Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 76217 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez |
| NOMBRES | Miguel |
| APELLIDO | Pinedo-Vasquez |
| FIRMA | PINEDO-VASQUEZ M |
| AFILIACIONES | Columbia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3468-4557 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 18 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 150 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1992 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2019 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Climate hazards in small and medium cities in the Amazon Delta and Estuary
Recent research on climate vulnerability in cities in the Amazon Delta and Estuary (ADE) shows that about 1.2 million people are at risk of flooding due to the rapid unplanned occupation of lowlands and the absence of investment in infrastructure and services. In this study, we use secondary climate and census data, interviews and focus groups in four small cities in the Amazon Delta and Estuary (SCADEs), to discuss how residents and local govern…
Impacts of Cash Transfer Programs on Rural Livelihoods
Heightened fire probability in Indonesia in non-drought conditions
In Indonesia, drought driven fires occur typically during the warm phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation. This was the case of the events of 1997 and 2015 that resulted in months- long hazardous atmospheric pollution levels in Equatorial Asia and record greenhouse gas emissions. Nonetheless, anomalously active fire seasons have also been observed in non-drought years. In this work, we investigated the impact of temperature on fires and found …
Land-use dynamics influence estimates of carbon sequestration potential in tropical second-growth forest
Many countries have made major commitments to carbon sequestration through reforestation under the Paris Climate Agreement, and recent studies have illustrated the potential for large amounts of carbon sequestration in tropical second-growth forests. However, carbon gains in second-growth forests are threatened by non-permanence, i.e. release of carbon into the atmosphere from clearing or disturbance. The benefits of second-growth forests require…
Local ecological knowledge and incremental adaptation to changing flood patterns in the Amazon delta
Climate, landowner residency, and land cover predict local scale fire activity in the Western Amazon
Forest Transitions in Mosaic Landscapes
The question of how smallholders of the Amazon estuary, locally known as cabolcos, have adapted their land use systems to produce resources during booms and busts is analyzed in this article. We draw upon more than 50 years of census data and more than 30 years of remotely sensed land-cover data to reconstruct these dynamics from World War II to the present. We found that smallholders are highly flexible in their land use decisions and livelihood…
The harvest of wildlife for bushmeat and traditional medicine in East, South and Southeast Asia
Bushmeat has always provided a source of nutrition and traditional medicine for local people throughout Asia; this important resource is becoming increasingly under pressure due to loss of forest and overharvesting because of rising demand from growing human populations and trade (legal and illegal). For this reason, the conservation of forests and sustainable use of wildlife are both imperative for improving rural livelihoods and poverty allevia…
High-yield oil palm expansion spares land at the expense of forests in the Peruvian Amazon
High-yield agriculture potentially reduces pressure on forests by requiring less land to increase production. Using satellite and field data, we assessed the area deforested by industrial-scale high-yield oil palm expansion in the Peruvian Amazon from 2000 to 2010, finding that 72% of new plantations expanded into forested areas. In a focus area in the Ucayali region, we assessed deforestation for high- and smallholder low-yield oil palm plantati…
Forest Policy Reform and the Organization of Logging in Peruvian Amazonia
Reform in the forest sector in Peru resulted in a new forestry law, developed with substantial input from international conservation and donor organizations. While it incorporates the principles of sustainable forest management, biodiversity conservation and livelihood improvement, inconsistencies remain between the regulatory mechanisms and actual practices and outcomes in the field, leading some to consider the legal framework a failure. This a…
Saving Slash‐and‐Burn to Save Biodiversity
