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The Role of Rainfed Farm Ponds in Sustaining Agriculture and Soil Conservation in the Dry High Valley Region of Cochabamba, Bolivia: Design Considerations and Post Impoundment Analysis (open access)

The Role of Rainfed Farm Ponds in Sustaining Agriculture and Soil Conservation in the Dry High Valley Region of Cochabamba, Bolivia: Design Considerations and Post Impoundment Analysis

Lack of sufficient water for irrigation is a major problem in and around the valleys surrounding the town of Aiquile, Cochabamba Bolivia. In addition, much of the region is undergoing desertification compounded by drought, deforestation, bad traditional agricultural practices, over grazing and a "torrential" rainfall pattern leading to severe soil erosion and low agricultural production. Between 1992 and 1994, the author constructed a network of 24 small, mostly rainfed farm ponds to increase agricultural production and alleviate soil erosion and land-use problems by improving cover conditions. A 5-year post-impoundment analysis was carried out in 1998. The analysis examined current pond conditions, design criteria, irrigation water / crop production increases and the alleviation of land-use problems. Current pond conditions fell into four distinct categories with only 25 percent of the ponds being deemed as "functioning well." The project increased irrigation in the region and improved cover conditions in 66 percent of the pond sites.
Date: August 1999
Creator: Kuiper, John R.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Andean Trade Preference Act: Background and Issues for Reauthorization (open access)

The Andean Trade Preference Act: Background and Issues for Reauthorization

On December 4, 1991, President George Bush signed into law the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) to counter illicit drug production and trade in Latin America. For ten years, it has provided preferential, mostly duty-free, treatment of selected U.S. imports from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The goal of ATPA is to encourage increased exports, thereby promoting development and providing an incentive for Andean farmers and other workers to pursue economic alternatives to the drug trade. This report discusses the ATPA, its background, and issues regarding its potential reauthorization.
Date: January 3, 2001
Creator: Hornbeck, J. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Andean Trade Preference Act: Background and Issues for Reauthorization (open access)

The Andean Trade Preference Act: Background and Issues for Reauthorization

On December 4, 1991, President George Bush signed into law the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) to counter illicit drug production and trade in Latin America. For ten years, it has provided preferential, mostly duty-free, treatment of selected U.S. imports from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The goal of ATPA is to encourage increased exports, thereby promoting development and providing an incentive for Andean farmers and other workers to pursue economic alternatives to the drug trade. This report discusses the ATPA, its background, and issues regarding its potential reauthorization.
Date: February 21, 2002
Creator: Hornbeck, J. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Andean Regional Initiative (ARI): FY2002 Supplemental and FY2003 Assistance for Colombia and Neighbors (open access)

Andean Regional Initiative (ARI): FY2002 Supplemental and FY2003 Assistance for Colombia and Neighbors

This report discusses President Bush's 2002 requests for new funding and additional authority to provide assistance to Colombia and six regional neighbors in a continuation of the Andean Regional Initiative (ARI) launched in 2001.
Date: April 23, 2002
Creator: Storrs, K. Larry & Serafino, Nina M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Andean Regional Initiative (ARI): FY2002 Supplemental and FY2003 Assistance for Colombia and Neighbors (open access)

Andean Regional Initiative (ARI): FY2002 Supplemental and FY2003 Assistance for Colombia and Neighbors

This report discusses President Bush's 2002 requests for new funding and additional authority to provide assistance to Colombia and six regional neighbors in a continuation of the Andean Regional Initiative (ARI) launched in 2001.
Date: June 12, 2002
Creator: Storrs, K. Larry & Serafino, Nina M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Andean Trade Preference Act: A Comparison of House and Senate Versions of H.R. 3009 (open access)

The Andean Trade Preference Act: A Comparison of House and Senate Versions of H.R. 3009

In 1991, the 102nd Congress passed the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA), which provided for preferential treatment of selected U.S. imports from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru as part of an incentive system to encourage legal trade as an alternative to illicit drug production. This brief report provides a side-by-side comparison of House- and Senate-passed bills that would reauthorize the ATPA.
Date: June 12, 2002
Creator: Hornbeck, J. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Andean Regional Initiative (ARI): FY2002 Supplemental and FY2003 Assistance for Colombia and Neighbors (open access)

