavers S Colpaert N Hern ndez G Breyne P Lowe AJ Chloroplast and To
106. ci n de la cacaocultura org nica del Alto Beni Bolivia Agroforester a en las Am ricas 43 44 6 14 Somarriba Trujillo L Stoian D Palencia G Cancari F Trujillo G Cuaquira J Mendieta V Aguirre F July W Huanca E Mamani J Flores R Castro G C mo modernizar la cadena del cacao del Alto Beni Bolivia Agroforester a en las Am ricas 43 44 15 19 Soto G Bolet n de producci n org nica Manejo Integrado de Plagas y Agroecolog a 75 93 96 Stoian D La Econom a Extractivista en la Amazonia Norte Boliviana CIFOR Bogor Indonesia 454 p Stoian D Centro para la Competitividad de Ecoempresas CeCoEco Soluciones para el Desarrollo Empresarial Rural Art culo presentado en VI Congreso Internacional OIUDSMA Bosques La Creciente Importancia de sus Funciones Ambientales Sociales y Econ micas Curitiba Brasil 13 17 de noviembre del 2006 Stoian D Mercados de Productos Verdes Informe de Consultor a para el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo BID BID Washington D C Disponible en l nea http 199 79 166 160 int DRP esp Red7 medioambientedocSubCS06 htm Stoian D Alpizar F Madrigal R Mercados de productos verdes certificados Di logo Regional de Pol ticas sobre el Medio Ambiente BID Stoian D Donovan J Towards The Competitiveness of Small and Medium Forest Enterprises Key Success Factors for their Integration in Value Chains Abstract presentado en II IUFROLAT Bosques La
107. citaci n y asistencia t cnica de empresas forestales comunitarias en Guatemala y Nicaragua Informe T cnico Rainforest Alliance USAID Guatemala Su rez A Segura M Kanninen M Estimaci n de biomasa a rea total en rboles de sombra y plantas de caf en sistemas agroforestales de Matagalpa Nicaragua usando modelos alom tricos Agroforester a en las Am ricas 41 42 112 119 Suatunce P Somarriba E Harvey C Finegan B Diversidad de escarabajos estiercoleros en el bosque y en varios tipos de cacaotales con diferente estructura y composici n flor stica en Talamanca Costa Rica Agroforester a en las Am ricas 41 42 37 42 Takrana J F Cervantes Mart nez C Phillips Mora W Brown J S Motamayor J C Schnell R Determination of Off types in a cocoa breeding programme using microsatellites Ingenic Newsletter 10 2 8 Talavera E F Manejo de enfermedades en tomate org nico Lycopersicon esculentum Mill producido en ambiente controlado con nfasis en Phytophthora infestans en Turrialba 63 Costa Rica Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 73 p 64 Tapia A Soto G Casanoves F Montenegro E Haggar J de Melo E Staver C Efecto del sistema de manejo del caf coffea arabica org nico y convencional con diferentes rboles de sombra sobre las poblaciones microbianas de un ultisol en Turrialba Costa Rica XXI Simposio Latinoamericano de Caficultura ICA PROMECAFE PROCAFE Sa
108. dated within the Chair for Diversified Tropical Forest Management on topics such as illegal logging and mechanisms for the verification of sustainability 25 and ecosystemic services from forests 26 A study was made about the state of the art of the subject of ecosystemic environmental services and green markets for agriculture and natural resources via a contract with the IDB This study was used by the bank as a fundamental element in discussions on the topic carried out at the IDB offices in Washington and in Lima Buenos Aires and San Jos with the vice ministers of the environment of the region CATIE through DNRE helped in advising the CCAD Council of Ministers of the Environment of Central America along with other institutions in dialogue about the establishment of policies for water environmental services illegal logging and biodiversity inventories among other subjects Communications were strengthened with CCAD The DNRE participated in the CCAD Donors Forum and its Executive Secretary visited CATIE to discuss opportunities for collaboration There was a reciprocal visit to the offices in El Salvador at the beginning of 2007 to discuss opportunities for cooperation The International Conference about Forestry SMEs 2006 produced a policy brief that was widely distributed with support from FAO IDB FOMIN ODI CIFOR and others CATIE has been invited to participate in several regional forums about forestry pol
109. de la biodiversidad regional ler Congreso sobre Conservaci n y Manejo de Vida Silvestre Libro de Res menes de la UNA Costa Rica p 9 Salazar M C An lisis de rentabilidad financiera del programa C A FE Practices of Starbucks en diferentes tipolog as de productores cafeteros de altura en Costa Rica Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 120 p Salazar M Campos JJ Villalobos R Prins C Finegan B Evaluaci n de la restauraci n del paisaje en el cant n de Hojancha Costa Rica Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 45 81 90 Salgado Montoya RA An lisis integral del riesgo a deslizamientos e inundaciones en la microcuenca del r o Gila Cop n Honduras Tesis M Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica S nchez D Harvey C A Grijalva A Medina A V lchez S Hern ndez B Diversidad composici n y estructura de la vegetaci n en un agropaisaje ganadero en Matigu s Nicaragua Biolog a Tropical 53 3 4 387 414 S nchez D Harvey C A Grijalva A Medina A V lchez S Hern ndez B Diversidad composici n y estructura de la vegetaci n en un paisaje fragmentado de bosque seco en Rivas Nicaragua Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 45 91 104 S nchez S Y Donovan J amp Junkin R Diagn stico empresarial de cooperativas en mercados de caf s especiales Informe de Guatemala Informe t cnico del Proyecto CATIE Banco Mundial Fortalecimiento de v nculos de pequefios productores con mercados de caf
110. deras Serie Cuaderno de Campo 19 p Soldevilla C S Santiago C M Rosales E F Matus G J Chauvet M Rodr guez H C Impacto Econ mico de la Producci n Org nica de Banano en Per Art culo de Tesis Doctoral de Salom n Soldevilla Canales titulada Impacto econ mico social y ambiental de la producci n de banano org nico en el Valle de El Chira Per Colegio de Posgraduados Universidad Aut noma de Chapingo Chapingo M xico 2005 Sol S nchez A Campos JJ Current D Stoian D Ecological factors affecting the sustainable production of Chamaedorea elegans leaves in natural conditions 19th Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology Somarriba E C mo evaluar y mejorar el dosel de sombra en cacaotales Agroforesteria en las Am ricas 41 42 120 128 Somarriba E Quesada F El dise o y manejo de la sombra en el cacaotal Serie T cnica Manual T cnico 59 CATTE Turrialba Costa Rica 55 P Sosa B A Hongos endofiticos como promotores de crecimiento en banano Musa sapientum Tesis de grado Universidad Nacional de Agricultura Catacamas Olancho Honduras Soto G Certificaci n Org nica paso a paso 2005 Manual para productores CATIE GTZ Progama Nacional de Agricultura Org nica ANAO 24 pp Soto G ed Bolet n de Producci n Org nica No 5 Manejo Integrado de Plagas y Agroecolog a 74 105 108 Soto G Garc a L Haggar J De Melo E Mungu a R Staver C Efec
111. des and organic fertilizers following project end in March 2006 Alliances Some actions and results obtained from the alliances with national and international organizations include e Plantain and Banana Research and Development Network for Latin America and the Caribbean MUSALAC which has support from and linkages with the University of Costa Rica University of Tolima and the National University Colombia University of Bonn Germany and the University of Lovaina Belgium e The integration of the GAE as a consultant group for the Central American Integration System SICTA e Support to the process of systematization of the Agricultural Development Fund FONDEAGRO with support from SIDA Sweden in Nicaragua with a view toward heading up PRORURAL coordinating actions with the SEBSA and Coffee thematic groups e Links with universities of the United States Purdue Texas A amp M Ohio State University Germany Bonn and Berlin Colombia Tolima Honduras National University Nicaragua Le n and research centers CIRAD France CABI UK Contacts were maintained and promoted with the National Banana Corporation CORBANA Costa Rica and the Colombian Agricultural Research Corporation Agropecuaria CORPOICA Colombia e Continued supporting the group of organic producers of APOT in the area of Turrialba Costa Rica e Also continued the alliance with CIRAD and IICA for the implementation of the PRODESIS EU consultanc
112. dinary meeting on Sept 5 2006 The Governing Council asked CATIE s member countries to formulate a Payment Plan for their membership quota debts in arrears in a period of no longer than one year This action has already shown positive results CATIE has received letters of intention and signed payment agreements with Colombia and the Dominican Republic In addition the government of Venezuela paid four membership quotas in arrears In 2006 CATIE s Board of Directors underwent a significant change A new president Dr Helmut Eger a staff member of GTZ Germany assumed the leadership of this important governing body replacing Dr Richard Rortvedt a staff member of the USDA The Governing Council also elected Dr Benjam n Figueroa Mexican Dr Rosal a Arteaga Ecuadorian Dr Geoffrey Hawtin British citizen and Dr Marcelino Avila Belizean as new board members The Board of Directors showed great interest in discussing strategic issues creating greater interaction with thematic groups and encouraging relationships with other international organisms Climate change and land degradation were two issues covered in detail Internal organization More progress was made in the consolidation of CATIE s Thematic Groups TGs and in the National Technical Offices NTOs The decision was made to combine the PAECA and Musa themathic groups TGs creating a new TG dedicated to Agroecology Among the NTOs greater consolidation
113. dio del potencial antagonista de hongos endofiticos para el biocontrol del nematodo barrenador Radopholus similis en plantaciones comerciales de banano en Costa Rica Tesis de M Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 69 p Mercer D Haggar J Snook A Sosa M Agroforestry Adoption in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve Campeche Mexico Small Scale Forest Economics Management and Policy Vol 4 2 163 184 Miranda M Evaluaci n del comportamiento agron mico de las plantaciones de cacao Theobroma cacao L injertadas y establecidas por la Cooperativa El Ceibo en Alto Beni Bolivia Tesis Ing Agr Universidad Mayor de San Andr s La Paz Bolivia 115 p Montenegro E J Efecto del aporte de nutrientes de la biomasa de tres tipos de rboles de sombra en sistemas de manejo de caf org nico y convencional Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 67 p Montero M M Montagnini F Modelos alom tricos para la estimaci n de biomasa de diez especies nativas en plantaciones en la regi n Atl ntica de Costa Rica Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 45 112 119 Monterroso O Bioeconomic models and agroforestry policy analysis applications to silvopastoral systems in Guanacaste Costa Rica PhD Thesis CATIE 182 p Monterroso O Piedra M Vargas E Optimal Combination of Trees Pasture and Cattle in Silvopastoral Systems in Costa Rica Jn Schl nvoigt A ed Workshop Proceedings GFA Terra Systems GmbH Hamburg Germany pp 258 M
114. dquarters in Washington D C USA 44 Geographical Information Laboratory GIS The GIS Laboratory develops many of its activities in support of the thematic groups in areas related to GIS and teledetection It offers technical assistance to graduate students and supports them with GIS programs and equipment and teledetection for data processing which are fundamental for their research work Laboratory personnel offered two graduate courses in GIS applied to natural resources and hydrological bases for watershed management and four special topics in more specific applications An international course in territorial ordering was offered in conjunction with the MICH group at headquarters and a national course in El Salvador Support to projects and consultancies e A methodology to formulate groundcover maps was developed as a case study for the Aguas Calientes River watershed in Somoto Nicaragua to support the Focuencas project CATIE continued to work with the USDA Minnesota project Research on the hydrological cycle in tropical agroforestry systems was conducted e Activities were developed in the use of remote sensors and GIS in landscape ecology within the IGERT Project e Work was done in fiscal cadastres for Jim nez County and the first district of El Tejar de Guarco in Cartago Costa Rica e A geographical database was set up for the management plan for the high watershed of the Santa Maria River Santiago de Verag
115. dr Volume 12 Phillips Mora W Castillo J Krauss U Rodr guez E Wilkinson M J Evaluation of cacao Theobroma cacao clones against seven Colombian isolates of Moniliophthora rorerifrom four pathogen genetic groups Plant Pathology 54 3 483 490 Ploetz R C Schnell R J Zhentu Ying Qi Zheng Olano C T Juan C Motamayor J C Johnson E Analysis of molecular diversity in Crinipellis perniciosa with AFLP markers Eur J Plant Path 111 317 326 Pocasangre L E Uso de hongos endofiticos para el control biol gico de nematodos en banano III Encuentro Catarinense de Fruticultura Tropical Estado de Santa Catarina Brasil organizado por EPAGRI y ACAFRUTA 30 de marzo 2005 Polanco D N Riveros A S Guzm n M Evaluaci n en campo del potencial antifungico de extractos de plantas sobre Mycosphaerella fijiensis en banano En Res menes Simposio Avances Cient ficos en la Universidad del Tolima 50 a os Universidad del Tolima Modalidad P ster 24 al 28 de Octubre de 2005 Ibagu Tolima Colombia Prins C S ntesis de las lecciones aprendidas particularidades y patrones comunes de los casos pistas para la intervenci n Procesos de innovaci n rural en Am rica Central reflexiones y aprendizajes Serie T cnica Informe T cnico 337 244 p Quelca A Percepciones y valoraci n de los productores cacaoteros del Alto Beni sobre el Sistema Agroforestal Sucesional Multiestrato SSME Tesis Ing Agr UMSA La P
116. ds 2006 DNA banks providing novel options for genebanks Topical Reviews in Agricultural Biodiversity International Plant Genetic Resources Institute Rome Italy Pp 61 68 Engels J M M Ebert A W Thormann I de Vicente M C Centres of crop diversity and or origin genetically modified crops and implications for plant genetic resources conservation Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 53 1675 1688 Espinal Ponce JVB Institucionalidad y legislaci n en el manejo de los recursos naturales con nfasis en el recurso h drico de la microcuenca La Soledad Valle de ngeles Honduras CATIE Turrialba CR 139 p Evans Cabrera MA Caracterizaci n de la vegetaci n natural de sucesi n primaria en el Parque Nacional Volc n Pacaya y Laguna de Calderas Guatemala CATIE Turrialba CR 79 p Faustino J La gesti n integral de cuencas Curso de posgrado a nivel de doctorado dictado en la Escuela de Posgrado de la Universidad nacional Agraria de La Molina Especialidad de Manejo de Recursos H dricos Faustino J El modelo de la cogesti n de cuencas y la administraci n del recurso h drico en la organizaci n territorial Conferencia magistral presentada en el taller nacional Marco Referencial para el Manejo Participativo de Cuencas Hidrogr ficas Siguatepeque Honduras 18 20 de enero 2006 Faustino J Perspectivas de la cogesti n de cuencas Mesa Redonda Forestal del IX Congreso Latinoamericano de Bot nica Santo Domingo
117. e Estel Nicaragua Agroforester a en las Am ricas 41 42 105 111 PUBLICATIONS 2006 Aastum M Forage selection by cattle in heterogeneous pastures in Nicaragua Thesis MSc Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim Norway 41 p Abruzzese R Stoian D Somarriba Estrategias de vida de productores emprendedores y desarrollo empresarial rural en el Alto Beni Bolivia Agroforesteria en las Am ricas 43 44 27 31 Acevedo C V squez N Robles G Capacitaci n para el Manejo de Areas Protegidas en Am rica Latina Una aproximaci n a la demanda de los actores Documento es producto de una consultor a al proyecto Fortalecimiento de capacidades regionales por medio de la sistematizaci n an lisis y transferencia de conocimientos en manejo de recursos naturales Julio 2006 69 pp Acu a O W Pe a E Serrano L E Pocasangre F Rosales E Delgado J Trejos y A Segura Importancia de los microorganismos en la calidad y salud de suelos bananeros In Memorias de ACORBAT Joinville Santa Catarina Brasil 20 al 26 Octubre 2006 pp 222 233 ADITIBRI ADITICA ACOMUITA ACICAFOC MINAE CATIE Parcelas demostrativas de Cacao en los territorios Bribri y Cab car de Talamanca Propuesta Captura de Carbono Ejecutada por ADITIBRI ADITICA ACOMUITA ACICAFOC MINAE CATIE 7 pags Aguilar M E Ortiz J L Sandoval J Potencial para la propagaci n a gran escala de cultivares de Musa sp de consumo local
118. e Development given jointly by CATIE and CIAT was concluded and the second term was begun with Modules 1 and 2 of the degree program The first term of the degree program in RED was decentralized with Modules 1 2 and 3 given in Bolivia 31 in collaboration with CEPAC a local NGO 32 The international courses on coffee cacao and rural development in Central America were coordinated jointly with other groups and the regional course on High Quality Management CATIE FOMIN was given Diverse specific courses were given in the countries according to demand e g CATIE FOMIN in Nicaragua Guatemala and Honduras FAO CATIE FOMIN in Nicaragua and Guatemala Special Coffees in Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua Publications Findings from research action have been disseminated via 87 publications 29 in 2005 58 in 2006 including articles in international and technical journals books chapters in books policy briefs bulletins methodological guides and manuals Under CeCeEco s leadership a discussion paper was prepared on CATIE s approach to reducing rural poverty Seminars and conferences CeCoEco organized the International Conference Rural Poverty Reduction in Central America April 2005 120 participants from more than 20 countries and the International Conference on Development of Forestry SMEs for Rural Poverty Reduction May 2006 180 participants from 35 countries both held at CATIE More than 40 r
119. e la regi n norte de Honduras Tesis M Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Am zquita M Ibrahim M Lllanderal T Buurman P Am zquita E Carbon Sequestration in Pastures Silvo Pastoral Systems and Forests in Four Regions of the Latin American Tropics Journal of Sustainable Forestry 21 1 31 50 Andino Mej a JW Planificaci n del manejo de los recursos naturales con base en los servicios ambientales prioritarios en la subcuenca del lago Yojoa Honduras Tesis M Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Anfinnsen B Factors determining the adoption of silvopastoral systems by livestock farmers in El Pet n Guatemala Norwegian University of Life Sciences As Norway 160 p Angrand J Vaast P Beer J Benjamin T Comportamiento vegetativo y productivo de Coffea arabica a pleno sol y en tres sistemas agroforestales en condiciones sub ptimas en Costa Rica Agroforester a en las Am ricas 41 42 77 82 Arciniegas A M Caracterizaci n de rboles superiores de cacao Theobroma cacao L seleccionados por el programa de mejoramiento gen tico del CATIE Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 125 p Arciniegas A Riveros A S Loaiza J E Evidencia de actividad antifungica in vitro sobre Mycosphaerella fijiensis causada por extractos vegetales En Res menes Simposio Avances Cient ficos en la Universidad del Tolima 50 afios Universidad del Tolima Modalidad P ster 24 al 28 de Octubre de 2005 Ibagu Tolima Colombia
120. e strategic displacement of moniliasis resistant cacao genotypes from CATIE to countries in Africa and Asia that are major cacao producers globally is also being discussed Alliances The group is strengthening regional cooperation mechanisms with national and international institutions such as FAO IPGRI Global Crop Diversity Trust IICA USDA HARC WGF and WCF In 2006 collaborations were solidified with some institutions such as the University of Reading England University of Guayaquil Ecuador PROMECAFE CIRAD and NESTLE Tours France which helped advance and validate results from the group s research In 2005 CATIE successfully concluded an agreement with ICAFE for the reproduction of 100 000 F1 hybrid coffee plants via somatic embryogenesis for their testing and validation in representative sites in Costa Rica REMERF In July 2004 the General Directorate designated a member of MURF as secretary pro tempore of the Mesoamerican Network of Plant Genetic Resources REMERFI in which CATIE is a co sponsor along with IICA and IPGRI The most relevant and outstanding aspects developed by the Secretariat pro tempore to date include the consolidation of the network the ratification of country representatives on the Directorate Council and support in the formulation and negotiation of regional projects Project on Agrobiodiversity WB GEF MURF is contributing to the formulation PDF B block of the project on Conservation and
121. each agent for CATIE and IICA as well as a crucial link with the rest of the libraries in the area It is also an indispensable component for CATIE s Graduate School to support education and research in Latin America and the Caribbean These were the conclusions of an external evaluation conducted by an expert from the National Agricultural Library Washington D C The library has benefited from the joint IICA CATIE administration through coordination by the Administrative Committee CABCO improving its working and operations The administrative management of the OCL has experiences great achievements in the development of internal projects among them the efforts to construct a virtual library with the retrospective digitalization of a catalog of theses and other institutional documents centers of specialized resources such as Inforesta and atmospheric carbon as well as a virtual library that offers publications from IICA and CATIE have also been developed through the promotion of its services Alliances As far as external projects are concerned the digitalization of the Turrialba Journal with funding from the U S National Agricultural Library can be mentioned Services such as access to electronic collections with support from the University of Idaho and the acquisition of the TEEAL Electronic Library 13 were strengthened through agreements with other 14 institutions CATIE maintains its strategic relations w