Several prominent articles have recently revived the debate on how to advance and reconcile two pressing global issues: conservation of biodiversity, and food production for an increasing human population. These discussions contrast a ‘land‐sparing/intensive agriculture’ strategy with a ‘biodiversity‐friendly’ agriculture approach. We propose that swidden or shifting cultivation should be an important component of the latter approach in the tropi…
Urban Forest and Rural Cities
Padoch, C., E. Brondizio, S. Costa, M. Pinedo-Vasquez, R. R. Sears, and A. Siqueira. 2008. Urban forest and rural cities: multi-sited households, consumption patterns, and forest resources in Amazonia. Ecology and Society 13(2): 2. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-02526-130202
Urbano e rural
The Amazon rural populations, especially the river people or the caboclos who live in the large region of meadow, are often moving from one place to another. Due to the fragility of the river edges of the water streams, as well as the agricultural and agro forest areas, and because of uncertainty of lands and opportunities for work and market, in some regions, particularly in the region of meadow of the Amazon basin, families are always ready for…
Amazon Forestry Transformed
Amazon Forestry Tranformed
A tradition of change
Post-Boom Logging in Amazonia
Economic returns from forest conversion in the Peruvian Amazon
Urban Forest and Rural Cities
Padoch, C., E. Brondizio, S. Costa, M. Pinedo-Vasquez, R. R. Sears, and A. Siqueira. 2008. Urban forest and rural cities: multi-sited households, consumption patterns, and forest resources in Amazonia. Ecology and Society 13(2): 2. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-02526-130202
Amazon Forestry Transformed
Local ecological knowledge and incremental adaptation to changing flood patterns in the Amazon delta
Post-Boom Logging in Amazonia
Forest Policy Reform and the Organization of Logging in Peruvian Amazonia
Reform in the forest sector in Peru resulted in a new forestry law, developed with substantial input from international conservation and donor organizations. While it incorporates the principles of sustainable forest management, biodiversity conservation and livelihood improvement, inconsistencies remain between the regulatory mechanisms and actual practices and outcomes in the field, leading some to consider the legal framework a failure. This a…
Amazon Forestry Tranformed
Forest Transitions in Mosaic Landscapes
The question of how smallholders of the Amazon estuary, locally known as cabolcos, have adapted their land use systems to produce resources during booms and busts is analyzed in this article. We draw upon more than 50 years of census data and more than 30 years of remotely sensed land-cover data to reconstruct these dynamics from World War II to the present. We found that smallholders are highly flexible in their land use decisions and livelihood…
A tradition of change
Climate, landowner residency, and land cover predict local scale fire activity in the Western Amazon
Climate hazards in small and medium cities in the Amazon Delta and Estuary
Recent research on climate vulnerability in cities in the Amazon Delta and Estuary (ADE) shows that about 1.2 million people are at risk of flooding due to the rapid unplanned occupation of lowlands and the absence of investment in infrastructure and services. In this study, we use secondary climate and census data, interviews and focus groups in four small cities in the Amazon Delta and Estuary (SCADEs), to discuss how residents and local govern…
Urbano e rural
The Amazon rural populations, especially the river people or the caboclos who live in the large region of meadow, are often moving from one place to another. Due to the fragility of the river edges of the water streams, as well as the agricultural and agro forest areas, and because of uncertainty of lands and opportunities for work and market, in some regions, particularly in the region of meadow of the Amazon basin, families are always ready for…
Economic returns from forest conversion in the Peruvian Amazon
Post-Boom Logging in Amazonia
A tradition of change
Amazon Forestry Tranformed
Urban Forest and Rural Cities
Padoch, C., E. Brondizio, S. Costa, M. Pinedo-Vasquez, R. R. Sears, and A. Siqueira. 2008. Urban forest and rural cities: multi-sited households, consumption patterns, and forest resources in Amazonia. Ecology and Society 13(2): 2. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-02526-130202
Urbano e rural
The Amazon rural populations, especially the river people or the caboclos who live in the large region of meadow, are often moving from one place to another. Due to the fragility of the river edges of the water streams, as well as the agricultural and agro forest areas, and because of uncertainty of lands and opportunities for work and market, in some regions, particularly in the region of meadow of the Amazon basin, families are always ready for…
