Cointzio, Mexico DESIRE Project Harmonised Information System http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/cointzio-mexico 2016-09-22T20:50:41Z Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management Contact the Cointzio study site team 2010-11-25T12:30:31Z 2010-11-25T12:30:31Z http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/en/cointzio-mexico/486-contact-the-cointzio-study-site-team Jane Brandt medesdesire@googlemail.com <p><strong>INSTITUTIONS</strong></p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 32%;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/IRD.jpg" height="60" /><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/LTHE.jpg" height="60" /></td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"> <p>Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)<br />Laboratoire d'étude des Transferts en Hydrologie et Environnement (LTHE), Grenoble, France.</p> <p>Dr. Christian Prat, <br />Mail : christian.prat@ird.fr<br />Web page: http://www.ird.fr</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">&nbsp;<img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/UNAM.jpg" height="60" /><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/CIGA.jpg" height="60" /></td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"> <p>Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-Centro de Investigación en Geografia Ambiental (UNAM-CIGA). Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico.</p> <p>Dr. Manuel Mendoza Cantú, <br />Mail : mmendoza@mail.ciga.unam.mx <br />Web page: http://www.ciga.unam.mx</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">&nbsp;<img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/SEMARNAT.jpg" height="60" /></td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"> <p>Secretaria del medio Ambiente (SEMARNAT), Delegación Michoacán, Morelia, Michoacán.</p> <p>Mc. Eduardo Rios Patrón, <br />Mail : eduardo.rios@semarnat.gob.mx <br />Web page: http://www.semarnat.gob.mx/estados/michoacan</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">&nbsp;<img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/UMSNH.jpg" height="60" /><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/UMSNH%20BIO.jpg" height="60" /></td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"> <p>Universidad Michoacana San Nicolas de Hidalgo (UMSNH), Instituto de Biología. Lab. Suelos, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico.</p> <p>Dra. Maria Álcala de Jesus, <br />Mail : tupuri12@hotmail.com<br />Web page: http://bios.biologia.umich.mx</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">&nbsp;<img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/UMSNH.jpg" height="60" /><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/UMSNH%20IIAF.jpg" height="60" /></td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"> <p>Universidad Michoacana San Nicolas de Hidalgo (UMSNH), Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales. Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico.</p> <p>Dr. Alejandro Martínez Palacios, <br />Mail : apalacios56@gmail.com <br />Web page: http://www.iiaf.umich.mx</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">&nbsp;<img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/CP.jpg" height="60" /></td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"> <p>Colegio de Postgraduados (Colpos), Laboratorio de Fertilidad de Suelo, Montecillo, Mexico.</p> <p>Dr. Jorge Etchevers Barra, <br />Mail : jetchev@colpos.mx <br />Web page: http://www.colpos.mx</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">&nbsp;<img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/UNAM.jpg" height="60" /><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/UNAM%20CIECO.jpg" height="60" /></td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"> <p>Universidad Nacional Autómona de México, Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas (UNAM-CIEco), Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico.</p> <p>Dra. Patricia Ávila García, <br />Mail : pavila@oikos.unam.mx <br />Web page: http://www.oikos.unam.mx</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>LEADERS</strong></p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" valign="top"> <p><strong>Name</strong></p> </td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" valign="top"> <p><strong>Contact details</strong></p> </td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" valign="top"> <p><strong>Key qualifications</strong></p> </td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" valign="top"> <p><strong>Photo</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 20%;" valign="top">Dr. Christian Prat</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 37%;" valign="top">Tel: +33 (0)4 76 63 56 89<br />christian.prat@ird.fr<br />IRD-LTHE (Laboratoire d’étude des Transferts en Hydrologie et Environnement), Grenoble, France<br />www.ird.fr</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Soil scientist specialist of volcanic soils; soil mapping; agronomy; soil erosion (plot to watershed); soil aggregation and role of carbon; tropical systems; teledetection, GIS, social studies; webmaster.<br />Coordinator of the DESIRE Cointzio study site</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Prat.jpg.jpg" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Dr. Manuel Mendoza Cantú</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 322 38 39<br />mmendoza@mail.ciga.unam.mx<br />UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)- CIGA (Centro de Investigación en Geografía Ambiental)<br />Morelia, Michoacán, México. www.ciga.unam.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Regional hydrology and climatology; RS and GIS applications for natural resources management; Watershed management and analysis<br />Co-Coordinator of the DESIRE Cointzio study site</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Cantu.jpg.jpg" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Lic. Eduardo Ríos Patrón</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 322 60 17<br />eduardo.rios@semarnat.gob.mx<br />Secretaria del medio Ambiente (SEMARNAT), Delegación Michoacán, Unidad de Planeación y Política Ambiental Morelia, Michoacán.<br />www.semarnat.gob.mx/estados/michoacan</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Environmental planification. In charge of the Agave project funding.</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Patron.jpg.jpg" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Dr. Maria Alcalá de Jesus</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 322 35 00 ex 4222?<br />tupuri12@hotmail.com<br />UMSNH (Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo) – Instituto de Biología, Laboratorio de suelos<br />www.umich.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Soil Scientist, Soil mapping and classification&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Jesus.jpg.jpg" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Dr. Alejandro Martínez Palacios</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 334 04 75, Ext. 119<br />apalacios56@gmail.com<br />UMSNH (Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo) – Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales<br />www.iiaf.umich.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Vegetal physiologist ; Management and conservation of plant genetic resources Agave specialist</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Palacios.jpg.jpg" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Dr. Jorge D.<br />Etchevers Barra</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 595 9511475?<br />jetchev@colpos.mx<br />COLPOS-Instituto de Recursos Naturales -&nbsp; Laboratorio de fertilidad de suelos<br />Montecillo, Edomex, México<br />www.colpos.