122. echnical guides and calculation tools TARAM MAIA are being developed The donor is INIA of Spain TROFCCA Project This project funded by the European Commission will be carried out through 2009 in collaboration with CIFOR CIFOR coordinates activities in frica and Asia while the GCG does so in Central America Costa Rica Nicaragua and Honduras The TROFCCA project objective is to develop and validate methodologies for the evaluation of the vulnerability of forests and their ecosystemic services to climate change and propose measures for adaptation in collaboration with sectors of society and the economy that could suffer negative impacts ENGAGE Project Through this project the GCG supports forestry experts and negotiators to the UNFCCC on technical topics and climate change policy through regional workshops research and participation in UNFCCC meetings The work carried out in the context of ENGAGE earned GCG a nomination to be the secretariat of the Latin American Discussion Group on Forests and Climate Change GLAD CC www glad cc net the network of experts and negotiators to the UNFCCC on the topic of Land Use Land Use Changes and Forestry LULUCF ENGAGE has financial support from the government of Switzerland and French Cooperation and it works in collaboration with the National Forestry Office of France Project on Forest Plantations for Timber Production and Ecosystemic Services In this project CIFOR is the donor and t
123. echnical partner Tools have been made available to reforesters that will help them improve the quality of their information on environmental goods and services Projects recently concluded Silvia Project In collaboration with CIFOR the GCG has developed some tools Silvia software on growth and yield models for forest plantations A second phase of this project is now being negotiated with CIFOR ECOMAN Project With this project funded by the European Commission a DSS Decision Support System for ecosystem management and an SDSS for the Cordillera Volc nica Central Conservation Area of Costa Rica were prepared The products were delivered to FUNDECOR Costa Rica CASFOR Project Through this project funded by the European Commission a model and software CO Fix were developed to estimate carbon flows in forest ecosystems SUBBE Project Sustainable Use of Biomass and Bioenergy in the Context of CDM This project was funded by the government of Finland through an alliance between this nation and Central America on the theme of energy With SUBBE the potential for energy generation from biomass residues in Costa Rica was analyzed and training was conducted on the topic ETH ZIL Project With this project the demand and supply criteria of forest environmental services were studied The project was funded by ZIL Switzerland and carried out with the collaboration of ETH The project generated publications and support
124. ed master s projects at CATIE and doctoral projects at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic Institute ETH New proposals FORMA 2 Conversations were initiated with INIA of Spain for a second phase of the FORMA Project At the beginning of 2007 a new proposal was prepared and sent to INIA PRERED Preparing Latin America for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation Conversations were begun with possible donors to develop a support program for Latin America on the topic of emissions caused by deforestation a highly current topic on the CMNUCC agenda e Forest Plantations CIFOR is interested in continuing collaboration with the GCG on the topic of growth and yield models for forest plantations Graduate School The GCG organizes and gives the graduate course on Global Change and Natural Resource Management It also supports the courses on Environmental Economics and Natural Resources and Economic Ecological and Social Considerations for Sustainable Human Development Some 20 master s students at CATIE and exchange students mainly from Europe have carried out their thesis work with scientific logistical and occasional financial support from the GCG Some of these theses have resulted in publications in international scientific journals or in products for decision making Last year one outstanding product was a system based on GIS that defines priority areas for the payment of environmental services in Costa Rica This system was s
125. ed half time to compile the information required by SACS She is aided by a master s student Besides this effort CATIE is also analyzing the requirements for accreditation with SINAES in Costa Rica These efforts to achieve accreditation will continue in 2007 Student life With respect to the management of student residences a Residence Commission was established to handle matters concerning this important service at CATIE Great efforts were made to attend to students problems and needs in many cases personal problems in an efficient discreet and helpful manner ensuring the quality of CATIE s attention A psychologist was hired to offer this important service A multi use room is being conditioned for their use 10 Routine administration activities such as management of the Registrar s Office residence maintenance the Administration is responsible for this service security in these areas and other aspects related to student life continued A new version of the Graduate School Information System SIEP was developed to support these and other services at the Graduate School Alumni Association Support to the Alumni Association AGCATIE was strengthened to facilitate the functioning of its board of directors and provide alumni with more access to available services The board of directors of this association held a meeting at CATIE headquarters with the support of the Graduate School A greater number of alumni
126. eds CABI publishing pp 119 120 Esquivel M J Regeneraci n natural de rboles y arbustos en potreros activos en Muy Muy Matagalpa Nicaragua Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 142 p Estrada Chinchilla Estudio comparativo de bosques secundarios de con feras de la Reserva de Biosfera Sierra de las Minas Guatemala con nfasis en impactos de manejo forestal 111 p Tesis M Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Estrada A S enz J Harvey C A Naranjo E Mufi z D Rosales Medina M Primates in agroecosystems conservation value of some agricultural practices in Mesoamerican landscapes In Estrada A Garber P y Pavelka M Eds Study of Mesoamerican Primates Distribution Ecology Behavior and Conservation Kluwer Academic Publisher Pp 437 470 Faustino J Municipios centroamericanos a la vanguardia en gesti n ambiental Recursos Ciencia y decisi n no 3 Feliz D Guharay F Beer J Incidencia de la broca Hypothenemus hampei en plantas de caf a pleno sol y bajo sombra de Eugenia jambos y Gliricidia sepium en San Marcos 57 Nicaragua Agroforester a en las Am ricas 41 42 56 61 58 Fermi V Impacto de la certificaci n forestal sobre los medios de vida de los integrantes de grupos forestales del Departamento de Atl ntida Honduras Tesis M Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Fern ndez E Z iga C Hidalgo P Buitrago V L pez H Hern ndez X L pez N Paez R L pez C
127. ement and co management of watersheds Sixteen new students are expected to enroll in January 2007 for the Master s Program in Watershed Management Training During these two years a novel mechanism was incorporated into the training courses This allows students who pass the evaluation to accumulate credits for future graduate studies Through training efforts the group has contributed to the preparation and consolidation of a critical mass of local actors technicians and professionals human capital in watershed management Promotion and partnering in the application of knowledge abilities skills attitudes values methodologies technologies experiences lessons and practices are truly contributing to a paradigm shift in the current anthropic vision for confronting the degradation of natural resources and in clear reinforcement of CATIE s strategic focus on natural resource management at the landscape level The group has contributed to the establishment and application of baseline indicators and a monitoring system of administration management and co management of watersheds Training has been given under distinct modalities to address the needs and demands of different clients 1 short courses for updating and specialization courses given at the headquarters 2 short courses in the countries in cooperation and coordination with the NTO and other institutions and organizations 3 courses workshops and exchanges with loca
128. en el tr pico seco eb Ca as Costa Rica Agroforester a en las Am ricas 41 42 29 36 Rivas G G Zapater M F Abadie C Carlier J Gen tica de poblaciones de Mycosphaerella fijiensis perspectivas para la comprensi n y manejo del patosistema Musa M fjiensis en los tr picos In J Casta o y M J Giraldo Editores Memorias del II Seminario Internacional sobre Producci n Comercializaci n e Industrializaci n de Pl tano Manizales Caldas Colombia Agosto 28 Septiembre 02 2005 p 196 200 Riveros A S Romero C Pocasange L E Identificaci n y Estandarizaci n de Enmiendas Org nicas en el cultivo de Banano en Colombia En Res menes Simposio Avances Cient ficos en la Universidad del Tolima 50 a os Universidad del Tolima Modalidad P ster 24 al 28 de Octubre de 2005 Ibagu Tolima Colombia Robledo C Kanninen M Pedroni L Conclusiones n Kanninen M Robledo C eds Tropical forests and adaptation to climate change in search of synergies CIFOR Intercooperation Pp 184 186 Robledo C Kanninen M Pedroni L eds Tropical forests and adaptation to climate change In search of synergies CIFOR Intercooperation Jn Kanninen M Robledo C eds Tropical forests and adaptation to climate change in search of synergies CIFOR Intercooperation 186 p Roettger U Muschler R eds International Symposium on Biopesticides for Developing Countries 2003 Turrialba Costa Rica PAN GTZ CATIE Se
129. enda for research education and modernized technical cooperation in accord with regional demands Projects The Innovation Learning and Communication for the Adaptative Co Management of Watersheds Focuencas IT Project funded by the Swedish agency SIDA has consolidated four demonstration sub basins Copan and la Soledad in Honduras Aguas Calientes and Jucuapa in Nicaragua The preparation and consensus of common agendas of the diverse thematic groups for their participation in Focuencas in one or more of the demonstration sub basins showed CATIE s capacity and potential for working in a multi and interdisciplinary fashion Microcredit schemes were launched with responsibilities for environmental conservation and sustainable natural resource management implemented in Valle de ngeles Honduras with support from small local funding sources cajas rurales Progress was also made on the consolidation of a regional think tank on administration management and co management of watersheds in accord with biophysical environmental and socioeconomic characteristics of the region This achievement is also supported in the functioning of a reflection group with outstanding and renowned technicians scientists and decision makers of the region Within this same focus an electronic portal was created on watershed management and electronic forums were held on topics relevant to the subject Proposals The group participated in t
130. entatives from the public and private sectors and consists of members from the region and the rest of the world Their guidelines are applied by the Director General with the support of personnel specialized in different fields and themes developed by this international organization This report in accord with Article Nine of the Constitutive Contract of CATIE presents the center s most relevant results and progress during the 2005 2006 biennium 2 Executive summary uring 2005 and 2006 important progress was made in CATIE s different institutional activities and processes were begun to ensure a smooth transition toward a new administration of the center The Governing Council of Ministers met under new leadership and achieved among other decisions the approval of a significant renovation of the center s Board of Directors With respect to research programs and regional cooperation CATIE signed agreements for several strategic projects for a total amount greater than U S 25 million Important inroads were made with key partner institutions like IICA Global Mechanism CUSO CIRAD CIM COPAL FAO CIFOR ICRAF IDRC IFAD Bioversity International IPGRI Conservation International and several prestigious universities In the case of the Department of Agriculture and Agroforestry DAAF a joint research platform or PCP was created together with CIRAD France INCAE CABI and PROMECAFE also contribute to this initiative A
131. eports were presented in diverse international Brazil Chile Spain United States Phillipines Guatemala Honduras Panama Peru and Switzerland and national conferences Alliances CeCoEco has consolidated a broad network of internal and external collaborators through strategic alliances with CIAT INCAE CIFOR RUTA FAO and the Ford Foundation CeCoEco is currently a member of the Learning Alliances in Rural Enterprise Development in Central America and South America along with CIAT Thematic Group Z CARE CRS SNV Oxfam WWE FAO and several national universities With support from the CATIE FOMIN project the Mesoamerican Furniture Group was founded a strategic network of wood transforming businesses for the production of highly finished furniture in Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua The group collaborated with several multi institutional platforms linked to productive chains for coffee cacao vegetables and lumber that combine producers transformers traders and consumers as well as their service providers technicians enterprisers and financiers Internal collaboration was also provided to the other CATIE thematic groups and to the International Model Forest Network and Biodiversity International formerly INIBAP Consultancies Advising Diverse high level consultancies were executed including Development of Agro Food Chains in Honduras PROMOSTA BID SNITTA Added Value Through Banana Processing INIBAP
132. er American Development Bank IDB has distinguished this program with scholarships for mid level Latin American professionals from public institutions The Master s Program 10 years with an average of 10 students per year has contributed professionals specialized in environmental issues of diverse disciplines to the region During 2006 the tenth course on Rural Development with an Institutional and Territorial Focus was given to 20 students from all the master s programs Training In the realm of training SEBSA gives the international course on Economic Bases for the Management and Appraisal of Environmental Goods and Services which has been carried out for five years with an increasing number of attendees In the first semester of 2006 part of this course was given in Argentina aimed at the Model Forests of Argentina A course was given in Antigua Guatemala derived from the LACEEP program that has full funding for those who want to participate In Mexico dissertations on PES were presented SEBSA is making progress on the initiative for the Creation of Secure and Sustainable Livelihoods and on the gender initiative that falls under the broad principle of equality and poverty reduction demonstrating the importance and transcendence of the themes that are the basis of SEBSA s work and linkages with other areas The training course on Appraisal of Environmental 33 Services in which several members of the 34 thematic g
133. er strategic actors in different countries The school participated in promotional fairs Mexico and Colombia for example with support from the Communication Unit The Dean of the Graduate School and representatives from the NTOs gave lectures at universities and other forums in several countries Coordination with NTOs bring in more students from member countries improved The dean participated in promotional activities in some countries The NTOs interviewed many candidates as part of the admission process The Graduate School s promotional materials were improved A promotional document that better reflects the relation between the Graduate School and the Thematic Groups was prepared but has not been officially published The Communication Unit collaborated with the Graduate School to improve its promotion in the institutional Web page Joint programs Relations with our partners in the joint doctoral programs continue to be strong and fruitful In the case of the University of Idaho an annual meeting of the IGERT Program was held at CATIE and included visits to the program s research sites Interdisciplinary groups of master s and doctoral students presented posters about their collective work which the visitors greatly appreciated Five students from the joint Ph D program with the University of Idaho finished their doctorates in 2006 In the case of the joint program with the University of Wales three students finished the
134. ericano de Agroforester a Pecuaria October 24 28 2006 Varadero Cuba 5 p Pinedo Mora R Zonificaci n como base para el ordenamiento territorial del municipio de Valle de ngeles Honduras CATIE Turrialba CR 120 p Piniero M Participatory research A strategy to encourage innovation by livestock farmers in Central America In Annual Congress of the American Anthropological Association November 15 19 2006 San Jos California USA Piniero M Pezo D Cruz J Better livestock management in 71 Guatemala LEISA Magazine 22 3 2006 12 13 72 Pocasangre L E Banana improvement base in tissue culture propagation bioenhancement and agronomic management for sustainable production In proceedings Conference of the International Agricultural Research for Development German Tropical Meeting Tropentag Bonn Germany Octuber Pocasangre L E R D Menjivar A Zum Felde A S Riveros F E Rosales amp R A Sikora Uso de hongos endofiticos como agentes biol gicos de control de nematodos en banano In Memorias de ACORBAT Joinville Santa Catarina Brasil 20 al 26 Octubre 2006 pp 249 254 Pocasangre L E R D Menjivar A Zum Felde A S Riveros F E Rosales amp R A Sikora Uso de hongos endofiticos para el control biol gico del nematodo barrenador del banano Radopholus similis In XXXVIII Annual Meeting of the Organization of Nematologist of Tropical America ONTA Porras C M Efecto de los sistemas agro
135. esults in the research being more applied while contributing scientific and technical information for the processes developed within the projects Since the projects are conducted in different countries and regions the formation of our students is not restricted to headquarters in Costa Rica which enhances their knowledge regarding sociocultural and economic realities in the region Students A total of 113 students were admitted to the Master s Program during the 2004 2005 and 2005 2006 study periods Tables 1 2 The number of students in the Doctoral Program was stable even though 11 students successfully completed their studies Tables 3 4 Table 1 Classification of master s students according to study area Area 2004 2005 2005 2006 2006 2007 Ecological Agriculture 10 10 10 Tropical Agroforestry 18 12 9 Integrated Watershed 13 9 9 Management Management and 12 14 15 Conservation of Tropical Forests and Biodiversity Environmental 9 7 11 Socioeconomics TOTAL 62 52 54 Table 2 Master s students by country Country 2004 2005 2005 2006 2006 2007 Argentina 1 Belice 1 Bolivia 4 3 6 Brazil 1 1 1 Colombia 8 9 8 Costa Rica 2 5 6 Ecuador 3 1 2 El Salvador 1 1 Estados Unidos 1 Guatemala 4 2 2 Honduras 7 4 6 Mexico 6 5 8 Nicaragua 15 10 6 Panama 3 Paraguay 2 Peru 4 4 7 Puerto Rico 1 Santa Lucia 1 United States 1 Venezuela 2 2 TOTAL 61
136. eza Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de Finlandia Uni n Internacional de Organizaciones de Investigaci n Forestal Helsinki Finlandia IUFRO wfse 1 disco compacto 8 mm Alp zar F The pricing of protected areas in nature based tourism A local perspective Ecological Economics 56 294 307 Alp zar F Carlsson F Johansson O Anonymity Reciprocity and Conformity Evidence from Voluntary Contributions to a Natural Park in Costa Rica Resources for the Future Washigton D C Alp zar F Madrigal M Resumen de oportunidades para el sector p blico en la facilitaci n de mecanismos de financiamiento para la provisi n de servicios ambientales Dialogo Regional de Pol ticas sobre el Medio Ambiente BID Alp zar F Madrigal R Bienes y Servicios Ambientales Relevancia para la Agenda Ambiental de la Regi n Buenas Pr cticas en Pago por Servicios Ambientales en Am rica Latina Estudios de Caso en la Regi n Buenas Pr cticas en la Aplicaci n de Mecanismos de Financiamiento para la Obtenci n de Servicios Ambientales de Pr cticas Forestales y Agr colas Sostenibles en Am rica Latina y el Caribe Resumen de Oportunidades para el Sector P blico en la Facilitaci n de Mecanismos de Financiamiento para la Provisi n de Servicios Ambientales Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo presentaciones en Lima Per Buenos Aires Argentina San Jos Costa Rica y Washington DC EUA Alp zar F Madrigal R P rez CJ Niklitschek M Gonz
137. f Wales Bangor UWB for five years b Consultancy on lessons learned from the FondeAgro Project Nicaragua SIDA 17 months U S 140 000 c Preparation of an agricultural environmental program and the baseline of the cacao project MFA Norway 6 months U S 450 000 d Consultancy for a Committee of Standards Assessment COSA IISD 10 months U S 12 000 e CAFNET environmental services in agroforestry coffee EU 4 years amount for Central America U S 820 000 of a total of approximately U S 3 million f Wafla management of freshwater resources EU amount for Central America 70 000 euros g Global Crop Diversity Trust 3 years U S 210 000 Bill Gates Foundation h Cacao Central America Project MFA Norway 5 years U S 5 million Training A conference was held in Stockholm Sweden in 2005 about CATIE s programs and its cooperation with European partners The event was held at the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Agroforestry The head personnel of the department also made progress on the preparation of a series of electronic agroforestry courses in close collaboration with IICA For example based on the chapter about agroforestry in the book on Central American trees an interactive course was prepared on CD ROM and tried out successfully in Ecuador 32 trainees and content for a second interactive course on Silvopastoral Systems was prepared with the GAMMA Thematic Group which IICA will edit a
