South America

Updated version of an earlier work, "this second framework paper (NWP2) is targeted at practitioners involved in the design, implementation, and evaluation of natural resource–based rural development activities around the world, trying to make them more equitable, efficient, and effective. We also...

Excerpt: "RSD12: Entangled in Emergence will use four “entanglements of interest,” to group topics and submissions from multiple perspectives. These entanglements — natural, technological, political and foundational — situate systemic design and designers within the interconnected questions...

By restoring degraded areas, Muvuca can facilitate more carbon capture. The technique has been successful in Amazonia, the largest tropical forest in the world, as well as in Cerrado. Here, more than 294 tons of seeds using the muvuca technique were planted, which have resulted in the growth of more...

Systemic dynamics in creating marine protected areas, this article illustrates some of the drivers, challenges, and benefits in so doing. 

"In Chile’s Valparaíso region, artisanal fishers have created grassroots marine reserves to protect marine biodiversity. The areas are small, some of them just...

An insightful analysis case study of Chile's Circular Economy Road map by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. The case identifies and makes accessible key aspects of the plan and why and how they may contribute to the plan's success. 

"Part of a series of case studies that exemplify elements of the...

This Bioregional Plan, proposed by indigenous communities of the Amazon represents an alternative vision of managing an ecosystem for ecological and human thriving.

Esta es una propuesta de las nacionalidades y pueblos indígenas, basada en los principios de cooperación y armonía para proteger...