Latin America

The NGO/IPO-led Underlying Causes Initiative organized a regional workshop, which took place in Santiago, Chile on October 8 -10, 1998. The following are the findings of the studies carried out in the region.

For further information on this process, please contact the regional focal point: 
Rosario Ortiz, Latin America Forest Network, Colombia rosortiz@total.net

Executive Summary of the workshop / Annex (Case Studies Summaries)

Some of the Case Studies presented at the workshop

• Chile: Los bosques nativos del sur de Chile y el pueblo mapuche / Profile (both in Spanish)

• Colombia: Deforestación y degradación de los bosques en el territorio-región de las comunidades negras del Pacífico colombiano / Profile (both in Spanish)

• Ecuador: Reserva Ecológica y Bosque Protector Mache - Chindul, Provincia de Esmeraldas / Profile (both in Spanish)

• Guyana: Social Exclusion and Development Domination / Profile

• Paraguay: Un estudio de caso en las Serranías del Yvytyrusu / Profile (both in Spanish)

• Bolivia: Magnitud y Causas de la Deforestación y Degradación de los Bosques en Bolivia (in Spanish)

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