138. fied that M roreri belongs to the basidiomycetes group and genetic affinity was demonstrated molecularly between the two most important cacao pathogens in tropical America M roreri and C perniciosa leading to the latter being renamed M perniciosa To obtain useful information for producers about diversification of shade trees used for cacao several fruit trees are being planted in the new cacao collection such as cas Psidium friedrichstalianum jackfruit Artocarpus heterophyllus and zapote Pouteria sapota The new cacao materials generated and selected by MURF are considered promising options for improving production systems and the livelihoods of Central American farmers and they form the central axis of a new Central American cacao production project carried out by the Cacao group with support from the government of Norway Moreover the evaluation of innovative parameters such as the determination of antioxidants in cacao seeds or the chemical and organoleptic profiles open new possibilities for selecting elite genotypes that increase the added value of such products Another important achievement has been the research carried out with materials from CATIE s international coffee collection which contains the highest genetic diversity of Coffea arabica in the Americas and serves as the basis for successful regional genetic enhancement programs that have allowed the generation and selection of outstanding F1 hybrids with high p
139. for the management of frosty pod rot Crinipellis roreri in Costa Rican cocoa Theobroma cacao U Annals of Applied Biology 147 129 138 Bautista P Evaluaci n de tierras para la implementaci n de sistemas silvopastoriles en la regi n pac fico central de Costa Rica Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 168 p Beer J Investigaci n Agroforestal de Posgrado en el CATIE Agroforester a en las Am ricas 41 42 140 p Beer J Haggar J Harmand J M Harvey C Ibrahim M Jim nez F Somarriba E Vaast P Enrivonmental service functions of agroforestry systems n 4th Henry A Wallace CATIE Inter American Scientific Conference Integrated Management of Environmental Services in Human Dominated Tropical Landscapes November 1 3 2005 Beer J Ibrahim M Sinclair F The History and Future of Agroforestry Research and Development Policy Impacts and Needs Forests in the Global Balance Changing Paradigms IUFRO World Series Vol 17 Eds Gerardo Mery Ren Alfaro Markku Kanninen Maxim Lobovikov Pp 151 160 Beer J Ibrahim M Sinclair F Agroforestry research how it developed and future emphases IUFRO Workshop Vancouver 12 16 January 2005 Workshop on composing the policy brief of Forests in the Global Balance Bentes Gama M de M Silva M L da Montoya L J Locatelli M An lise econ mica de sistemas agroflorestais na Amaz nia ocidental Machadinho d Oeste RO Revista rvore 29 3 401
140. forestales de caf org nico y convencional sobre las caracter sticas de suelos en el Corredor Biol gico Turrialba Jimenez Costa Rica Thesis MSc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 131 p Prado Beltran Julia Karina Desarrollo de protocolos de muestreo y evaluacion de la relacion de practicas agricolas con la poblacion de plagas cuarentenarias en Dracaena marginata en Costa Rica Tesis MSc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 127 p Quelca A Bentes Gama M Pastrana A Ochoa R Percepciones y valoraci n del sistema sucesional multiestrato de los productores cacaoteros del Alto Beni Bolivia Agroforester a en las Am ricas 43 44 77 80 Quesada C Bacterias Endofiticas de la Riz sfera del banano para el biocontro del nematodo barrenador Radopholus similis Tesis de grado Universidad Nacional de Agricultura Honduras Quevedo L Ecology and Silviculture of Long Lived Pioneer Timber Species in a Bolivian Tropical Forest CATIE Turrialba CR 91 p Quifionez A Caracterizacion de cuatro fincas ganaderas en Carbajales y La Hoya Olanchito Yoro como base para la planificaci n de uso de la tierra Tesis Ing Agr UNA Catacamas Honduras Ram rez 1 Casanoves F De Clerck F Complejidad de la vegetaci n en sistemas silvopastoriles y su aporte a la conservaci n de la biodiversidad de aves residentes de Matiguas Nicaragua Actas del III Simposio sobre Sistemas Silvopastoriles para la Producci n Ganadera Sostenible Varadero Cuba 24 2
141. gain with CIRAD CATIE agreed on a plan to renew the group of associated experts who cooperate with CATIE and to begin the new project CAFNET a worldwide initiative in environmental services and agroforestry focused on coffee CABI outposted a new expert at CATIE Another important achievement was the strengthening of the technical team and of work related to the International Model Forest Network funded by IDRC CIDA Canada through CUSO s assignment of several Canadian experts CATIE s Department of Natural Resources and Environment DNRE welcomed five Canadians and Latin Americans people funded by CUSO to support this initiative CATIE also negotiated an agreement with IUFRO to represent that organization in Latin America and the Caribbean LAC and hired a forestry expert to be in charge of the coordination of the office headquartered at CATIE The TROFFCA project an important CIFOR CATIE initiative began in 2006 This project funded through European support analyzes adaptation to climate change and forest management issues with a focus on improving policies it works on three continents The training program continued to perform well especially through the various strategic courses offered including the protected areas course the watershed management course and the CDM projects design course International participation in conferences organized by CATIE was excellent for both the Small and Medium Forest Industrie
142. ganization IUFRO International Union of Forest Research OIRSA International Regional Plant and Animal 49 Organizations Health Organism 50 OTS Organization of Tropical Studies SETEDER Rural Development Technical Services Oxfam Oxford Committee for Famine Relief SIAD Information System to Support PAECA Agroecological Production of Annual Diversification Crops Thematic Group SICTA Central American Agricultural Technology PAES Environmental Program of El Salvador Integration System PCP Specialized Platform for Agroforestry in Sida Swedish International Development Cacao and Coffee in Mesoamerica Cooperation Agency PDS Sustainable Development Project in Pet n SIDALC Agricultural Information and PDS CATIE MAGA IDB Sustainable Development Program in Documentation System for Latin America Pet n PDS and the Caribbean PES Payment for Environmental Services SIEP Information System of the Graduate PITTA Network of Researchers in Organic School Production SINAES National Higher Education Accreditation PLAN El Salvador International Plan System POA Annual Operative Plan SINAC National Conservation Areas System PRODOMA Small Donations Program for the SLU Agriculture University of Sweden Environment SME Small and medium enterprise PROMECAFE Regional Co
143. genbrode S D Bosque P rez N Hilje L Jones J Morgan P Effect of farm diversity on harvesting of coffee by the leaf cutting ant Atta cephalotes In Pacific Branch Entomological Society Ninetieth Annual Meeting Entomology in the Pacific Rim March 5 8 2006 Wailea Marriott Resort Maui Hawai Vega M Somarriba E Planificaci n agroforestal de fincas cacaoteras org nicas del Alto Beni Bolivia Agroforester a en las Am ricas 43 44 20 26 Villanueva C Tobar D Ibrahim M Casasola F Arboles dispersos en potreros en fincas ganaderas de Esparza Costa Rica In IV Congreso Latinoamericano de Agroforesteria en CUBA III Simposio sobre Sistemas Silvopastoriles para la Producci n Ganadera Sostenible 24 al 28 de octubre 2006 8 p Villegas R Astorga C Caracterizaci n morfol gica del cacao Nacional Boliviano Alto Beni Bolivia Agroforester a en las Am ricas 43 44 81 85 Whelan M Reading the Talamanca Landscape Land Use and Livelihoods in the Bribri and Cab car Indigenous Territories CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Whelan M P Reading the Talamanca landscape land use and livelihoods in the Bribri and Cab car indigenous territories Thesis MSc CATIE University of Idaho Joint PhD Program 122 p Williams J Establecimiento de bancos de proteina de Gliricidia sepium a partir de semillas en Carbajales Col n Tesis Ing Agr CURLA La Ceiba Honduras Winowiecki L McDaniels P Somarriba
144. gh level decision makers of the U S Forest Service and the National Forest Office of France The department also participated in organizing and holding the Youth Encounter on Sustainability program developed in collaboration with ETH Zurich and INCAE and directed at more than 30 youth leaders from around the world Congresses seminars and conferences International conferences were organized on the topics of Ecosystemic Environmental Services 2005 USDA CATIE Wallace Conferences Development of Small and Medium Size Forestry Enterprises for Rural Poverty Reduction 2006 and the Global Model Forests Forum 2006 held at the CATIE site in Turrialba Conferences were given at the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry KSLA in Stockholm in 2005 and at a seminar with the private sector held at the Nestl headquarters in the city of Vevey Switzerland in 2005 the Conference on Biodiversity Conservation in Human Dominated Landscapes in Mesoamerica given at the WWF site in Washington D C in 2006 Support was given to the organization and development of events for the II Latin American IUFRO Forestry Congress The department also participated in several academic conferences including those of the University of Costa Rica and the University of Victoria Canada organized by IUFRO to prepare a publication for decision makers Support to ministerial councils and policy dialogue The forest policy team was consoli
145. grams are incorporating germplasm from CATIE Many use agroforestry technologies and methodological approaches for participatory formulation and implementation of sustainable production and environmental conservation projects in cacao production landscapes developed by the Cacao group in the last 10 years In 2005 and 2006 this thematic group conducted outstanding regional and international work to develop technical capacities and facilitate access to information At the national level it has also worked to support development agendas and influence political dialogue i e support to the cacao cluster of Nicaragua and its equivalent in other countries Described below are other principal achievements and actions of the Cacao TG in the last two years Training Training actions have been developed at several levels involving technicians and investigators and then producers and students Annually the Cacao TG together with the CeCoEco TG offers the Cacao international course Opportunities for Sustainable Production which is directed at technicians instructors and investigators of the Americas for the objective of disseminating concepts methodologies and new practices Furthermore it offers the international course on Tools for Monitoring Carbon Sequestration in Land Use At the level of producers and students the thematic group has trained some 3 000 people in Talamanca Costa Rica and Alto Beni Bolivia in the last five ye
146. h education and technical assistance the latter is normally developed through the execution of development projects in agriculture and natural resource management in the American tropics The center s headquarters are in Turrialba Costa Rica and the following are regular members Belize Bolivia Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Venezuela and the Inter American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture IICA CATIE also has a portfolio of affiliated members including Spain the first European country to become a member CATIE s long term vision for its region of mandate is as follows The rural sector is consolidated as a key element of the process toward sustainable development contributing to social equality and improvements in the quality of life in the American tropics Toward this end CATIE organizes its actions in two technical departments Agriculture and Agroforestry and Natural Resources and the Environment These departments are each composed of various thematic groups that develop research graduate education and outreach activities The institution is directed by the Inter American Agricultural Board JIA that acts as the Constituent Assembly the Governing Council of Ministers made up of the Ministers of Agriculture or Environment of CATIE Member Countries and the General Director of IICA and the Board of Directors which includes repres
147. he INCAE Business School to launch a new master s program in International Agribusiness Management which will begin in mid 2007 Taking into consideration various consultations with students and professors and course evaluations the Academic Master s Committee decided to return to the quarterly system beginning in 2006 From a pedagogical standpoint the six week blocks in general are not considered appropriate for CATIE s program Doctoral degrees Most of the doctoral students come to CATIE through joint programs with the Universities of Idaho USA and Wales UK These programs offer a joint diploma signed by both institutions The official language of this program is English A historic achievement during 2006 was the fact that seven students including the first students under the joint program with the University of Idaho successfully completed their doctoral studies Scholarship Loan Program for graduate students The Scholarship Loan Program continues to evolve This program waives the payment of more than 50 of the study costs and awards a nine year loan for the remaining costs In 2006 the procedures to select beneficiaries of the program were refined to ensure better recovery of loans The Credit Committee was formed to develop and apply procedures and to make decisions with respect to the approval or rejection of applications Incentives were offered to ensure the admission of students with outstanding files
148. he preparation of more than 10 proposals for consultancy studies on watershed management of which five were awarded and resolution of the others is pending three have initiated implementation Graduate School In general research action studies have taken shape under a common agenda most of them under the modality of master s student theses carried out in Latin America principally Central America but with a strong integration and interaction of the CATIE thematic groups and national and local actors in the sub basins At the regional level there was a notable master s thesis research project that led to a methodological proposal for the certification of micro basin management in Central America the first study of this kind to be carried out in Latin America which has aroused great interest among 29 different sectors related to the field of watersheds 30 Twenty three specialists in integrated watershed management were graduated in these two years at the master s level making a total of around 140 Latin American specialists graduated from the CATIE Master s Program in Integrated Watershed Management since its establishment Another nine students developed their thesis projects in demonstration watersheds of the Focuencas Program The topics have been defined in participatory fashion with the principal local actors and they address the research action needs identified and the lines of investigation in administration manag
149. ica and India in collaboration with CIRAD ICRAF UWB University of Bangalore and the Indian Coffee Board The group also participated in the preparation of a proposal to FONTAGRO with the Livestock Thematic Group GAMMA on the integration of livestock coffee farms which was approved Consultancies and publications At the request of ANACAFE of Guatemala technical advice was given on an evaluation of the impact of the coffee crisis on the conversion of coffee to other land uses and the environmental services of coffee farms One product of this evaluation is the Manual for the Evaluation of Environmental Services Technical assistance was given on diversification processes in collaboration with CIRAD to publish the Information System to Support Diversification SIAD on the Internet funded by the IDB The group also participated in a study led by FAO and requested by MAGFOR to analyze diversification alternatives for zones that are marginal for coffee in Nicaragua Alliances During 2005 and 2006 CATIE was invited to participate in the Support Platform Common Code for the Coffee Community which seeks to help producer groups comply with minimum standards of sustainability In addition to training sessions and joint projects participation continued on the PROMECAFE board of directors and technical committee A forum was used to share challenges and solutions for the coffee production sector of Central America In the context of
150. icy such as PUEMBO II and to form part of the Inter Agency Consultative Committee for the preparation of the Regional Agroenvironmental Strategy for Central America ERA requested by the ministers of agriculture environment and health to CCAD CAC CORECA and COMISCA This is a firm step for strengthening CATIE s impact on regional policies International cooperation Cooperation was strengthened with CUSO Canada and in 2006 CUSO contributed seven people to DNRE to support the Model Forests Network The DNRE participated actively on the FAO Forestry Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean COFLAC where the concept note that CATIE prepared for the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity CBD was presented which sought to establish a regional alliance in LAC on the topic of forest biodiversity It also answered the invitation to give a presentation on model forests Funds from UNESCO for the course on protected area management and partial funds for several LAC Net model forest representatives to participate in CATIE training events were negotiated Financial support from INIA Spain was successfully negotiated for the regional FORMA Project CDM projects which is being executed in Latin America in collaboration with INIA and CIFOR two project proposals were presented Ecomarkets in Model Forests on Three Continents ESP in LAC in the call for proposals by the EU CATIE s participation in the V
151. igert semnevents htm D vila O Ram rez E Orde o limpio Serie Cuaderno de Campo 11 p D vila O Ram rez E Rodr guez M G mez R Barrios C El manejo del potrero Serie Cuaderno de Campo 19 p de Maga a S Harmand J M Hergoualc h K Cuantificaci n del carbono almacenado en la biomasa a rea y el mantillo en sistemas agroforestales de caf en el suroeste de Costa Rica Agroforester a en las Am ricas 41 42 98 104 De Melo Virginio E Fonseca C Rojas H Rojas M Mes n R Soto J Azofeifa R Murillo J P Ram rez L G Hidalgo M Cordero C Vargas W Chinchilla M Acosta M Uma a G Rodr guez H Villalobos J Urefia H Chanto A Mar n G Gamboa B Jim nez M Villalobos M Sojo M Mora H Hern ndez O Tapia A Caf s especiales y diversificaci n participativa avances e impactos de un proceso de capacitaci n e investigaci n aplicada XXI Simposio Latinoamericano de Caficultura ICA PROMECAFE PROCAFE San Salvador 14 15 Julio 2005 Der s E Stoian D Morales D La cadena productiva del bamb en Costa Rica Potencial de desarrollo de este recurso tropical Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 46 47 127 136 Detlefsen G Beer J Ibrahim M Somarriba E Barrance A Leakey R Cordero J Boshier D Espinoza R Castro H Lizano J Cart n R Ram rez K Chang L Brenes A Curso de introducci n a los sistemas agroforestales IICA CATIE OFI FRP
152. ion of resistance in Spanish cedar Cedrela odorata L and mahogany Swietenia macrophyla King against Hypsipyla grandella Zeller Lepidoptera Pyralidae by grafting CATIE Turrialba CR Phillips Mora W La moniliasis del cacao un enemigo que podemos y debemos vencer Memorias del Taller Regional Andino de Aplicaci n Tecnol gica en el Cultivo del Cacao Phillips Mora W La cacaocultura mundial en riesgo ante el avance del hongo Moniliophthora roreri agente causal de la moniliasis del cacao Fitopatolog a Brasileira 31 Suplemento Agosto 330 532 Phillips Mora W Coutifio A Ortiz C F L pez A P Hern ndez J and Aime M C First report of Moniliophthora roreri causing frosty pod rot moniliasis disease of cacao in Mexico Plant Pathology 55 584 Phillips Mora W Ortiz C F Aime M C Fifty years of frosty pod rot in Central America Chronology of its spread and impact from Panama to Mexico Abstracts of the 15th International Cocoa Research Conference p 70 Phillips Mora W Mora A Johnson E Astorga C Recent efforts to improve the genetic and physical conditions of the International Cacao collection at CATIE Abstracts of the 15th International Cocoa Research Conference p 146 Pineda N J P rez E R Aguilar A Evaluaci n de selectividad animal de plantas herb ceas y lefiosas forrajeras durante dos pocas en la zona alta del municipio de Muy Muy Matagalpa Nicaragua n IV Congreso Latinoam
153. ir doctoral studies at CATIE The following agreements and letters of understanding were signed e COLCIENCIAS for scholarships for Colombians to pursue doctoral studies at CATIE e Agreement with the Pontificia Javeriana University Letter of Understanding with the Biodiversity Network REDBIO which brings together 40 public and private institutions e Special Agreement with the University of Tolima for a joint research and education program National Technical Office NTO in Bolivia During these two years activities have been conducted that have brought about the negotiation and execution of projects as well as support to the signing of letters of understanding and agreements e The following projects were negotiated 1 Improvement of the Applied Production of Coffee Belgian Technical Cooperation March 2006 to March 2007 2 Modernization of Cacao Production in the Alto Beni Area CICAD OAS 3 Assistance and Training in Sustainable Coffee Production and Strengthening of Business Aspects of Campesino Organizations in Bolivia 4 Development of the Value Chain of Organic Cacao Alto Beni Bolivia USAID 5 Coffee pilot plan project Biological Control and Integrated Management of the Coffee Berry Borer in Sustainable Diversified Shade Systems 6 Execution of a Nationwide Pilot Plan for Protected Areas CATIE SERNAP e Negotiations for future projects in 1 Forest conservation and development of the Chiquitano Dry Forest Ec