Amazon Forestry Transformed
Saving Slash‐and‐Burn to Save Biodiversity
Several prominent articles have recently revived the debate on how to advance and reconcile two pressing global issues: conservation of biodiversity, and food production for an increasing human population. These discussions contrast a ‘land‐sparing/intensive agriculture’ strategy with a ‘biodiversity‐friendly’ agriculture approach. We propose that swidden or shifting cultivation should be an important component of the latter approach in the tropi…
High-yield oil palm expansion spares land at the expense of forests in the Peruvian Amazon
High-yield agriculture potentially reduces pressure on forests by requiring less land to increase production. Using satellite and field data, we assessed the area deforested by industrial-scale high-yield oil palm expansion in the Peruvian Amazon from 2000 to 2010, finding that 72% of new plantations expanded into forested areas. In a focus area in the Ucayali region, we assessed deforestation for high- and smallholder low-yield oil palm plantati…
Forest Policy Reform and the Organization of Logging in Peruvian Amazonia
Reform in the forest sector in Peru resulted in a new forestry law, developed with substantial input from international conservation and donor organizations. While it incorporates the principles of sustainable forest management, biodiversity conservation and livelihood improvement, inconsistencies remain between the regulatory mechanisms and actual practices and outcomes in the field, leading some to consider the legal framework a failure. This a…
The harvest of wildlife for bushmeat and traditional medicine in East, South and Southeast Asia
Bushmeat has always provided a source of nutrition and traditional medicine for local people throughout Asia; this important resource is becoming increasingly under pressure due to loss of forest and overharvesting because of rising demand from growing human populations and trade (legal and illegal). For this reason, the conservation of forests and sustainable use of wildlife are both imperative for improving rural livelihoods and poverty allevia…
Climate, landowner residency, and land cover predict local scale fire activity in the Western Amazon
Forest Transitions in Mosaic Landscapes
The question of how smallholders of the Amazon estuary, locally known as cabolcos, have adapted their land use systems to produce resources during booms and busts is analyzed in this article. We draw upon more than 50 years of census data and more than 30 years of remotely sensed land-cover data to reconstruct these dynamics from World War II to the present. We found that smallholders are highly flexible in their land use decisions and livelihood…
Local ecological knowledge and incremental adaptation to changing flood patterns in the Amazon delta
Impacts of Cash Transfer Programs on Rural Livelihoods
Heightened fire probability in Indonesia in non-drought conditions
In Indonesia, drought driven fires occur typically during the warm phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation. This was the case of the events of 1997 and 2015 that resulted in months- long hazardous atmospheric pollution levels in Equatorial Asia and record greenhouse gas emissions. Nonetheless, anomalously active fire seasons have also been observed in non-drought years. In this work, we investigated the impact of temperature on fires and found …
Land-use dynamics influence estimates of carbon sequestration potential in tropical second-growth forest
Many countries have made major commitments to carbon sequestration through reforestation under the Paris Climate Agreement, and recent studies have illustrated the potential for large amounts of carbon sequestration in tropical second-growth forests. However, carbon gains in second-growth forests are threatened by non-permanence, i.e. release of carbon into the atmosphere from clearing or disturbance. The benefits of second-growth forests require…
Climate hazards in small and medium cities in the Amazon Delta and Estuary
Recent research on climate vulnerability in cities in the Amazon Delta and Estuary (ADE) shows that about 1.2 million people are at risk of flooding due to the rapid unplanned occupation of lowlands and the absence of investment in infrastructure and services. In this study, we use secondary climate and census data, interviews and focus groups in four small cities in the Amazon Delta and Estuary (SCADEs), to discuss how residents and local govern…
Geography (17 obras) · Ecology (14 obras) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (13 obras) · Amazon rainforest (12 obras) · Environmental Science (12 obras) · Agroforestry (10 obras) · Agriculture (9 obras) · Environmental resource management (8 obras) · Economics (7 obras) · Forestry (7 obras)