Papers by María Elena Herrera Ugalde
Ecosystem Services, 2014
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
Revista Forestal Mesoamericana Kurú
Con el fin de demostrar la capacidad de la herramienta Collect Earth para generar datos de activi... more Con el fin de demostrar la capacidad de la herramienta Collect Earth para generar datos de actividad para el programa REDD+ Costa Rica, se realizaron estimaciones de uso y cambios de uso de la tierra en Costa Rica para el periodo 2014-15 según los enfoques de cálculo del sistema de medición, reporte y verificación (MRV) del programa REDD+ de Costa Rica. Los datos de uso de la tierra fueron obtenidos mediante evaluación visual multitemporal (EVM) de puntos de muestreo utilizando imágenes satelitales de alta resolución a través de Collect Earth. Las estimaciones de áreas de cambio de uso se realizaron según categorías generales de cambio, y según las actividades específicas de REDD+, además de evaluar distintos tipos de estratificaciones. Se demostró que es posible hacer las estimaciones de datos de actividad requeridas para el MRV de REDD+ CR a partir de Collect Earth, sin embargo, es necesario intensificar el muestreo en las áreas de interés para reducir las incertidumbres, y mejor...
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
The Costa Rican Program of Payments for Environmental Services (PPES) is a global pioneering fina... more The Costa Rican Program of Payments for Environmental Services (PPES) is a global pioneering financing policy mechanism for the promotion of forest protection and expansion. This program currently transfers a significant amount of money to indigenous territories; however, its performance has not been comprehensively evaluated. In this study we assessed for the first time in a comprehensive manner the performance of this national program in an indigenous territory. We created and validated, with the aid of a panel of experts, an evaluation instrument that contains social, economic, and environmental criteria and indicators. After applying the instrument in the Talamanca-Cabecar indigenous territory (TCIT), the PPES obtained 48.7 percent, accomplishing significant results in aspects framed within the goals of sustainable development. We found that the TCIT allocates most of the payment money into capacity building, which has resulted in substantive improvements in their negotiation, management, and leadership skills; this in turn helps to attract investments from other public and private entities, protecting and promoting its natural capital. As similar programs are adopted in multiple countries based on the Costa Rican example, this study provides an important methodological contribution to enlighten future environmental and socioeconomic financing policies aiming to support indigenous territories.
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
Uploads
Papers by María Elena Herrera Ugalde