154. ir doctorates and four new students entered this program Representatives from the University of Wales the dean and the director of DAAF conducted a review of this joint program Finally a new joint program was initiated with the University of Freiburg in Germany in which agreements will be signed for each student to define the formation of advisory committees funding sources dissertation theme and other pertinent details Students participating in this program will receive diplomas signed by CATIE and by the University of Freiburg Professors Efforts were made with the Department of Administration and Finance DAF to establish consistent remuneration for external and internal professors for the services that they render to the Graduate School classes participation in advisory committees and as principal advisors Thus CATIE seeks to enhance the remuneration to professors who contribute more to graduate activities In order to improve the performance of professors an exploratory evaluation was conducted of their work as principal advisor and or member of an advisory committee Accreditation CATIE continues working to achieve accreditation of its academic programs The director of DAF and the Education Program director participated in a workshop of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools SACS to learn about the steps necessary to initiate an international accreditation process with that association A professional was hir
155. isneros Caicedo J Efecto del ancho los ecosistemas riparios en la conservaci n de la calidad del agua y la biodiversidad en la microcuenca del r o Sesesmiles Cop n Honduras Tesis M Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Corrales O Carrera F Campos JJ El Bosque Modelo Una plataforma territorial para la aplicaci n del enfoque ecosist mico Recursos Naturales y Ambiente 45 6 12 Dahlquist R Bosque P rez N A Hilje L Biology and management of the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus Germar in Talamanca n Proceedings Third Annual Meeting UI CATIE IGERT Project Turrialba Costa Rica July 2005 http www ag uidaho edu igert semnevents htm Dahlquist R Bosque P rez N A Hilje L Effect of management intensity and soil nutrients on banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus Germar population densities and damage in smallholder organic banana farms in Costa Rica Annual Meeting Entomological Society of America Fort Lauderdale Florida December 15 18 2005 Dahlquist R Lorion C Polidoro P Schipper J Winowiecki L Candela C Whelan M Bosque P rez N A Braatne J Carrillo E Harvey C Hilje L LaBar G McDaniel P Morra M Scott J M Somarriba E Stoian D Integration across spatial and temporal scales a landscape approach for interdisciplinary research in Talamanca In Proceedings Third Annual Meeting UI CATIE IGERT Project Turrialba Costa Rica July 2005 http www ag uidaho edu
156. ith USDA NAL and FAO in the development of the Integrated Library Administration System LISAGR Fundraising efforts included actions with Harvard University to implement a project to preserve unique collections for an amount of U S 20 000 Also a project to preserve library collections with the USDA NAL was negotiated for U S 70 000 More agile mechanisms have been implemented for purchasing publications New technologies were used to transform a system for loaning technical materials into an electronic library The technological equipment for users was renewed including the installation of a wireless network and improvement in the band width Among the principal actions for information management we can mention the technical coordination of SIDALC the updating of databases of complete texts maintenance of the Web page incorporation of new publications and editorials in the virtual library attention to users at the library and potential increase in virtual clients CATIE participated with a booth in national and international events and offered technical lectures for library users as well as courses for librarians to encourage the culture of information Technical advice to institutions in the sector were important to create national capacities Biostatistics Unit The unit has been involved in the execution of the project Functional Biodiversity Effects on Ecosystem Processes Ecosystem Services and Sustainability in the Americ
157. iven on the use of biopesticides and organic fertilizers in collaboration with institutions in Costa Rica Nicaragua and Honduras to companies that produce biopesticides and organic fertilizers Department of Natural Resources and Environment DNRE The 2005 2006 period characterized by the strengthening of DNRE and the thematic groups and by greater interaction and multidisciplinary work Greater self management and proactivity of the groups was observed which resulted in an expanding project portfolio and an increase in the funds in custody and project funds The lines of DNRE research were consolidated as can be seen below payment for ecosystemic services promotion of rural community enterprises conservation biology and its contribution to biological corridors e management of natural resources on a landscape scale watersheds model forests biological corridors e multifunctional forest management The department also continued developing experiences in other fields such as adaptive co management of watersheds mitigation and adaptation to climate change value chains and competitiveness of small and medium size ecoenterprises and governability of natural resources In 2005 an agreement was signed for the coordination from CATIE of IUFRO activities related to its Special Program for Developing Countries in LAC Thus an IUFRO office was created at CATIE headquarters Furthermore a cooperative agreement was
158. ivestock production systems and the impacts of those trees on biodiversity and productivity in these production systems ECOSUR of Mexico and CORPOICA of Colombia also participated in this project The Agrosilvopastoral Project is funded by FONTAGRO through the IDB The objective is to evaluate options that would increase environmental social and economic sustainability of agrosilvopastoral systems in zones with integrated coffee and livestock production and to strengthen local capacities for the design and management of those systems articulated with markets in Costa Rica Nicaragua and Colombia Progress consists of the determination of farm clusters according to the provision of capital under the framework of the livelihoods approach inputs needed for pilot farm planning strategies and training through the adaptation of field schools Furthermore a study is being developed on the standardization of value 19 chains for principal farm products and their coherance 20 with the participatory planning of the farms and the field schools It seeks a design for coffee and livestock farms with a potential to generate different products that will facilitate their entry into niche markets taking advantage of the benefits of value chains Workshops Four national workshops were organized in Colombia Nicaragua Costa Rica and Guatemala to present to political decision makers the results and tools developed by the group Ministers of the enviro
159. l actors in demonstration sub basins 4 events for exchange and dissemination of national and regional experiences There was broad participation of professionals from different countries of Latin America in the international courses for updating and preparation in watershed management and territorial management Although courses were given in all the countries of the region the demand was not satisfied Around 400 people were trained women and men including technicians community leaders educators decision makers local actors students and producers added to the nearly 10 000 people trained in prior years Publications Two publications were made in the journal Recursos Naturales y Ambiente with condensed articles about the thesis research of master s students in the Integrated Watershed Management Program and the most relevant results from the research of students and technicians of the thematic group Alliances The group collaborated with the preparation and discussions of Costa Rica s draft Water Law and the Central American Strategy for Integrated Hydric Resource Management There was active participation in these processes that are still in development CATIE is part of the inter agency group CATIE CAD CCAD IUCN GWP CRRH FANCA RUTA that was assigned the responsibility of preparing the latter strategy by the region s Council of Ministers of Agriculture Environment and Health Center for the Competitiveness
160. mmendations for pest management and the conservation of banana agroecosystems in the tropics e Biological control of Nematodes in Musa with funds from FONTAGRO In the case of nematodes isolates of endophytic fungi have shown high levels of parasitism on these pest organisms One protection strategy has been the activation of the rhizospheric system of vitroplants with biological pest control agents e Research on biological insecticides with funding from FONTAGRO The Agroecology Thematic Group had achievements in the field of alternatives to pesticides or biopesticides Research was carried out on micoinsecticides for the integrated management of white flies Bemisia tabaci in tomato cantaloupe eggplant bean and watermelon crops in different localities of Colombia and Costa Rica Focuencas II with financial support from SIDA Sweden Using the action investigation approach a work plan was prepared and its execution initiated in Matagalpa Nicaragua in the Focuencas II Program GAE made its contribution in the first phase of this project providing guidelines for the agroecological management of watersheds e Proposal for Ornamentals with financial support from CNP Costa Rica This is a new project U S 75 million in alliance with Purdue University APHIS USDA MAG and CNP the latter two of Costa Rica to resolve pest problems and mitigation of interceptions occurring in U S ports of ornamental plants produced in Costa Rica
161. mpresas Forestales Comunitarias en Guatemala Leccciones Aprendidas en la Aplicaci n de la Metodolog a AyDM Informe Preparado para COSUDE WWE San Jos Costa Rica Donovan J Grouwels S Towards an enabling environment for small and medium forest enterprise development Abstract presented at international conference Managing Forests for Poverty Reduction Ho Chi Minh City Viet Nam October 2 6 2006 Donovan J Stoian D Grouwels S Macqueen D Leeuven A van Boetekees G Nicholson K Hacia un ambiente favorable para el desarrollo de peque as y medianas empresas forestales Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 49 163 168 Donovan J Stoian D Grouwels S Macqueen D van Leeuwen A Boetekees G Nicholson K Hacia un Ambiente Favorable para el Desarrollo de Peque as y Medianas Empresas Forestales Informe de pol ticas CATIE FAO IIED SNV ICCO Policy Brief FAO Rome publicado tambi n en ingl s y franc s Donovan J Stoian D Macqueen D Grouwels S The Business Side of Sustainable Forest Management Small and Medium Forest Enterprise Development for Poverty Reduction Natural Resource Perspectives ODI 104 6 p Dussert S V squez N Salazar K Anthony F Engelmann F Cryopreservation of coffee genetic resources A case study in CATIE Costa Rica IPGRI Handbooks for genebanks Jn Complementary strategies for ex situ conservation of coffee 67 Coffea arabica L genetic resources 80 94 p 68 Ebert A
162. n Salvador 14 15 Julio 2005 Ten Hoopen G M Ortiz J L Aguilar M E and Krauss U Preservation methodology for Rosellinia species Mycological Research 108 3 274 282 Turner D W Rosales F E eds Banana Root System towards a better understanding for its productive management Proceedings of an international symposium Memorias de un simposio internacional International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain Montpellier France INIBAP ISBN 2 910810 61 5 Uquillas L W Inducci n de la generaci n para mejorar la eficacia de dos agentes antag nicos para el control de la monilia Crinipelis roreri del cacao Theobroma cacao Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 72 p Urbina L Jim nez F Reynolds J Jones J Prins C Implementaci n de proyectos y programas de desarrollo en la subcuenca del r o Jucuapa Matagalpa Nicaragua Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 45 67 73 Vaast P Kanten van R Siles P Angrand J Aguilar A Biophysical interactions between timber trees and coffee in sub optimal conditions of Central America Agroforestry Systems Vaides E Ugalde L Galloway G 2005 Crecimiento y productividad de teca en plantaciones forestales j venes en Guatemala Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 46 47 137 145 van Kanten R Schroth G Beer J Jim nez F Fine root dynamics of coffee in association with two shade trees in Costa Rica Agroforestry Systems 63 247 261 van
163. n defined by molecular markers All activities are carried out in close collaboration with other thematic groups campesino communities local organizations municipalities and national and international institutions Some of the most relevant achievements of MURF at regional and international levels are mentioned below Research An important achievement has been the use of genetic resources from the international cacao collection through the Cacao Genetic Enhancement Program USDA CATIE which aims to attain three principal objectives 1 the acquisition of genotypes for high production 2 resistence to moniliasis Moniliophthora roreri and black pod Phytophthora palmivora diseases that cause losses of fruit higher than 40 in Latin America and 3 high industrial quality Superior genotypes have been identified with elevated productivity and resistant to or tolerant of the fungal diseases mentioned whose industrial quality is being evaluated jointly with chocolate production companies in the United States and Europe Within the context of different international projects assays of hybrid families clonal assays and two segregant populations for molecular studies have been established Molecular tools are being used to corroborate the identity of key genotypes in the program and carry out studies on distinct aspects of cacao and the fungi that attack this crop Through the sequencing of specific DNA fragments it was veri
164. n pl tano Tesis Mag Sc 59 CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 77 p 60 Laura W Adopci n de las alternativas tecnol gicas generadas por el Proyecto Modernizaci n de la Cacaocultura Org nica del Alto Beni Bolivia Tesis Ing Agr UMSA La Paz Bolivia 70 p Le n J A Conocimiento local y razonamiento agroecol gico para toma de decisiones en pasturas degradadas en El Peten Guatemala Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 100 Limongi R Harvey C Jim nez F Benjamin T Caracterizaci n del sistema agroforestal ma z con rboles dispersos en la cuenca del R o Carrizal Manab Ecuador Agroforester a en las Am ricas 41 42 50 55 Locatelli B M canisme de D veloppement Propre quelles opportunit s pour le secteur forestier d Afrique Centrale S minaire M canismes de Financement Durable Libreville Gabon 5 8 juillet 2005 Locatelli B Definici n de Bosque para el Mecanismo de Desarrollo Limpio insumos par la discusi n National Workshop for Selecting Forest Definition for the CDM Afforestation and Reforestation Activities San Jose Costa Rica 7 March 2005 Locatelli B Las especies ex ticas potencialmente invasivas y el uso de organismos gen ticamente modificados National Workshop for Selecting Forest Definition for the CDM Afforestation and Reforestation Activities San Jose Costa Rica 7 March 2005 Locatelli B Merckx V Changement climatique les n gociations de Buenos Aires Boi
165. nca del r o Jabonal Costa Rica Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 48 81 92 Baldiz n Reyes JF An lisis de los procesos de institucionalidad para el manejo de la subcuenca del r o Cop n Honduras CATIE Turrialba CR 107 p Baltodano ME Alp zar F Valoraci n econ mica de la oferta del servicio ambiental h drico en las subcuencas de los r os Calico y Jucuapa Matagalpa Nicaragua Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 48 57 64 Barrios M A Estudio de hongos endofiticos como inductores de resistencia para el control de Sigatoka negra Mycosphaerella fijiensis Morelet en pl tano Tesis MSc Agricultura Ecol gica CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 56 p Benegas Negri LA Propuesta metodol gica para evaluar la adaptaci n de los productores a la variabilidad clim tica principalmente a la sequ a en cuencas hidrogr ficas en Am rica Central CATTE Turrialba CR 145 p Bentes Gama M Somarriba E Pinto W Pastrana A Estado y manejo de nuevas plantaciones de cacao injertado en Alto Beni Bolivia Agroforester a en las Am ricas 43 44 67 71 Bertrand B Vaast P Alpizar E Etienne H Charmetant P Comparison of bean biochemical composition and beverage quality of Arabica hybrids involving Sudanese Ethiopian origins at various elevations in central America Tree Physiology 26 1239 1248 Betancourt H Evaluaci n econ mica del impacto de la degradaci n de pasturas en fincas ganaderas de doble prop sito en El Chal
166. ngen University 3 Honduras National Agricultural University of Honduras 2 United Kingdom University of Wales Bangor Bath University 3 Mexico Autonomous University of Chapingo 5 Norway Norwegian Agricultural University University of Oslo University of Life Sciences University of Science and 6 Technology Switzerland Polytechnic University 1 USA Purdue University University of Arkansas Yale University University of Idaho Berea College AETNA Chickering 13 Group ANTHEM San Diego State University University of California Santa Cruz Venezuela Agricultural Research Institute INIA 1 TOTAL 74 Chairs Despite various efforts to create new Chairs at CATIE to join the two already established by the Government of Switzerland none was established in 2006 CATIE worked with The Nature Conservancy TNC and Conservation International CI to develop a proposal to create a Chair in Protected Areas Management Once created the hope is to establish an interinstitutional orientation committee to guide and monitor planning and performance of this Chair Our partners at the University of Idaho believe that the creation of shared Chairs is a priority to consolidate and enhance cooperation between CATIE and the UI Promotion of the Graduate School Great efforts were made to promote the Graduate School including the distribution of printed and digital materials interactive CD catalogs and brochures to the NTOs alumni and oth
167. nibilidad del manejo forestal comunitario para identificar prioridades de inversi n en ejidos de Guerrero M xico Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 49 124 130 Morse W Hollenhorst S Stoian D Harvey C McLaughlin W Wulfhorst JD Impact of Payments for Environmental Services on the Livelihood Strategies of Rural Landowners Abstract presented at Ecological Society of America ESA international conference Ecology in an Era of Globalization Challenges and Opportunities for Environmental Scientists in the Americas M rida M xico January 2006 Morse WC Stoian D Hollenhorst S Social Ecological Structuration Abstract presented at 12th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management ISSRM Vancouver Canada June 2006 Mus lem K Jim nez F Faustino J Astorga Y Certificaci n del manejo integrado de microcuencas hidrogr ficas en Am rica Tropical Parte 1 Est ndar propuesto Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 48 10 21 Mus lem K Jim nez F Faustino J Astorga Y Certificaci n del manejo integrado de microcuencas hidrogr ficas en Am rica Tropical Parte 2 Estudio de caso en la microcuenca del r o Sesesmiles Cop n Honduras Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 48 22 28 Navarro C Cascante C Diccionario Pict rico sobre Conservaci n de la diversidad gen tica CATIE Turrialba CR Navarro C Cascante C Material educativo impreso juego escolar Diversidad gen tica CATIE Turrialba CR
168. nistries of the Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Model Forest Network Analysis of Governance at the Landscape Level in Focuencas LAC Net and Biological Corridors Induction of New Concepts and Approaches in Rural Development At this time initiatives are being developed to coordinate actions with other DAAF groups Cacao and Agroecology Proposals A proposal was approved prepared at the request of SIDA for 2007 in cooperation with DAAF on the systematization of FONDEAGRO a rural productive development project in Nicaragua supported by the Swedish government This work will help CATIE insert itself into a new modality sectoral of international cooperation Conferences The IV Wallace Conference 2005 coordinated by a member of SEBSA achieved the objectives of interrelating CATIE with other institutions and investigators and also disseminated the importance of Environmental Services and CATIE S capacity in this subject At present most of the members of SEBSA are working to contribute to develop the 2007 Wallace Conference on Sustainable Livelihoods and are supporting the editing of a CATIE position document the topic of poverty Graduate School SEBSA leads the Master s Program on Environmental Socioeconomics with an increasingly consolidated education program All the members of the group are involved in this program with support from the Global Change and CeCoEco thematic groups The Int