Andean Regional Initiative (ARI): FY2002 Supplemental and FY2003 Assistance for Colombia and Neighbors

This report discusses President Bush's 2002 requests for new funding and additional authority to provide assistance to Colombia and six regional neighbors in a continuation of the Andean Regional Initiative (ARI) launched in 2001.
Date: July 10, 2002
Creator: Storrs, K. Larry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Andean Trade Preference Act: Background and Issues for Reauthorization (open access)

The Andean Trade Preference Act: Background and Issues for Reauthorization

On December 4, 1991, President George Bush signed into law the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) to counter illicit drug production and trade in Latin America. For ten years, it has provided preferential, mostly duty-free, treatment of selected U.S. imports from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The goal of ATPA is to encourage increased exports, thereby promoting development and providing an incentive for Andean farmers and other workers to pursue economic alternatives to the drug trade. This report discusses the ATPA, its background, and issues regarding its potential reauthorization.
Date: August 23, 2002
Creator: Hornbeck, J. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Andean Regional Initiative (ARI): FY2002 Supplemental and FY2003 Assistance for Colombia and Neighbors (open access)

Andean Regional Initiative (ARI): FY2002 Supplemental and FY2003 Assistance for Colombia and Neighbors

This report discusses President Bush's 2002 requests for new funding and additional authority to provide assistance to Colombia and six regional neighbors in a continuation of the Andean Regional Initiative (ARI) launched in 2001.
Date: September 6, 2002
Creator: Storrs, K. Larry & Serafino, Nina M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 1, Number 1, 2003 (open access)

Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 1, Number 1, 2003

Tunza is a magazine published by the UN Environment Programme about environmental issues from a youth perspective. This issue is about freshwater resources.
Date: 2003
Creator: Lean, Geoffrey
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Andean Regional Initiative (ARI): FY2002 Supplemental and FY2003 Assistance for Colombia and Neighbors (open access)

Andean Regional Initiative (ARI): FY2002 Supplemental and FY2003 Assistance for Colombia and Neighbors

This report discusses President Bush's 2002 requests for new funding and additional authority to provide assistance to Colombia and six regional neighbors in a continuation of the Andean Regional Initiative (ARI) launched in 2001.
Date: January 8, 2003
Creator: Storrs, K. Larry & Serafino, Nina M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Andean Regional Initiative (ARI): FY2002 Supplemental and FY2003 Assistance for Colombia and Neighbors (open access)

Andean Regional Initiative (ARI): FY2002 Supplemental and FY2003 Assistance for Colombia and Neighbors

This report discusses President Bush's 2002 requests for new funding and additional authority to provide assistance to Colombia and six regional neighbors in a continuation of the Andean Regional Initiative (ARI) launched in 2001.
Date: January 22, 2003
Creator: Storrs, K. Larry & Serafino, Nina M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Andean Regional Initiative (ARI): FY2003 Supplemental and FY2004 Assistance for Colombia and Neighbors (open access)

Andean Regional Initiative (ARI): FY2003 Supplemental and FY2004 Assistance for Colombia and Neighbors

This report discusses President Bush's 2003 requests for new funding and additional authority to provide assistance to Colombia and six regional neighbors in a continuation of the Andean Regional Initiative (ARI) launched in 2001.
Date: August 27, 2003
Creator: Storrs, K. Larry & Veillette, Connie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Andean Counterdrug Initiative (ACI) and Related Funding Programs: FY2005 Assistance (open access)

Andean Counterdrug Initiative (ACI) and Related Funding Programs: FY2005 Assistance

This report discusses the funds and material support the U.S. has contributed to help Colombia and the Andean region fight drug trafficking since the development of Plan Colombia in 1999.
Date: December 9, 2004
Creator: Veillette, Connie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
GEO Year Book 2004/5: An Overview of Our Changing Environment (open access)

GEO Year Book 2004/5: An Overview of Our Changing Environment

This publication discusses global environmental efforts, successes, and setbacks of 2004.
Date: 2005
Creator: United Nations Environment Programme
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Andean-U.S. Free-Trade Agreement Negotiations (open access)