169. nment and agriculture and actors from the government and the private sector participated in these workshops Policy GAMMA has had an impact on the policies of international donors such as the GEF and the World Bank which have identified silvopastoral systems as a strategic option for sustainable land management and the generation of environmental services Livestock producer organizations agricultural banks and the rural microfinance sector have incorporated policies for promoting sustainable ranching In Colombia with FEDEGAN Federaci n de Ganaderos in Nicaragua the Fondo de Desarrollo Local and in Panama the Banco Desarrollo Agropecuario It should be noted that the results generated by the group are being used by key institutions TNC and GEF to formulate policies about conservation strategies in agricultural landscapes The strengthening and certification of the focal institutions for example CIPAV NITLAPAN ECOSUR CEDECO and SNV were also supported Education and theses The staff participated in giving courses for the master s degree in Agroforestry Ten students finished their master s studies under the supervision of the group s technicians Scholarships were assigned to five master s and two doctoral students Scholarships were obtained for conducting research studies in the field of environmental livestock production PACA Degraded Pastures FRAGMENT GEF SSP and others In the period 2005 2006
170. ntaminaci n del acu fero Guaran en la cuenca del arroyo Capiibary Paraguay Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 48 65 74 Lanaud C Fouet O Gramacho K Argout X Legrave T Sabau X Risterucci A M Wincker P Da Silva C Loor G Lopes V Cascardo J Courtois B Kuhn D Schnell R Bailey B Babin R Sounigo O Ducamp M Paulin D Deberdt P Verica J Guiltinan M Alemanno L Machado R Phillips W Micheli F Da Silva Gesteira A Clement D Maximova S Butler D Rosenquist E Gilmour Glaszmann J C A large EST resource for Theobroma cacao including cDNAs isolated from various organs and under various biotic and abiotic stresses Abstracts of the 15th International Cocoa Research Conference San Jos Costa Rica p 23 Laura W Bentes Gama M Somarriba E Pastrana A Adopci n de innovaciones tecnol gicas en la cacaocultura org nica del Alto Beni Bolivia Agroforester a en las Am ricas 43 44 32 37 Legu a Hidalgo E Identificaci n de bosques importantes proveedores de servicios ecosist micos para la generaci n de hidroelectricidad en Nicaragua CATIE Turrialba CR Leon Velarde C Quiroz R Cafias R Osorio J Guerrero J Pezo D Life Sim Livestock Feeding Strategies Simulation models CIP Natural Resources Management Working Paper No 2006 1 37 p Leon J A Conocimiento local y razonamiento agroecol gico para toma de decisiones en pasturas deg
171. number at the end of each year In this period guidance was given to six doctoral theses joint programs with U Idaho and UWB and from nine to 11 master s theses per year related principally to biodiversity management and conservation at the landscape level and sustainable management of forestry resources in wet tropical forests in Costa Rica Nicaragua and Colombia The group has collaborated decisively in administering scholarships assisting support for students and complementary funds for research projects to complement the funding that most of the students receive from the Scholarship Loan Program Training The personnel of the group coordinated and gave the XVII International Course on Diversified Management of Natural Tropical Forests and the XXVII International Course on Protected Areas They supported the course on Multifunctional Management of Forestry Plantations given by the Global Change Thematic Group and the SCALE and YES courses There were also training activities aimed specifically at producers and local technicians in Costa Rica Nicaragua and Guatemala supported by the Training Alliance for Biodiversity Conservation in the American Tropics in consortium with INBio U Wales CODEFORSA and the Araucaria Project Also of note were the events for model forest networks held in Argentina and funded by AVINA the development of the Rural Invest training program for the economic evaluation of projects and the pro
172. o consultancies were conducted AID and PLAN for a total of U S 1 6 million The final report was prepared for FIAES about the Identification of Biological Diversity Indicators in the Los Volcanes Complex CATIE collaborated in the definition of research priorities for CENTA A series of projects was developed in collaboration with MAG with technical assistance in planning of microwatersheds conifer management and use of GIS Technical assistance was given to MAG and MARN Through contacts with Chemonics the DO was able to win a bid for Phase III of the Water Project USAID Follow up has been given to the formulation of the Sustainable Land Management Project in the Gulf of Fonseca Five project proposals or consultancies were negotiated for a total of U S 358 000 Proposals for the preparation of the strategic plan for the protected areas network in El Salvador were presented and an expression of interest was prepared for the training project within the Ministry of Education CATIE participated in the initiative to present projects to the Millennium Challenge program with IICA and INCAE A training plan consisting of eight events 130 professionals and 587 training actions 4 968 producers was executed Also in EL Salvador CATIE s experience in natural resources was confirmed when the center received 500 queries annually from the public interested in this area CATIE s technical capacity and its influence in the
173. of Ecoenterprises Thematic Group CeCoEco CeCoEco has continued to position itself as one of the leading entrepreneurial service providers in tropical America for the development of agricultural and forestry ecoenterprises committed to environmentally friendly and socially responsible production In these two years innovative concepts methodologies and methods were developed for the respective research action with the support of 12 master s and doctoral students Projects Execution of the CATIE FOMIN project was continued aimed at improving competitiveness and environmental performance of small and medium size forest enterprises in Nicaragua Honduras and Guatemala This project has developed tools and technical guides for marketing timber products and has cooperated with numerous communities on the development of value chains A value chain for highly finished furniture has been integrated between Central America and the United States with exports equivalent to U S 300 000 per year with good perspectives for growth A new CATIE FOMIN project was approved with a focus on novel services and tools related to new information and communication technologies for businesses ITC4BUS This project will help update and significantly expand the two bilingual market intelligence systems based on the Internet EcoNegocios Forestales and EcoNegocios Agricolas In a prestigious international and highly competitive contest the Fo
174. of Sustainable Forestry Costa Rica Alternatives UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on SBSTA Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Climate Change Technological Advice UPAZ University for Peace United Nations SCAA Specialty Coffee Association of America USA United States of America SDC Swiss Development Agency USAID U S Agency for International Development SEBSA Socioeconomics of Environmental Goods USD U S Dollars and Services Thematic Group USDA Department of Agriculture of the SEEP Network Small Enterprise Education and United States Promotion Network USFS United States Forest Service SESAN Secretariat of Food Security and Nutrition UTA Technical Support Unit Guatemala UWB University of Wales Bangor SERNAP Technical Training to the National VERIFOR Institutional Options to Verify Legality in Protected Areas Service the Forestry Sector WB World Bank WGF Wallace Genetic Foundation WAFLA Integrated Water Resource Management WWF World Wildlife Fund WCF World Cocoa Foundation ZEF Center for Development Research WFSE World Forest Society and Environment ZIL Swiss Centre for International Agriculture 51 52 6 Governing Authorities Board of Directors 2005 2006 e Richard Rortvedt USA President 2005 Helmut Eger Germany President 2006 e Luis Osorio Nicaragua Vice President 2005 2006 e Hans J hr Switzerland 2005 2006 e Bjorn Lundgren Sweden 2005 2006 Ana Mar a
175. ogies for the forestry projects of the Clean Development Mechanism CDM Those methodologies were the first and they constitute the majority of those that were approved by the Board of Directors of the CDM which is an institution of the United Nations Calculation tools have also been developed TARAM and MAIA for the application of the approved methodologies TARAM is in the process of certification Annually the GCG organizes a course on the design of CDM projects in the forestry and bioenergy sectors This course is globally recognized and has a growing demand to the extent that institutions like UNEP want to take it to Africa Modules of this course have been given in several Latin American countries the United States Gabon the Philippines and Vietnam The GCG also offers a course on plantation management and supports the training courses of other thematic groups Finally the GCG organizes and gives a graduate course on global change and it supports other graduate courses Projects underway FORMA Project The GCG coordinates the FORMA project whose objective is to strengthen projects of the CDM in the forestry and bioenergy sectors through technical and financial support to project proponents FORMA identified the projects it is supporting through a competitive call open to all Latin America Support is being given to 10 projects in collaboration with CIFOR Indonesia INIA Spain ECOSUR Mexico and MGAP Uruguay and t
176. ons The actions were carried out via field projects and the group worked on advanced themes of policy design payments for environmental services incentives for conservation recovery of degraded pastures biodiversity conservation in fragmented landscapes with dominant livestock production activity and improvement of livelihoods in communities dependent on this activity GAMMA actions were carried out in different countries with an especially strong presence in Nicaragua Honduras Guatemala Costa Rica Panama and Colombia Silvopastoral Project The results of the Silvopastoral Project GEF World Bank indicate that payments for environmental services PES to small and medium size producers were greater per unit area compared to those for large producers The amount of labor employed on farms increased under the PES system due to an increase in the percentage of area in forage banks that require management in comparison with monoculture pastures The results of the Silvopastoral Project GEF and FRAGMENT EU INCO show that plant cover and tree species richness are the most important variables in ranching landscapes which explains the biodiversity of species e g birds ants bats and butterflies With these variables and results for biodiversity of the different schemes evaluated the Biodiversity Index for PES IBSA was developed The CO FIX tool was also developed for modeling of carbon over time in silvopastoral systems
177. ons similar to CATIE Regional Outreach also promotes training courses and technical meetings in coordination with the ministries public organizations and other organisms Training activities conducted in the countries amounts to more than 300 courses and workshops 92 of them in Honduras involving the NTOs and development projects During 2005 2006 the Outreach directorate conducted more than 60 visits from headquarters to member countries and national offices These visits helped to strengthen the work of the NTO interinstitutional 37 relations visits to ministers directors etc the 38 identification of opportunities and agricultural and natural project management Also the Outreach directorate took part in some 50 working meetings with the participation of national authorities project leaders and staff DO staff and NTOs Thirteen national bulletins were prepared and distributed to disseminate important aspects of the work of CATIE and the NTOs More than 40 projects and consultancies were negotiated and begun some of which will continue to be developed over the next few years National Technical Office NTO in El Salvador CATIE offered logistical technical and administrative support to five national projects obtained through bids or consultancies PAES FIAES PLAN AID and ISDEM as well as to five projects from headquarters PRODOMA PTCARL SETEDER Gulf of Fonseca GEF and Central American Trees Tw
178. onteverde Penso E J Phillips Mora W Machado R Brown J S Schnell R Motamayor J C Can we select for shorter cocoa plants Ingenic Newsletter 10 16 19 Mora J Ibrahim M Cruz J Casasola F Rosales M Holguin V A Preliminary analysis of the impact of payment for environmental services on land use changes a case study on livestock farms in Costa Rica Jn Silvopastoralism and sustainable land management Mosquera Losada M R J McAdam and A Rigueiro Rodriguez eds CABI publishing pp 335 342 Mor n Montafio M Evaluaci n de la sustentabilidad del manejo forestal comunitario para identificar prioridades de inversi n en ejidos de M xico Tesis M Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Mor n Monta o M Campos Arce JJ Louman B Uso de Principios Criterios e Indicadores para monitorear y evaluar las acciones y efectos de pol ticas en el manejo de los recursos naturales Serie T cnica Manual T cnico no 347 Colecci n Manejo Diversificado de Bosques Naturales no 32 70 p Mor n Montafio M Carrera Gambeta F Campos Arce JJ Louman B Delgado D Galloway G Herramientas para la evaluaci n de la sostenibilidad del manejo forestal comunitario en Guerrero M xico Serie T cnica Manual T cnico no 345 Colecci n Manejo Diversificado de Bosques Naturales no 31 52 p Morse M Schedlbauer J Sesnie S Finegan B Gessler P Harvey C Hollenhorst S Kavanagh K Stoian D Valuing Ecosystem Servi
179. operative Program for the SNITTA National Agricultural Research and Technological Development Technology Transfer System and Modernization of Coffee Cultivation in SNV Stichting Nederlandse Vrijwilige Dutch Central America the Dominican Republic Cooperation for Development and Jamaica SSP Silvopastoral system PROMOSTA Modernization of Technical Agricultural STR Regional Technical Services Office Services Project SUBBE Sustainable Biomass and Bioenergy in PROSA Food Security Program Central America CDM Project Preparation PTCARL Trinational Program of the High Assistance Facility Watershed of the Lempa River TG Thematic Group RAAN Autonomous North Atlantic Region TIERRAS Sustainable Management in the Gulf of RAFA Agroforestry in the Americas Journal Fonseca Project RED Rural enterprise development TNC The Nature Conservancy REMERFI Mesoamerican Network of Plant Genetic U Caldas University of Caldas Colombia Resources UCR University of Costa Rica RRBM LAC Regional Network of Model Forests in IUCN International Union for the Conservation Latin America and the Caribbean of Nature RUTA Regional Unit for Technical Assistance of UK United Kingdom the World Bank UNA National University Costa Rica SACS Southern Association of Colleges and UNCBD United Nations Convention on Biological Schools Biodiversity SAG Secretariat of Agriculture and Livestock UNDP United Nations Development Program Honduras UNED National Distance Education University SANet Network
180. oration of Puerto Rico and Colombia and negotiations for the reincorporation of Mexico were reinitiated The presidency and the management LAC Net were strengthened with an office at CATIE and activities of its directorate were supported and contributions to the systematization of LAC MF were made LAC Net cooperated with the IUFRO WFSE project called Forests for the New Millenium which was launched in the United Nations Forum on Forests meeting in June At this same forum a presentation was made about the Model Forests Network as well as at prior event in Costa Rica Forests Protected Areas and Biodiversity Thematic Group Forests The group supports regional national and local efforts on conservation and sustainable use of tropical forests and their biodiversity Guided by the link between human well being and conservation through ecosystemic services established by the Millenium Ecosystems Assessment and catalyzed by its protagonism in the activities of the Latin America and Caribbean Model Forest Network LAC Net the Forests group maintains its emphasis on the implementation of innovative lines of work and approaches sustaining its regional leadership in the integrated management of natural resources on a landscape scale The focus of the TG begins not so much with biophysical studies but rather with the facilitation of negotiation processes to integrate the actions of people organized groups and institutions tending to b
181. oregion Bolivia and Paraguay European Union for execution beginning in 2007 2 Integrated Project for the Santa Cruz Department Pailon Area and 3 Integrated Project for the Tarija Zones of O Connor Gran Chaco and Arce Letters of understanding and agreements e Letter of Understanding with the Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries e Agreement with the Autonomous University of Beni Agreement with the Holzindustrieberatumgung HIV Consulting Company e Agreement with the Forestry Chamber of Bolivia e Agreement with the Tropical Agricultural Research Center CIAT Santa Cruz e Agreement for an SDC contribution to the diploma program at CATIE e Agreement with the Foundation for the Conservation of the Chiquitano Dry Forest FCBC Support is being negotiated for the Noel Kempff Mercado Park and support and technical training to the National Protected Areas Service SERNAP e Framework Agreement with Spanish Cooperation Bolhispania and negotiation for signing the Letter of Understanding with the Vice Minister of Rural Agricultural Development e Framework Cooperation Agreement with the Humid Tropics Foundation Actions in Belize The Network of El Pilar Forest Gardens Project was executed with the Belizean NGO Help for Progress in 2003 2005 through the Small Donations for the Environment Program PRODOMA administrated and supported by CATIE This donation of U S 80 000 allowed CATIE to train producers in the El
182. orkshops demonstrations More than 32 short courses strategic and special were given with more than 622 participants among technicians from different levels and producers CATIE s professors provided important participation in these events which included meetings forums symposiums and seminars As has occurred in the past the Training Area has faced the problem of delays or cancellation of courses due to the lack of economic resources to finance the participation of interested participants both at headquarters as well as in the countries despite the growing demand for continuation of the courses Some donor agencies in the countries have shown keen interest in funding courses such as is the case of Bolivia Peru Colombia and Nicaragua Below is a distribution of the training events by type country and organizing entity Virtual education In 2006 the Training Area continued with several initiatives development of new courses traditional and virtual and the integration of courses for the development of Training Programs diplomas and specializations for example to increase CATIE s offering of training and education Table 7 Distribution of training events by country 2005 Country Number of events Men Women Total Bolivia 118 1 664 749 2 413 CATIE Costa Rica 26 371 152 523 Colombia 3 45 13 58 Costa Rica 287 1 115 463 1 578 El Salvador 142 1 426
183. p Lowe AJ Boshier D Ward M Bacles CFE Navarro C Genetic resource impacts of habitat loss and degradation reconciling empirical evidence and predicted theory for neotropical trees Heredity 95 255 273 Madro ero Palacios SM Manejo del recurso h drico y estrategias para su gesti n integral en la microcuenca Mijitayo Pasto Colombia CATIE Turrialba CR 180 p Mart nez R Efecto del manejo de pastoreo en pasturas recien establecidas de Brachiaria brizantha cv Toledo en monocultivo y asociadas con Arachis pintoiein Juncal Yoro Tesis Ing Agr CURLA La Ceiba Honduras Medina B Y Mu oz C Y Haggar J P Aguilar R M Metodologia para la evaluaci n de servicios ambientales Manual Tecnico publicado por ANACAFE Guatemala 2006 Miranda M Somarriba E Evaluaci n agron mica de las plantaciones de cacao injertado de productores de la Central de Cooperativas El Ceibo Alto Beni Bolivia Agroforester a en las Am ricas 43 44 62 66 Monge J Hilje L H bitos alimenticios de la ardilla Sciurus variegatoides Rodentia Sciuridae en la Pen nsula de Nicoya Costa Rica Revista de Biolog a Tropical 54 2 681 686 Morales R Caracterizaci n de los sistemas de producci n de granos b sicos en fincas ganaderas de doble prop sito en La Hoya Olanchito Yoro Tesis Ing Agr UNA Catacamas Honduras Mor n Monta o M Carrera Gambetta F Campos Arce JJ Louman B Delgado D Galloway G Evaluaci n de la soste
184. pe The Cacao thematic group offers technical support to the Andean cacao production initiative ACCESO led by IICA with funding from WCF and USAID Publications One special achievement was the publication of a special issue of the journal Revista Agroforesteria en las Americas RAFA about Modernizing the Cacao Chain in Alto Beni Bolivia with 11 scientific and technical articles on the results obtained in Alto Beni funding from FAO and World Bank Furthermore a special issue of RAFA on agroforestry systems cacao and carbon in Talamanca Costa Rica is well on the way to publication This issue will include at least 14 scientific and technical articles most of them written by thematic group personnel The Cacao Thematic Group appears in several areas of the WCF Web page which is widely consulted Undergraduate and graduate research and education Eight master s and six doctoral students conducted the research for their theses with the Cacao Thematic Group In Bolivia the projects of 16 undergraduate and graduate students from national universities were supported in conducting their thesis work Another four students have begun master s theses and three doctoral students are continuing their work in this field Program for the Genetic Enhancement of Cacao Establishment and Maintenance of a Network of Parcels activity of the MURF Thematic Group The Cacao Thematic Group has been working jointly with the Management and
185. picos AVINA Foundation the British Embassy the World Wildlife Fund WWF CIAT and the Japanese International Cooperation Agency JICA Several of these sources complement the Scholarship Loan Program by covering living costs or by paying the loan in part or totally Two North American families donated fund though the Tropic Foundation to cover the living costs of master s students With a contribution of U S 300 per month it is possible to finance a low income student from the region Important efforts were made to bring in additional sources of scholarships and funding The selection of CATIE by the Inter American Development Bank IADB to participate in its Graduate Studies Scholarship Program in Latin America for mid level public workers in Latin America and the Caribbean specifically in the area of Environmental Socioeconomics was an important achievement CATIE was also selected to participate in the Joint Scholarship Program Japan World Bank beginning in the 2007 2008 academic year Contributions from the Ford Foundation continue to be significant for master s students CATIE has expanded its efforts with institutions and companies to promote scholarship loans among their personnel and negotiate support to cover living costs Integration of research and postgraduate education Most of the students in the Master s and Doctoral Programs are involved in CATIE projects for the research phase of their theses This link r
186. pment Fund The Netherlands KSLA Royal Swedish Academy for Agriculture ICRAF International Center for Research in and Forestry Agroforestry LA Latin America IDB Inter American Development Bank LAC Latin America and the Caribbean IDIAP Institute for Agriculture Research of LACEEP Network of Environmental Economics Panama Research IDRC International Development Research LEAD Livestock Environment and Development Centre Canada LISAGR Integrated Library Administration System IFAD International Fund for Agriculture LULUCF Land Use Land Use Change and Forestry Development MACA Ministry of Campesino and Agricultural IFPRI International Food Policy Research Affairs Institute Mars Mars Inc IGERT Integrative Graduate Education and MAG Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Research Traineeships Program Costa Rica IICA Inter American Institute for Cooperation MAGFOR Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and on Agriculture Forests Nicaragua ICCO International Cacao Organization MARN Ministry of the Environment and Natural IIDEMAYA Mayan Institute of Research and Resources El Salvador Development MARENA Ministry of the Environment and Natural IITA International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Resources Nicaragua ILRI International Livestock Research Institute MGAP Ministry of Livestock Agriculture and IMFN International Model Forests Network Fisheries Uruguay INAB National Forest Institute MICIT Ministry of Science and Technology INAFORESTA International
187. posal approved for activities in the Lacandon Forest Mexico Publications Several articles have been published in prestigious international scientific journals such as Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and Biotropica mainly to provide information about our projects in international networks and the joint Ph D programs Extensive contributions to the dissemination of research results in articles in Spanish were maintained through the journal Revista Recursos Naturales y Ambiente Two chapters were prepared for the book Confronting Sustainability Forest Certification in Developing and Transitioning Countries edited by the Yale School of Forestry amp Environmental Studies and one chapter was prepared for the book Forests in Landscapes Ecosystem Approaches to Sustainability EARTHSCAN 2005 Other noteworthy publications were the Proceedings of the Global Forum on Model Forests CATIE Costa Rica November 2005 the book Forests in the Global Balance Changing Paradigms and the CD in Spanish of the same publication from IUFRO the TG is part of IUFRO s Steering Committee Events At the global level the group participated on the Steering Committee of the World Forests Society and Environment IUFRO special project in the IUFRO World Congress 2005 the I International Congress on Wildlife Management and the Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology It also organized the Global Forum on Model Fores
188. presentaci n Power Point Helsinki Finlandia IUFRO wfse 1 disco compacto 8 mm Krauss U G ten Hoopen M Hidalgo E Mart nez A Stirrup T Arroyo Cl Garcia J and Palacios M The effect of 69 cane molasses amendment on biocontrol of frosty pod rot 70 Moniliophthora roreri and black pod Phytophthora spp of cocoa Theobroma cacao in Panama Biological Control 39 2 232 239 Krauss U Arroyo C Bekker M Gamboa A Martinez A Rhodes S Soberanis W Steuten C ten Hoopen M A seedling assay for early assessment of genetic resistance and screening biocontrol agents against the frosty pod rot pathogen Monilopththora roreri Abstracts of the 15th International Cocoa Research Conference p 66 Kremer A Caron H Cavers S Navarro C Monitoring genetic diversity in tropical trees with multilocus dominant markers Heredity 95 274 280 Kuhn D Mac Arthur H C Borrone J W Schnell R J Brown J S Johnson E Phillips Mora W Development of molecular genetic markers from a DNA subtraction library of frosty pod inoculated cacao Abstracts of the 15th International Cocoa Research Conference p 22 Lainfiesta J J Nutrientes limitantes para el crecimiento de Brachiaria brizantha cv Marandu en las planicies aluviales de Santa Rosita Pet n Tesis Ing Agr USAC Ciudad de Guatemala Guatemala Laino RM Jim nez F P ez G Casanoves F Vel squez S Manejo del recurso h drico y vulnerabilidad a la co
189. proach to Forest Ecosystem Services Campos J Alp zar F Louman B and Parrota J en el libro Forest in the Global Balance Changing Paradigms Mery G Alfaro R Kanninen M and Lobovikov M eds en el Volumen 17 de la serie IUFRO World Series Galloway G Kongen S Louman B Stoian D Carrera F Gonz lez L Trevin J Cambios de paradigmas en el sector forestal de Am rica Latina Disco compacto presentaci n Power Point Helsinki Finlandia IUFRO wfse 1 disco compacto 8 mm Galloway G Stoian D Barriers to Sustainable Forestry in Central America and Promising Initiatives to Overcome Them Journal of Sustainable Forestry 24 2 3 189 207 Gambeta F Morales Cancino J Pinelo G Quevedo L Regional Overview Forest Certification in latin America Jn Cashore B Gale F Meidinger E Newaom D eds Confronting Sustainability Forest Certification in Developing and Transitioning Countries Report Number 8 Yale School of Forestry amp Environmental Studies Pp 297 302 Garcia F Cobertura de rboles en fincas en un paisaje dominado por la ganader a en El Chal Dolores Pet n Tesis Ing Agr USAC CUDEP Sta Elena Pet n Guatemala Garc a J George A Argyle T ten Hoopen M Krauss U Existe la tolerancia gen tica del cacao Theobroma cacao a Rosellinia bunodes y Rosellinia pepo Manejo Integrado de Plagas y Agroecologia 75 21 31 Garc a LA Jim nez F Efectos del bosque ribere o y
190. que Valdivia 2006 27 2 197 ISSN 0717 9200 Cuello Espinosa M Estimaci n de la producci n y transporte de sedimentos en la cuenca alta de Yaque del Norte y del r o Guanajuna Rep blica Dominicana CATIE Turrialba CR 68 p D az Santos F Evaluaci n del estado actual de las poblaciones de 23 especies forestales en bosques naturales en el municipio de El Castillo R o San Juan Nicaragua CATIE Turrialba CR 75 p Donovan J Desarrollo de PyMEs Forestales para la Reducci n de la Pobreza en Am rica Tropical Abstract presentado en la Conferencia Gesti n Sostenible de los Bosques y Cooperaci n al Desarrollo Herramientas para el Alivio de la Pobreza Centro Tecnol gico Forestal de Catalunya CTFC Solsona Espa a 20 24 de noviembre del 2006 Donovan J Desarrollo empresarial rural orientado hacia la demanda Enfoque de cadena de valor Abstract presentado en conferencia regional de PNUD Desarrollo de productos mercadeo y certificaci n Panam 17 21 de julio de 2006 Donovan J Identificati n de las Oportunidades de Mercado y Mercadeo en Cadenas de Valor Una Gu a para Facilitadores del Desarrollo Empresarial Rural Gu a metodol gica preparada para COSUDE WWE San Jos Costa Rica Donovan J Diversification of International Cacao Markets Opportunities and Challenges for Smallholder Entreprises Report prepared for RUTA San Jos Costa Rica Donovan J Facilitaci n de la Etapa Inicial del Desarrollo de E
191. r U S 5 million 5 years approx U S 3 million in coffee However it was in 2006 when the diagnostic and project launch phase was completed A strategy for participation in coffee value chains for producer organizations was developed based on the principles of quality certification contract fulfillment and communication Small projects were designed for institutional strengthening for eight producer organizations and three service providers in the municipalities of Jinotega and Jalapa in Nicaragua and El Paraiso in Honduras Research The Coffee Agroforestry Systems in Central America Project CASCA INCO EU carried out in collaboration with CIRAD and PROMECAFE was completed at the end of 2005 with a workshop in CATIE where the results and models of ecological processes that affect productivity and coffee production sustainability were presented During 2006 the results of six years of research on organic and conventional production systems that were analyzed in workshops were presented to multi institutional collaborators in Nicaragua and Costa Rica and it was possible to show that organic production can be as productive as conventional production Proposals Connecting and Sustaining Environmental Services and Markets for Agroforestry Coffee CAFNET This project dedicated to the appraisal of agroforestry coffee environmental services was approved by the European Union It is a global project in Central America East Afr
192. r the preparation of future projects worldwide Modernization and Competitiveness of Latin American Cacao Plantations Thematic Group Cacao Cacao production is relevant to the well being of thousands of rural families and for natural resource conservation in key zones of Latin America At present there is a special interest at the international level in cacao production due to the sustained increase in demand and interest in cacao s medicinal properties The objective of the Cacao Thematic Group is to support the modernization of cacao production in Latin America The experiences of this thematic group in Costa Rica and Bolivia have shown how to modify substantially the way in which cacao is cultivated and traded These experiences have marked the way for the implementation of initiatives in Mesoamerica for example with a new regional cacao production project that will work to enhance the competitiveness of national cacao production chains In the formulation of this project feasibility studies were carried out in six countries as the basis for preparing a proposal to MFA Norway Proposals were also developed in Alto Beni Bolivia to continue work with cacao presented to ARCo USAID initiative administered by Chemonics and for studies of alternative land uses presented to the Government of Bolivia USDA The cacao production expansion programs of Central America and the global genetic research and integrated pest management pro
193. radadas en El Peten Guatemala Tesis MSc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 100 p Lobo Peredo AM Desarrollo de un bosque modelo como estrategia de aplicaci n del enfoque ecosist mico en el bosque seco Chiquitano Santa Cruz Bolivia CATIE Turrialba CR 130 p L pez A Krauss U Clarc involvement in the Invasive Alien Species Network in 2005 Annual Reniew and Planning Meeting of the Invasive Alien Species IAS Network Ascot 17 189 January 2006 L pez A Somarriba E rboles frutales en fincas de cacao org nico del Alto Beni Bolivia Revista Agroforester a en las Am ricas 43 44 38 45 L pez M El proceso de difusion de bancos de proteina de Gliricidia sepium en Rivas Nicaragua Resultados bio economicos y lecciones aprendidas para su replicacion Tesis MSc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 92 p L pez M Pezo D Mora J Prins C El proceso de toma de decisiones en la adopci n de bancos de prote na de Gliricidia sepium por productores de doble prop sito en Rivas Nicaragua n IV Congreso Latinoamericano de Agroforester a Pecuaria October 24 28 2006 Varadero Cuba L pez M Ram rez L Ibrahim M de Clerck F Impacto del desarrollo de pr cticas de producci n ganadera en la biodiversidad en Am rica Central caso de Nicaragua n IV Congreso Latinoamericano de Agroforester a en CUBA III Simposio sobre Sistemas Silvopastoriles para la Producci n Ganadera Sostenible 24 al 28 de octubre 2006 6
194. ral America Support to the countries was begun for the implementation of international agreements i e Seminar Workshop on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources Related to Food and Agriculture organized by FAO CONARFI MAGA and IICA in May 2006 in Guatemala Agroecology Thematic Group GAE This thematic group develops research focusing mainly on Musa annual crops ornamentals organic agriculture and in the future fruit trees It also supports other thematic groups that work on different crops The group also benefits from the support and cooperation of the office and the research staff of INIBAP Biodiversity which is based at CATIE Projects e Research on plantain and banana for the control of black Sigatoka Musaceae with funds from FONTAGRO Studies were made for the management of black Sigatoka via the use of bioproducts Multisectoral innovation in conditions of ecological and economic uncertainty in Central America CATIE signed an agreement with MFA Norway U S 5 million five years to begin the Innovations Project that includes research on coffee and an agro environmental component in the El Trifinio zone e Health and Quality of Banana Soils with funds from FONTAGRO Activities were begun with cooperation from regional research institutions in Costa Rica Panama the Dominican Republic and Venezuela This will generate indicators for soil health and quality that will lead to appropriate reco
195. rd Foundation put CeCoEco in charage of the Global Review of Rural Community Enterprises based on around 40 case studies executed in 12 countries of Africa Asia Latin America and North America The group contributed with key conceptual contributions and co execution of projects jointly with other thematic groups for example Rural Innovations and Cacao in Central America both MFA Norway Special coffees World Bank and Focuencas II ASDI Other activities were carried out related to rural enterprise development in the framework of the Learning Alliances for Biodiversity Conservation COSUDE FAO WWF and Rural Enterprise Development CIAT CRS CARE SNV Oxfam Thematic Group Z and national universities in El Salvador Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua Proposals The group led the preparation of several proposals including Development of Rural Ecoenterprises EU Value Chain Development in Model Forests FONTAGRO together with CIFOR Information and Communication Technologies for Businesses IDB FOMIN Development of Community Based Forestry Enterprises in Central America DFID ESRC and Guatemala IDRC Coffee Competitiveness Report SAI SECO together with INCAE CeCoEco collaborated with the preparation of several development project proposals including Caribtrees EU proposal led by OFI and DAAF CATIE Dairy product chains FONTAGRO with GAMMA Central American Markets for Biodiversity Products UNDP GEF BCI
196. rga 2006 Nicaragua Augusto Navarro 2005 Mario Salvo 2006 Panama Laurentino Cortizo 2005 Guillermo Salazar 2006 Paraguay Alfredo Molinas 2005 2006 Venezuela Antonio Albarr n 2005 El as Jaua 2006 TICA Chelston Brathwaite Director General Annex 1 International Associated and National Technical Personnel 2005 2006 NAME SPECIALIZATION AGUILAR VEGA MARIA ELENA TISSUE CULTURE ALPIZAR RODRIGUEZ FRANCISCO ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ASTORGA DOMIAN CARLOS BIOTECH GENETIC RESOURCES BEER JOHN WILLIAM AGROFORESTRY BERMUDEZ CRUZ GERARDO ENRIQUE FORESTRY BEKKER MIRJAM PLANT PATHOLOGY BENJAMIN TAMARA JO AGROFORESTRY CAMPOS ARCE JOSE JOAQUIN FORESTRY CARBALLO VARGAS MANUEL CROP PRODUCTION ENTOMOLOGY CARRERA GAMBETTA FERNANDO FOREST MANAGEMENT CASANOVES BOSCHETTI FERNANDO BIOMETRY CASCANTE CARVAJAL CAROLINA FORESTRY CASASOLA COTO FRANCISCO ROLANDO SILVOPASTORAL SYSTEMS CHACON LEON MARIO TROPICAL FORESTS BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION CORRALES CASTRO OLGA MARTA ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY DELGADO HERNANDEZ EDUARDO JOSE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE DELGADO RODRIGUEZ LUIS DIEGO NATURAL FOREST ECOLOGY DE MELO VIRGINIO ELIAS FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT DONOVAN JASON AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS DURAN MORA JOAQUIN PLANT PRODUCTION EBERT ANDREAS WILHELM PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FAUSTINO MANCO JORGE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT FERREIRA ROSSI PEDRO
197. rie T cnica Reuniones T cnicas CATIE No 10 212 p Rojas J Secuestro de carbono y uso de agua en sistemas silvopastoriles con especies maderables nativas en el tr pico seco de Costa Rica Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 2005 71 p Romero J Rosales F E Pocasangre L E Metodolog a para la evaluaci n de resistencia a la Sigatoka negra en condiciones de invernadero En Res menes Simposio Avances Cient ficos en la Universidad del Tolima 50 a os Universidad del Tolima Modalidad P ster 24 al 28 de Octubre de 2005 Ibagu Tolima Colombia Rosales F Managing banana diversity in sustainable production systems to improve livelihoods Conservation and Use of Musa Biodiversity for Improving Livelihoods A special ProMusa symposium to mark the 20th Anniversary of INIBAP and the INIBAP Transit Centre at the Catholic University of Leuven Leuven Belgium October 18th 2005 Ruiz F G mez R Harvey C Caracterizaci n del componente arb reo en los sistemas ganaderos de Matigu s Nicaragua Revista Tropit cnica de Nitlapan UCA Managua Nicaragua 40p Ruiz A Imbrahim M Locatelli B Andrade H Beer J Fijaci n y almacenamiento de carbono en sistemas silvopastoriles y competitividad econ mica de fincas ganaderas en Matigu s Nicaragua Agroforester a en las Am ricas 41 42 16 21 Sa nz J Montero J Harvey C A Riqueza de especies en agropaisajes su importancia en conservaci n
198. ries During 2005 2006 CATIE s Board of Directors and its committees held four ordinary meetings The meetings were chaired by Dr Richard Rortvedt 2005 and Dr Helmut Eger 2006 The principal resolutions generated in these meetings were the following CATIE s 2004 and 2005 Annual Reports were approved e The center s 2006 and 2007 budgets were approved Election of new board members was held and reelection of others These elections are ratified by the Governing Council CATIE s 2005 and 2006 Annual Operative Plans were approved The recommendations set forth in the Gender Policy for CATIE s work with rural families were endorsed The Board requested an evaluation of the performance of CATIE s Director General This evaluation was conducted with outstanding results e The present evaluation system for the performance of key personnel at the institution was improved e Honorary doctorates were awarded to Drs Jorge Soria Gerardo Budowski Kenton Miller and Frank Wadsworth e Modifications to the International Professional Personnel Bylaws were approved and the National Personnel Bylaws were approved e The election process for CATIE s next Director General was approved e CATIE s Medium Term Plan for 2006 2009 was approved and submitted to the Governing Council for its ratification CATIE was asked to make provisions to have an external evaluation conducted of the center s activities during 2001 2006 C
199. roduction quality and resistence to pests and diseases In regional trials in Central America some of these F1 hybrids appear to be very promising and they are about to be officially released by the Coffee Institutes of Central America The elite materials will be propagated via cutting edge techniques such as somatic embryogenesis for the establishment of new trials and for the distribution to producers for commercial or experimental purposes The INCO EU research project Nema Coffee Resistance was completed achieving the identification of accessions of wild Coffea arabica genotypes resistant to Meloidogyne exigua and tolerant to M arabicida Through studies on hypersensitivity three molecular markers linked to M exigua resistence were identified thus opening new horizons for the creation of C arabica lines resistant to the predominant nematodes in Central America 21 Similarly the MURF group is working on the 22 optimization of the somatic embryogenesis technique for banana and plantain for the purpose of validating the regeneration of different cultivars in field conditions Research on micropropagation of forest species and some ornamentals is also being carried out jointly with the private sector Training Numerous training actions were conducted not just at the CATIE headquarters but also in the countries In collaboration with Purdue University United States the international course on Applications of
200. role in technical assistance to national institutions in different subjects such as sustainable watershed management environmental services science and technology etc Several training courses were organized and technical services to cooperators and national institutions were promoted through the sending of journals and other printed materials prepared at headquarters and at the NTO The NTO in Honduras focused its work on the following areas of action 1 institutional relations and technical cooperation 2 negotiation of resources and 3 support to the Graduate School and to the projects that CATIE implements in the country Principal actions conducted e Three consultancies with the MARENA program were concluded Humuya Medio Sub Watershed April 2005 to June 2006 Baseline Study of the Investment Component July 2005 to August 2006 Mejocote Sub watershed June 2005 to August 2006 e Technical support and positioning of CATIE projects in Honduras including the Focuencas Copan and Valle de Angeles Degraded Pastures Jurcal and Olanchito Innovations Trifinio and Markets for Specialty coffees Para so Olancho F Moraz n Organization and attention together with project coordinators to visits to national authorities and related institutions SDC EC SNV FAO IDB USAID SAG COHDEFOR and ESNACIFOR National Technical Office NTO in Nicaragua Follow up has been given to strategic alliances with partner instit