Andean-U.S. Free-Trade Agreement Negotiations

In November 2003, the Bush Administration announced that it intended to begin negotiations on a free-trade agreement (FTA) with these nations, which would reduce and eliminate foreign barriers to trade and investment, support democracy, and fight drug activity. This report briefly discusses this announcement, as well as the major issues and concerns relating to negotiation, and the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA), the FTA's predecessor.
Date: June 16, 2005
Creator: Sek, Lenore
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Andean-U.S. Free-Trade Agreement Negotiations (open access)

Andean-U.S. Free-Trade Agreement Negotiations

In November 2003, the Bush Administration announced that it intended to begin negotiations on a free-trade agreement (FTA) with these nations, which would reduce and eliminate foreign barriers to trade and investment, support democracy, and fight drug activity. This report briefly discusses this announcement, as well as the major issues and concerns relating to negotiation, and the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA), the FTA's predecessor.
Date: June 29, 2005
Creator: Sek, Lenore
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
GEO Year Book 2006: An Overview of Our Changing Environment (open access)

GEO Year Book 2006: An Overview of Our Changing Environment

This publication describes major global environmental issues and policy decisions during 2006.
Date: 2006
Creator: United Nations Environment Programme
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 4, Number 1, 2006 (open access)

Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 4, Number 1, 2006

Tunza is a magazine published by the UN Environment Programme about environmental issues from a youth perspective. This issue is about deserts and arid ecosystems.
Date: 2006
Creator: Lean, Geoffrey
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Andean Counterdrug Initiative (ACI) and Related Funding Programs: FY2006 Assistance (open access)

Andean Counterdrug Initiative (ACI) and Related Funding Programs: FY2006 Assistance

This report discusses the funds and material support the U.S. has contributed to help Colombia and the Andean region fight drug trafficking since the development of Plan Colombia in 1999.
Date: January 27, 2006
Creator: Veillette, Connie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Andean Counterdrug Initiative (ACI) and Related Funding Programs: FY2007 Assistance (open access)

Andean Counterdrug Initiative (ACI) and Related Funding Programs: FY2007 Assistance

This report discusses the funds and material support the U.S. has contributed to help Colombia and the Andean region fight drug trafficking since the development of Plan Colombia in 1999.
Date: April 18, 2006
Creator: Veillette, Connie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bolivia: Political and Economic Developments and Relations with the United States (open access)

Bolivia: Political and Economic Developments and Relations with the United States

This report includes background information on Bolivia’s political unrest, economic situation, and relations with the United States. In the past few years, Bolivia has experienced extreme political unrest resulting in the country having six presidents since 2001. Under policies of recently-elected leftist-leaning President Evo Morales, Bolivia's relations with neighboring countries, foreign investors, and the United States have been complicated. For some 20 years, U.S. interest in Bolivia has centered on its role as a coca producer and its relationship to Colombia and Peru, the two other major coca- and cocaine-producing countries in the Andes. U.S.-Bolivian relations have become tense in 2006 in the wake of the Morales government's questionable commitment to combating illegal drugs, increasing ties with Venezuela and Cuba, and the nationalization measure.
Date: August 29, 2006
Creator: Ribando, Clare
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bolivia: Political and Economic Developments and Relations with the United States (open access)

Bolivia: Political and Economic Developments and Relations with the United States

This report includes background information on Bolivia’s political unrest, economic situation, and relations with the United States. In the past few years, Bolivia has experienced extreme political unrest resulting in the country having six presidents since 2001. Under policies of recently-elected leftist-leaning President Evo Morales, Bolivia's relations with neighboring countries, foreign investors, and the United States have been complicated. For some 20 years, U.S. interest in Bolivia has centered on its role as a coca producer and its relationship to Colombia and Peru, the two other major coca- and cocaine-producing countries in the Andes. U.S.-Bolivian relations have become tense in 2006 in the wake of the Morales government's questionable commitment to combating illegal drugs, increasing ties with Venezuela and Cuba, and the nationalization measure.
Date: August 29, 2006
Creator: Ribando, Clare
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 6, Number 3, 2008 (open access)

Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 6, Number 3, 2008

Tunza is a UNEP magazine for and by young people. This issue is devoted to water usage.
Date: 2008
Creator: Lean, Geoffrey
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library