201. rollo Empresarial Rural No 1 CATIE Turrialba C R 100 p Junkin R Rubio F Hacia una Agricultura Competitiva de Pequefios Productores y Productoras Marco de Disefio para Programas Integrados de Servicios Financieros Empresariales y T cnicos CATIE Serie t cnica Manual t cnico CeCoEco Colecci n de Desarrollo Empresarial Rural No 2 CATIE Turrialba C R Kanninen M Pedroni L Robledo C Introduction In Kanninen M Robledo C eds Tropical forests and adaptation to climate change in search of synergies CIFOR Intercooperation pp 1 4 Kleine M Appanah S Galloway G Simula M Spilsbury M Temu A Capacity development for sustainable forest management pp 161 172 In G Mery R Alfaro M Kanninen M Lobovikov eds Forests in the Global Balance Changing Paradigms IUFRO World Series Volume 17 Helsinki 318 p La no Guanes MR Manejo del recurso h drico en la cuenca del arroyo capiibary implicaciones para la gesti n ambiental del acu fero Guaran Tesis M Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Lara L D Efectos de la altitud sombra producci n y fertilizaci n sobre la calidad del caf Coffea arabica L var Caturra producido en sistemas agroforestales de la Zona Cafetalera Norcentral de Nicaragua Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 92 p Larco E S Desarrollo y evaluaci n de lixiviados de compost y lombricompost para el manejo de sigatoka negra Mycosphaerella fijiensis Morelet e
202. roup participate has a larger audience each year and is developing satisfactorily Publications With respect to the dissemination of scientific and technical works of the thematic group publication of the book Innovation Processes in Central America Reflections Lessons and Learning is noteworthy The book is widely used as didactic material in training and graduate courses Advising Consultancies Through a consultancy with the IDB policy instruments related to ecosystemic services were made available to the viceministers of the environment of Latin America and the Caribbean Global Change Thematic Group GCG During 2006 the Global Change Group GCG has carried out scientific and technical activities education and training and service provision It carries out non traditional tasks for CATIE such as facilitating technical and political dialogue on Forests and Climate Change in Latin America and internationally It organizes two to three Latin American workshops each year to discuss and develop proposals for the region on forestry topics that are being discussed in the agenda of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC With this work new topics have been introduced into the agenda of the UNFCCC and alliances are being promoted among the countries of the region in the process for the UNFCCC Through providing services to the World Bank the group has contributed to the development of methodol
203. s sought to integrate entrepreneurial concepts and processes and value chains with its traditional strengths in participatory ecological management of coffee and training for coffee producing technicians and families It has also developed actions and proposals for the appraisal of environmental services from coffee agroforestry Project Linking Central American Small Producers with Special Coffee Markets Japanese funds World Bank This project is executed in collaboration with ANACAFE IHCAFE and CAFENICA in Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua respectively Directors and personnel from 45 grassroots cooperatives and nine trade cooperatives have been trained in strategic and business planning financial management and marketing Their technicians were trained in ecological management of quality coffee and they in turn trained some 2 000 producing families In general 50 of the producers implemented practices or trials for ecological coffee management Support was given to three cooperatives in Honduras to undergo the 17 certification process with Rainforest Alliance and 18 two with Caf Practices two with Utz Kapeh one in fair trade in Guatemala and others to maintain their organic certification Finally the group facilitated the formation of a new coffee trading cooperative in eastern Honduras that unites six grassroots cooperatives Innovation of Value Chains Project Norway This project was approved at the end of 2005 fo
204. s Conference and the International Conference on Cacao Research COPAL CATIE The Graduate School received positive news regarding scholarship funding The Japan World Bank JJ WBGSP regular scholarship program included CATIE in its list of universities to receive financing for graduate students for 2007 2008 This is a distinction that places our center side by side with some of the best universities in the world Also the International Fellowships Program of the Ford Foundation and the EQUITAS Foundation continued to support CATIE s graduate programs Negotiations were completed with INCAE Business School for a joint master s in International Agribusiness Management CATIE began student recruitment and the search for funding sources for scholarships This master s program is expected to begin in July 2007 The demand for CATIE s doctoral programs continued at a good level and the agreement with the University of Wales U K for a joint diploma was renewed A small increase was also noted in the number of master s students Honorary doctorates were awarded to Dr Jorge Soria Dr Kenton Miller and Dr Frank Wadsworth for their contributions to the region Regional interinstitutional relations During this period CATIE continued to support ministerial councils and other organizations in key areas IICA and CATIE supported the Central American agricultural and environmental ministerial councils CAC and CCAD respectively
205. s et For ts des Tropiques 286 73 80 Locatelli B Pedroni L Will markets for carbon sequestration affect human dominated tropical landscapes IV Henry Wallace Inter American Scientific Conference Series Integrated Management of Environmental Services in Human Dominated Tropical Landscapes November 3rd 2005 CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Locatelli B Rojas V The Payment for Environmental Services to Forest Plantations in Costa Rica Impacts on Livelihoods International Workshop on Carbon Sequestration and Sustainable Livelihoods CIFOR Bogor Indonesia 16 17 February 2005 L pez A M Enriquecimiento agroforestal de fincas cacaoteras con frutales valiosos en el Alto Beni Bolivia Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 82 p L pez M J Procesos del fomento tecnol gico de bancos de prote na de Gliricidia sepium en Rivas Nicaragua resultados bioecon micos y lecciones aprendidas para su difusi n Tesis Mag Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 2005 92 p L pez MA Campos JJ Villalobos R Stoian D Uso de productos forestales en la Reserva Ind gena Cab car de Alto Chirrip Costa Rica Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 45 105 111 L pez MA Campos JJ Villalobos R Stoian D Estrategias de vida de cinco comunidades ind genas cab cares de Alto Chirrip y su incidencia en el aprovechamiento y comercializaci n de productos forestales cant n de Turrialba Costa Rica Serie T cnica Manual T cnico no 34
206. s with Perennial Trees The center has also begun to work with other specialized organizations in this area One of these is LatinCampus where we were able to have four CATIE professionals participate in a virtual education course using a virtual methodology The four people completed this course satisfactorily and this will strengthen CATIE s work team to develop distance education Discussions are being held with that organization regarding the possibility of developing a virtual training program for rural populations in conjunction with the United Nations to begin implementation in Colombia but with the hopes of expanding it to the regional level Alliances The international course Widening the Impact of Sustainable Livelihoods Based on Natural Resource Management at the Landscape Scale New Schemes for Development was held in alliance with the USAID GreenCom project for environmental education Two training modules that complete a series of four within the course in Rural Enterprise Development RED that is offered with CIAT were conducted with the CeCoEco TG The replication of the course was begun in Bolivia with the implementation of the two modules CATIE has continued working to strengthen cooperation alliances in training and thus be able to attend to increasing demands and new priorities in natural resources management A committee was formed to work together with ICRA in the development of a proposal of a course
207. servation of banana agroecosystems in the tropics A second FONTAGRO project executed by CATIE and INIBAP was related to bioproducts for banana plantations The principal partner in Venezuela was again INIA but the Central University of Venezuela also provided important cooperation Work was developed in different locations including Barinas and Yaracuy Cooperation with INIA and other Venezuelan institutions was also established through the training program between CATIE and the International Centre for Development Oriented Research in Agriculture the Netherlands ICRA under the leadership of Dr Leonardo Salazar a CATIE INIA staff member Two important agreements were implemented during 2005 2006 The agreement with Fundayacucho facilitated joint support for students at CATIE s Graduate School and the agreement with the National Parks Institute of Venezuela covered joint training activities Three Venezuelans are enrolled in the doctoral program at CATIE Two of them benefited from the CATIE University of Idaho Program and the third was sent to Purdue University as part of this program Communication Journals Between 2005 and 2006 CATIE continued to publish the Integrated Pest Management and Agroecology econegociosagricolas Forest EcoBusines www catie ac cr econegociosforestales Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Economics Program LACEEP www laceep org LEAD Platform www virtualcentre org
208. sic Multivariate Data Analysis and New Technologies course Insofar as the joint negotiation of projects is concerned CATIE has achieved the following development of the Valuation of Environmental Goods and Services Derived from Biodiversity in the Andean Ecoregional Complex CATIE participates within CIEBREG in this project which has a total of U S 1 7 million for five years of execution Negotiations were begun for Social Monitoring of Biodivesity The Nature Conservancy Conservation International Ecociencia Ecuador and CIPAV are among the main participants This project aims to develop the Manabi Tatama biological corridor along the Choco Biogeographical area and will be funded by the Conservation Ecosystem Partnership Fund CEPF for a total of U S 150 000 Three projects involving CATIE are being prepared Two of these include e FONTAGRO project to strengthen value chains of specialty coffees with Colombian and Costa Rican producers 200 Colombian producers will be involved e FORMA project for CDM The proposal is being prepared to participate in a forestry project The NTO began the identification of candidates to enter CATIE s Graduate School to conduct their thesis research within this project We hope that at least two students will be doing their research in Colombia beginning in 2007 Progress is being made in a cooperation agreement between COLCIENCIAS and CATIE to finance 20 Colombian students to conduct the
209. signed with the Global Mechanism and an office was created for this mechanism at CATIE to address issues related to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification UNCCD A total of 253 publications were published in the two years including books journal articles book chapters manuals and congress proceedings as detailed in Table 13 The group participated in the publication of a book about Forests in Global Equilibrium Changing Paradigms It also prepared the Spanish version of several chapters and a compact disc of the book on the IUFRO WFSE Special Project on Forests in Global Equilibrium Changing Paradigms In the area of communications work continued on the publication of the journal Recursos Naturales y Ambiente and work was done on improving the electronic portals for Watersheds Model Forests LACNet the Research in Environmental Economics Network LACEEP and Agricultural and Forestry ecobusinesses CeCoEco which reach tens of thousands of users in the region and the world Training The courses of greatest importance given in this period focused on climate change diversified forest management protected area management multifunctional plantation management economic appraisal of environmental services and watershed management as well as the degree program in Rural Enterprise Development given jointly with CIAT In the area of payment for environmental services a course with a field visit was given for hi
210. sos Naturales y Ambiente no 48 111 117 Rivas G G Estructura poblacional de Mycosphaerella fijiensis en los tr picos una estrategia para la comprensi n del patosistema Musa Sigatoka negra In X Congreso Internacional de Manejo Integrado de Plagas y Agroecolog a 27 29 de septiembre 2006 Tapachula Chiapas M xico Rivas G G La gen tica poblacional de Mycosphaerella fijiensis en los tr picos aportes a la comprensi n del patosistema Musa Sigatoka negra n XII Congreso CIB y II encuentro en Salud y Biotecnolog a 23 y 24 de noviembre 2006 Medell n Colombia p 75 80 Rivera C Santos A El abasto de madera en Nicaragua y los principios de competitividad sist mica Info CATIE Nicaragua CATIE Managua Nicaragua Riveros A S Induci n de resistencia contra pat genos foliares opciones para el manejo de Sigatoka negra Mycosphaerella fijiensis Morelet en Musaceas n Memorias del Congreso Internacional manejo de la Sigatoka negra en banano y el pl tano en Am rica Latina y el Caribe San Jose C R Marzo 2006 pp 36 Riveros A S Larco E Polanco D Rosales F E Pocasangre L E Evaluaci n preliminar de la aplicaci n foliar de lixiviados de compost y vermicompost sobre el desarrollo de la Sigatoka negra en Pl tano Musa AAB In Memorias del Congreso Internacional manejo de la Sigatoka negra en banano y el pl tano en Am rica Latina y el Caribe San Jose C R Marzo 2006 pp 46 Riveros A S
211. ster van Kanten R Vaast P Coffee and shade tree transpiration in suboptimal low altitude conditions of Costa Rica Agroforestry Systems 67 187 202 Vargas A Somarriba E Carballo M Din mica poblacional del chinche Monalonion dissimulatum Dist y da o de mazorcas en plantaciones org nicas de cacao del Alto Benti Bolivia Agroforester a en las Am ricas 43 44 72 76 Vargas E Diagn stico de estudios de mercado l cteos terneros y madera provenientes de las regiones piloto del Proyecto de CATIE Noruega Proyecto CATIE NORAD CATIE Turrialba CR Vargas E Plan de Integraci n de la cadena productiva del cacao fino de aroma del Ecuador Informe de Consultor a para la Corporaci n de Promoci n de Exportaciones e Inversiones del Ecuador CORPEI FOMIN BID Guayaquil Ecuador Vargas E Alvarado E La Valoraci n Econ mica de los Bienes y Servicios Ambientales en el Corredor Biol gico Mesoamericano CBM Programa de capacitaci n para el fortalecimiento de los actores del CBM Manual para el Programa de Capacitaci n para el Fortalecimiento de los Actores del CBM M dulo de Ensefianza para Decisores Nacionales CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Var n E Distribution and foraging by the leaf cutting ant Atta cephalotes L in coffee plantations with different types of management and landscape contexts and alternatives to incenticides for its control Thesis Ph D CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 130 p Var n E Ei
212. t the beginning of 2007 In this period DAAF coordinated 23 courses on the use of the AdeC Manual to train 379 people in six countries In Colombia a two week short course was given on agroforestry systems funded by CORPOICA Dissemination and Scientific Publications In 2005 and 2006 DAAF personnel and students produced a total of 329 publications of these 34 were in international scientific journals and 43 in regional technical journals To ensure that technicians in the region would have access to CATIE research results the DAAF published several issues of its own regional journals Manejo Integrado de Plagas y Agroecolog a and Revista Agroforester a en las Am ricas Over the two years the effort in scientific dissemination also included more than 100 presentations in national and international congresses Also noteworthy are the 91 theses finished with support from DAAF projects in 2005 2006 Recognition The high quality and impact of CATIE s research on cacao genetics and agroforestry was recognized with awards from the World Cocoa Foundation and the Government of Costa Rica MICIT to Dr Eduardo Somarriba and Dr Wilbert Phillips respectively The 15 silvopastoral project on payments for environmental 16 services in livestock production systems with activities in Nicaragua Costa Rica and Colombia has also been identified by the donors GEF World Bank as exemplary and it has been used as a model fo
213. tailed below e Modernization and Competitiveness of Latin American Cacao Plantations Cacao leader Dr Eduardo Somarriba e Coffee Quality Profitability and Diversification Coffee leader Dr Jeremy Haggar e Livestock and Environmental Management GAMMA leader Dr Muhammad Ibrahim Agroecology GAE leader Dr Galileo Rivas e Management and Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources MURF leader Dr Andreas Ebert An important achievement of the 2005 2006 period has been agreeing with CIRAD to create a platform for joint research for Mesoamerica a PCP in the thematic area of Agroforestry Systems with Perennial Crops in which INCAE CABI and PROMECAFE would also participate In the context of the PCP especially with the Cacao and Coffee thematic groups a plan has been agreed upon to expand and renovate the group of associated experts from CIRAD that cooperate with CATIE The beginning of the new CAFNET project EU Environment a global initiative focusing on environmental services and agroforestry with coffee to be executed jointly with CIRAD is of major importance Another advance with great potential has been approaching the private sector e g Nestl and Mars It should be noted that in October 2005 CATIE s Board of Directors approved the formation of a new group called Agroecology resulting from the fusion of the PAECA Agroecological Production of Annual Crops and MUSA Research and Development
214. tal Genomic Diversity in the Endemic Costa Rican Tree Lonchocarpus costaricensis J D Smith Pittier Papilionaceae Silvae Genetica 54 6 293 300 Navarro C Cavers S Pappinen A Tigerstedt P Lowe A Merila J Contrasting Quantitative Traits and Neutral Genetic Markers for Genetic Rosource Assessment of Mesoamerican Cedrela odorata Silvae Genetica 54 6 281 292 Niles JO Janson Smith T Kelly C Henman J Stanley B Verchot L Locatelli B Murdiyarso D Dutschke M Michaelowa A Sari A Tanujaya O Totten M Pandya S Stier S Romero C Climate Community and Biodiversity Project Design Standards CCBA Climate Community and Biodiversity Alliance Washington DC May 2005 At www climate standards org Obando Soriano FO Situaci n del recurso h drico subterr neo de la subcuenca del r o Aguas Calientes Nicaragua Tesis M Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Oelbermann M Voroney P Schl nvoigt A Cuantificaci n del carbono radicular de Erythrina poeppigiana de cuatro y diez afios establecidos en callejones en Costa Rica Agroforester a en las Am ricas 41 42 92 97 Oelbermann M Voroney R P Kass D C L Schl nvoigt A M Soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics using stable isotopes in 19 and 10 year old tropical agroforestry systems 2006 Geoderma 130 356 367 Oelbermann M Voroney R P Schl nvoigt A M Kass D C L Decomposition of Erythrina poeppigiana leaves in 3 9 and 18 years old alleycropping
215. te education in themes related to CATIE s mission For this reason it is working with INCAE to offer a Joint Master s Program in International Agribusiness Management This program is directed toward professionals who wish to work effectively with and within forestry and agricultural enterprises in Latin America in an increasingly globalized world During the period of this report the program was developed funding was sought and promotion and recruitment were carried out The program is expected to begin in July 2007 Table 5 Universities of students who have done research with CATIE COUNTRY universities Number of students country Germany Humboldt University Berlin University of Bonn University of Hamburg George August University 8 Antilles University of the Antilles and Guyana Campus of Fouillole 2 Brazil College of Agronomical Sciences Unesp Rural Federal University of the Amazonia University of Sao Paulo 6 Federal University of Santa Catarina Federal Veterinarian School Federal University of Minas Gerais Canada Laval University 2 Colombia University of Narifio UNISARC University of Tolima 15 Costa Rica National University of Costa Rica University of Costa Rica TEC 9 Denmark Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University of Copenhagen 1 France University of Nancy University of Montpellier National Agronomical Engineering School 3 The Netherlands Wageni
216. ted and Sustainable Social Development Project Chiapas Mexico PRODESIS which is supported by the European Union and the state of Chiapas The fundamental objective of the consultancy is the creating the technical capacities of agricultural promoters in the Lacandon Forest These include a series of themes related to agroecology agroforestry sustainable production and marketing of agricultural products The development of capacities to facilitate formation and training processes is a key activity for the development of agroecological and agrosilvopastoral production systems Also the insertion of actors in a marketing process will be a determining factor in improving income and the economy of small producers in the area CATIE also worked in the preparation of a proposal to train agricultural promoters in the forest s communities in sustainable animal production systems through use of silvopastoral systems and good 41 practices that favor natural resource conservation 42 The Promotion of the Management of the Trinational Ecosystem of the Selva Maya Project was approved by the IDB and will encompass work in Belize Guatemala and southern Mexico including the states of Chiapas and Quintana Roo Training and technical assistance e A group of professionals from the Autonomous University of Chapingo and from the INIFAB were trained in silvopastoral systems as a strategy to recover degraded pastures and transform them into s
217. the ENGAGE project an international workshop was organized about forests and adaptation to climate change that resulted in the publication of a book Diverse research was carried out on forest CDM that resulted in publications in technical and scientific journals and numerous presentations in courses and seminars The GCG participated in the development and evaluation of the triple standard Climate Community and Biodiversity Alliance www climate standards org From this work came theses and publications All GCG s publications are on the group s Web page Aavising Consultancies The GCG has advised the governments of Latin America on topics related to climate change and forestry CDM on aspects related to international negociations as well as themes for national decisions such as the definition of forest for the CDM among others In the CDM field the GCG has provided consultancy services to development banks ADB IDB WB the United Nations international cooperation entities nongovernmental organizations private businesses and some Latin American governments helping them to position themselves against the challenges of the carbon market and the international agenda for climate change International consultancies were developed on biodiversity and for the government of Switzerland on the analysis of possible synergies and conflicts between the conventions on climate change and biodiversity The GCG also participated in
218. the landscape context structural complexity and bird communities in the Turrialba Jim nez Biological Corridor Costa Rica Tesis MSc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica 87 p Franck N Vaast P G nard M Danzat J Soluble sugars mediate sink feedback down regulation of leaf photosynthesis of Coffea arabica in the field Tree Physiology 26 517 525 Galloway G Kengen S Louman B Stoian D Mery G Cambios en los Paradigmas del Sector Forestal de Am rica Latina Articulo presentado en el II IUFROLAT Bosques La Creciente Importancia de sus Funciones Ambientales Sociales y Econ micas realizado en La Serena Chile del 23 al 27 de octubre del 2006 Galloway G L neas y tendencias actuales de la cooperaci n internacional en materia forestal Capacitaci n y formaci n Seminario Gesti n forestal sostenible y cooperaci n al desarrollo herramientas para el alivio de la pobreza Solsona Espa a 12 p Disponible en CD Galloway G The role of plantations in conserving forests Proceedings METAFORE Forest Leadership Forum Portland Oregon 05 2006 Galloway G Kengen S Louman B Stoian D Mery G Autores Contribuyentes Carrera F C rdova R Gonz lez L Trevin J Cambios en los paradigmas del sector forestal de Am rica Latina Helsinki Finlandia IUFRO wfse 1 disco compacto 8 mm Actualizaci n de un trabajo de investigaci n publicado en 2005 en ingl s por el proyecto WFSE bajo el t tulo An Integrated Ap
219. tive budgets invested in a new vehicle and made improvements to the building A significant percentage was paid to CATIE to cover administrative costs This translated into a savings of U S 120 000 for the core budget La Lola Farm The area on La Lola experimental farm in Matina that had been abandoned was reduced from 7096 to 1596 thanks to the emphasis placed on cacao research and reforestation activities The percentage of abandoned land is relative since areas must be set aside for new activities for CATIE researchers and students Cabiria Farm Through financial support from the Wallace Genetic Foundation CATIE was able to change the external and internal gateways to the collections completely renovate the large building and construct an area for visitors and institutional activities in the Cabiria Farm in Turrialba A new cafeteria was created and a souvenir shop was set up at the entrance of the Botanical Garden Other small improvements were also made to the infrastructure New paths were created for visitors and significant work in labeling and promotion of the Botanical Garden was conducted Regional Outreach Outreach National Technical Offices NTOs Outreach was headed by Dr Alan Gonz lez until August 2006 Currently M Sc Jorge Jim nez is the head of this Directorate Program activities are related to the areas of institutional cooperation with member countries supervision of offices in the countries and the
220. to del sistema de manejo del caf Coffea arabica org nico y convencional con diferentes rboles de sombra sobre las caracter sticas de suelo en un andisol en Nicaragua y en ultisol en Costa Rica XXI Simposio Latinoamericano de Caficultura TICA PROMECAFE PROCAFE San Salvador 14 15 de Julio 2005 Soto G Luna P Wagger M G Smyth T J Alvarado A Foliage residue decompositon and nutrient release in peach palm Bactris gasipaes Kunth plantations for heart of palm production in Costa Rica Agronomy Journal ISSN 0002 1962 Vol 97 No 5 p 1396 1402 Soudre Zambrano MA Factores que influyen sobre las caracter sticas del suelo y la vegetaci n secundaria regenerada en pasturas abandonadas de Hojancha Guanacaste Costa Rica Tesis M Sc CATIE Turrialba Costa Rica Stoian D Making the best of two worlds rural and peri urban livelihood options sustained by non timber forest products from the Bolivian Amazon World Development 33 9 1473 1490 Stoian D Beyond Environmental Service Payments Development of Community Based Forest Enterprises for Incrementing Benefits of Small Producers in Ecomarkets Paper presented at the IV Henry A Wallace Conference CATTE Turrialba Costa Rica November 1 3 2005 Stoian D Plan Operativo de GTTA para las cadenas ap cola banano hort cola leche y palma aceitera Informe t cnico Secretaria de Agricultura y Ganader a Tegucigalpa Honduras Stoian D Donovan J Plan de capa
221. toring Program of Protected Areas and Biological Corridors of Costa Rica PROMEC CR which besides representing an essential tool for the adaptive management of those territories is a decisive contribution to the fulfillment of the commitments acquired by the nation under the Convention on Biological Diversity The proposal is being implemented at present The group supported the preparation of a proposal about management of the Chiquitano Dry Forest Bolivia presented by the Fundaci n del Bosque Chiquitano and financed by the EU as well as three proposals about model forests presented to diverse sources It also participated in the proposal for the LAC regional alliance on forest biodiversity negotiated with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity Graduate School and Education The Chairs in Ecology in Tropical Forest Management and Diversified Forest Management cooperated in an effort to oversee and renovate the education programs Significant progress was made in graduate research on different technical aspects and the administration of landscape and biodiversity management in fragmented landscapes as well as tools for sustainable forest management A seminar was held on leadership for all the students of the school The Master s Program in Management and Conservation of Tropical Forests and Biodiversity has 27 maintained a level of approximately 14 16 new students 28 each year and graduated a similar
222. ts in 2005 at CATIE with 130 participants from around the world The group participated in the organization of diverse events and gave conference presentations and talks e II Latin American IUFRO Congress on Forestry La Serena Chile October 2006 participation on the scientific committee organization of two parallel events and presentation of six invited works including the keynote address on Forest Management on a Landscape Scale and talks on The Ecosystemic Approach in Forest Management in Central America and Diversification of Forest Management in the Geotropics Dawn of the 21st Century II Mesoamerican Congress on Protected Areas Panama City April 2006 e National Agronomy Congress San Jos Costa Rica September 2006 Meeting of the Forest Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean COFLAC Dominican Republic June 2006 with two presentations invited by the FAO e Seminar in Washington in September 2006 WWF headquarters on the management and conservation of biodiversity in forest and agricultural landscapes e Organization of the national meeting on monitoring the ecological integrity of the national parks and biological corridors of Costa Rica GRUAS II project Alliances The Forests group is a key member of diverse research consortiums including Seedsource DiverSus Biodiversity and Conservation Value of Agricultural Landscapes of Mesoamerica and Successional Pathways and Rates
223. ty Forest Certification in Developing and Transitioning Countries Report Number 8 Yale School of Forestry amp Environmental Studies p 297 302 Cabrera A L E Pocasangre R A Sikora Impact of plant parasitic nematode in following suckers on the root Necrosis index in six commercial banana plantations of Costa Rica Conference of the International Agricultural Research for Development German Tropical Meeting Tropentag Bonn Germany Octuber Cabrera A L E Pocasangre R A Sikora Relation between Radopholus similis Cobb Thorne in production suckers and yield decline of mother plants in commercial banana plantation of Costa Rica In XXXVIII Annual Meeting of the Organization of Nematologist of Tropical America ONTA Cajina Canelo MJ Alternativas de captaci n de agua para uso humano y productivo en la subcuenca del r o Aguas Calientes Nicaragua CATIE Turrialba CR 205 p Campos Arce JJ Conservar produciendo La Naci n San Jos CR oct 26 Campos JJ Jim nez F Faustino J La cogesti n de cuencas en Am rica Central CATIE Turrialba CR Campos JJ Alpizar F Louman B Parrotta J Madrigal R Enfoque integral para esquemas de pago por servicios ecosist micos forestales Helsinki Finlandia IUFRO wfse 1 disco compacto 8 mm Actualizaci n de un trabajo de investigaci n publicado en 2005 en ingl s por el proyecto WFSE bajo el t tulo An Integrated Approach to Forest Ecosystem Services Campos
224. uas Panama e Graduate courses were given in GIS subjects and tele detection at the University of Guayaquil and the University of Loja in Ecuador e Advising and training to melon producers in Guanacaste in the area of precision agriculture through the Alternatives to Methyl Bromide funded by the UNDP Administration and Finance CATIE has areas and units that are responsible for offering logistical administrative and financial services to support the center s activities These areas and units are classified into three types those dedicated to the administration of resources financial and human those in charge of generating resources to support the core budget productive activities and those in charge of logistical support and infrastructure Table 13 Table 13 Distribution of CATIE s logistical administrative and financial services Resource Productive Logistical legal administration Activities support and financial and Infrastructure human Accounting and Farms General services finance Housing Computer center Human resources e Transportation e Maintenance Legal services Funding The activities conducted by CATIE during this two year period were financed from five funds that are managed separately according to the origin and application of resources 1 Core fund 2 Productive activities 3 Funds in custody 4 Project and agreement fund and 5 Institutional funds Core
225. ubmitted to FONAFIFO and presented to the World Bank during a meeting to develop the Ecomercados II project Training For seven years the GCG has been organizing the international course on Climate Change and Formulation of CDM projects in the Forestry and Bioenergy Sectors which have been attended by more than 150 people from 27 countries representatives of the National Designated Authorities for CDM academia banks businesses GOs and NGOs among others Since 2005 the GCG has been organizing a course on Multifunctional Management of Forest Plantations It regularly supports three training courses organized by other thematic groups Environmental Services Forest Management Protected Areas In the field of CDM the GCG has organized or collaborated on diverse CDM training events in several countries of Latin America Argentina Chile Costa Rica Colombia Cuba Ecuador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Uruguay Asia the Philippines Vietnam Africa Gabon and the United States Washington D C Publications With the SUBBE Project an evaluation of biomass 35 resources and their potential for energy generation 36 in Costa Rica was published There are also other works related to climate change and bioenergy and the topic of biofuels is being explored With the CASFOR and SILVIA projects software and scientific articles about the models and tools developed were published With
226. uenca del r o Guacerique Tegucigalpa Honduras Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 45 21 27 Hernandez L O Efecto supresivo de hongos endofiticos provenientes de plantaciones de banano sobre el nematodo barrenador Radopholus similis thorne Tesis de grado Universidad Nacional de Agricultura Catacamas Olancho Honduras Hilje L C mo determinar la repelencia de sustancias aleloquimicas sobre las moscas blancas Hoja T cnica No 50 Manejo Integrado de Plagas y Agroecologia 74 94 98 Holguin V Ibrahim M Bancos forrajeros de especies lefiosas Serie Cuaderno de Campo 23 p Holmes K A Krauss U Samuels G Thomas S E Bateman R P Hidalgo E Garc a J Schroers H J Brown N A Arroyo C Evans H C Trichoderma ovalisporum a novel biocontrol agent of frosty pod rot Moniliophthora roreri of cocoa Theobroma cacao from discovery to field 1st International Conference on Plant Microbe Interactions Endophytes and Biocontrol Agents 18 22 April 2005 Saariselk Lapland Finland Hutchinso I Wadsworth F Efectos de la liberaci n en un bosque secundario de Costa Rica Recursos Naturales y Ambiente no 46 47 152 157 Ibrahim M Bolet n Mainstreaming of GEF Silvopastoril Project in Central and South America Colombia Costa Rica Nicaragua Mainstreaming of GEF Silvopastoril Project in Central and South America 4 p Ibrahim M Chac n M Mora J Zamora S Gobbi J Lllanderal T Harvey C
227. uild models of sustainable development Within an interdisciplinary framework this central line of work continues to be combined with the application of original biophysical research Proposed projects In research principal efforts have been carried out the following 1 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Analyze the Impacts of Policies on the Management of Natural Resources on a Landscape Scale IGERT National Science Foundation project in association with the University of Idaho 2 Functional Ecology of Plants and Their Relation to Global Change Human Impacts on Ecosystemic Services and Human Well being the DiverSus Project 3 Sustainable Management of Timber Production Forests based on a long term research effort that is unique in the region 4 the Prioritization of Lands for Ecological Connectivity Between Protected Areas the validation of that function the design of tools for the design and implementation of biological corridors and the genetics of conservation and sustainable use on a landscape scale 5 Forest Restoration Through Secondary Natural Succession in Mexico Costa Rica and Brazil international network funded by the National Science Foundation 6 Illegal Logging in Trans Boundary Areas part of the work of the Forestry Policy and Economics Program already consolidated within the TG Supported by The Nature Conservancy and MINAE of Costa Rica the group led the preparation of the proposal for the National Moni
228. ustainable animal production systems A workshop was held in Tuxtla Chiapas and a study trip was made to the pilot zone of the Degraded Pastures Project in Pet n Guatemala as a part of this activity e The Degraded Pastures Project organized a field trip with representatives from different institutions in Chiapas Autonomous University of Chiapas College of the Southern Frontier Ecosur SDR etc to visit Pet n and present the project s participative methodologies and train technicians in the recovery of degraded lands Presently field schools are being held in Chiapas using the methodology of the Degraded Pastures Project e Participation in an international course on Forage Technologies for the Intensification of Livestock Production in the Tropics which was organized by the Autonomous University of Chiapas During this event CATIE made a presentation and presented an article on its experiences in the area of silvopastoral systems as a strategy to intensify livestock production and generate environmental services e The GAMMA group collaborated with the Autonomous University of Chiapas in the organization of a workshop in Chiapas on Technologies for the Intensification of Livestock Production with participation of 200 people from Chiapas and other states A book was published on Forage Technologies for the Intensification of Livestock Production Services e Between May and June 2006 CATIE conducted a Technical Mission led
229. utions like IICA UNA and INTA to coordinate joint actions Two courses were given in strategic alliances with partner organizations There was an exchange of experiences concepts and work agreements among projects participating in GAT CATIE participated in a course for administrative training rural development and management and five missions from headquarters and or CATIE projects were assisted Administrative assistance was given regularly to the following CATIE projects Focuencas Aguas Calientes Somoto and Jucuapa Matagalpa Degraded Pastures Muy Muy Markets for Specialty Coffees Matagalpa Jinotega Boaco Nueva Segovia Support to Small and Medium Forest Industries IDB MIF The Technical Support Group gave follow up to work by the thematic groups in project execution and strategic oversight coordinating exchanges of experiences among projects Information was also given to project leaders and outreach staff on CATIE S progress in the country National Technical Office NTO in Panama During these two years CATIE has become better positioned in Panama offering technical support to new projects in the country Courses and workshops with support from the DAAF and the DNRE were held in the following areas Trees in Central America two and Territorial Ordering and Watershed Management Administrative support was given to the project funded by PRODOMA and executed by ADEPESCO in the province of Bocas del Toro
230. will lose their right to vote in the Council e The new Master s in International Agribusiness Management to be developed with the INCAE Business School was declared to be of regional interest e The Kenton Miller Chair in Protected Areas Management was declared to be of regional interest New members were named to the Board of Directors Goeffrey Hawtin United Kingdom Marcelino Avila Belize Benjamin Figueroa Mexico and Rosal a Arteaga Ecuador Directors Bjorn Lundgren Sweden and Luis Osorio Nicaragua were reelected as members of the Board of Directors Progress in joint IICA CATIE actions and a new chapter covering the medium term plans for both institutions were presented e The plans and timetable for the election of CATIE s new Director General were presented CATIE s Budgets for 2006 and 2007 were approved e Panama was designated to represent the Governing Council in CATIE s Board of Directors for a three year period beginning on Aug 8 2005 The affiliated membership of the Municipality of Zamora Ecuador and the Costa Rican Electricity Institute ICE was terminated The Directors General of IICA and of CATIE were asked to analyze and identify possible actions to improve the coordination of activities between the institutions CATIE s Director General was asked to explore mechanisms to improve communication and dissemination of new technologies and other knowledge to its member count
231. y en Chiapas Mexico which is highly important and has much potential for the region Education The academic coordinator of the Master s in Sustainable Agriculture has begun to carry out strategic changes in this program some of them implemented starting in 2006 However concerns regarding the viability of this master s program continue since requests and the number of students enrolling each year have fallen to minimum levels For example in 2006 only 10 students enrolled in this program Five doctoral students were incorporated into the development of research on biological control agroecological production and integrated pest management Training More than 150 technicians were trained in diverse subjects related to agroecological pest management sustainable production and environmental protection e More than 200 producers were trained in agroecological subjects to promote organic production of Musaceae Aninternational course on agroecology was offered to the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor MBC e The training given by the group has contributed to the continuation of courses six courses in four countries 122 trainees on the use of the manual about the trees of Central America In November 2005 the Contest for Organic Agriculture was held in San Jos Costa Rica to motivate and recognize the farmers that conduct investigation and innovation in organic production e Training and advisory services were g
232. zum Felde A Pocasangre L E Sikora R A Detection of in plant suppressiveness to Radopholus similis in suckers from banana protected with mutualistic fungal endophytes In XXXVIII Annual Meeting of the Organization of Nematologist of Tropical America ONTA San Jos Costa Rica p 71 zum Felde A Pocasangre L E Sikora R A Importance of species and isolates of mutualistic endophytes in promoting induce resistance in banana one mode of action Involved in biocontrol of Radopholus similis In XXXVIII Annual Meeting of the Organization of Nematologist of Tropical America ONTA San Jos Costa Rica p 55 zum Felde A Pocasangre L E Sikora R A Ca izares C A F E Rosales amp A S Riveros Effect of combined inoculations of endophytic fungi on the biocontrol of Radopholus similis in bananas Infomusa FRA 15 1 2 12 18 75

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