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Soil scientist, applied soil chemistry, enviromental soil chemistry (C sequestration, nutrient cycling, soil fertility, soil contamination</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Barra.jpg.jpg" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>INVOLVED PERSONNEL<br /> </strong></p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" valign="top"> <p><strong>IRD-LTHE</strong></p> </td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" colspan="3" valign="top"> <p><strong>Laboratoire d’étude des Transferts en Hydrologie et Environnement</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 20%;" valign="top">Dr. Michel Esteves</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 37%;" valign="top">Tel: +33 (0)4 76 82 51 32<br />michel.esteves@ird.fr<br />IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement)-LTHE, Grenoble, France<br />www.lthe.fr</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Hydrologist; plot and catchment hydrology, physically based distributed soil erosion modeling, parameterization of process models for hydrological studies; application of GIS</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Esteves.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Dr. Nicolas Gratiot</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel: +33 (0)4 76 63 55 39<br />nicolas.gratiot@ird.fr<br />IRD (institut de Recherche pour le Développement, France)-LTHE Grenoble, France<br />www.lthe.fr</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Sedimentologist; parameterization of process models for hydrological and sedimentological studies; Dynamic of sediments in the water (river, reservoir…) erosion and movement of sediments in rivers. Application of GIS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Gratiot.jpg.jpg" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Dr. Celine Duwig</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel: +33 (0)4 76 51 42 81<br />celine.duwig@ird.fr<br />IRD (institut de Recherche pour le Développement)-LTHE Grenoble, France<br />www.lthe.fr</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Soil Scientist; Water dynamics&nbsp; in the soil subsurface, fate of N and pesticides in volcanic soils, modeling of contaminants transfer in soils.</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Duwig.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Dr. Julien Nemery</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel: +33 (0)4 76 63 55 39<br />julien.nemery@hmg.inpg.fr<br />INPG (Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble) -LTHE Grenoble, France<br />www.lthe.fr</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Hydrologist; Biochemistry of water nutrients; Suspended solid transfer; water metrology</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Nemery.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Anne-Sophie Susperregui</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">anne-sophie.susperregui@bvra.ujf-grenoble.fr<br />Université Joseph Fourier, Granoble, France<br />www.lthe.ffr</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Hydrologist; Biochemistry of water nutrients; Suspended solid transfer pH-D student</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Susperregui.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">MC Clément Duvert</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +33 (0)4 76 63 55 39<br />clement.duvert@gmail.com<br />IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement)-LTHE, Grenoble, France<br />www.lthe.fr</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Regional hydrology; RS and GIS applications for natural resources management; Watershed management and analysis</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Duvert.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">MC Paola Bustos Burgos</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +33 (0)4 76 63 56 89<br />pcatherina@yahoo.com<br />IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement)</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Agronomist, Socio economist, participative actions with stakeholders<br />Master au Rural developpment of the Universidad Autonma de Chapingo (UACh), Centro Regional Universitario Centro Occidente (CRUCO) Morelia, Michoacán.</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Burgos.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" valign="top"> <p><strong>UNAM-CIGA</strong></p> </td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" colspan="3" valign="top"> <p><strong>Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-Centro de Investigación en Geografía Ambiental</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 20%;" valign="top">MC. Daniel Gónzalez</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 37%;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 322 38 39<br />trilobite75@hotmail.com<br />UNAM-CIGA<br />Morelia, Michoacán, México. www.ciga.unam.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Regional approach; RS and GIS applications for natural resources management;<br />Watershed management and analysis; Planification and policies. PhD Student</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Gonzalez.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">MC. Teodoro Carlón</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 322 38 39<br />teodoro_allende@yahoo.com.mx<br />UNAM-CIGA<br />Morelia, Michoacán, México. www.ciga.unam.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Regional hydrology and climatology; RS and GIS applications for natural resources management; Watershed management and analysis</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Carlon.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">MC. Rosaura Paéz Bistraín</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 322 38 39<br />rpaezb@ciga.unam.mx<br />UNAM-CIGA, Lab. suelos y agua<br />Morelia, Michoacán, México. www.ciga.unam.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Soil and water analysis</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Bistrain.jpg.jpg" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">MC. Hilda Rivas Solórzano</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 322 38 39<br />hilda@ciga.unam.mx<br />UNAM-CIGA, Lab. suelos y agua<br />Morelia, Michoacán, México. www.ciga.unam.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Soil and water analysis&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Solorzano.jpg.jpg" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" valign="top"> <p><strong>SEMARNAT Michoacan Delegation</strong></p> </td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" colspan="3" valign="top"> <p><strong>Secretaria del Medio Ambiente</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 20%;" valign="top">Lic. Jorge Arias Ramirez</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 37%;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 322 60 17<br />jar221706@hotmail.com<br />SEMARNAT, Delegación Michoacán, Unidad de Planeación y Política Ambiental Morelia, Michoacán.<br />www.semarnat.gob.mx/estados/michoacan</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">GIS and environmental planification</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Ramirez.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" valign="top"> <p><strong>UMSNH</strong></p> </td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" colspan="3" valign="top"> <p><strong>Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 20%;" valign="top">Mc. Lenín Medina Orozco</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 37%;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 322 35 00 ex 4222?<br />leninmed@gmail.com<br />UMSNH-Facultad de Biología-Laboratorio de suelos<br />bios.biologia.umich.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Soil Scientist, Soil erosion and land degradation, Carbon</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Orozco.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Mc. Juan Carlos González Córtes</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 322 35 00 ex 4222?<br />jcgonzalezcortes@yahoo.com.mx<br />UMSNH- Facultad de Biología-Laboratorio de suelos<br />bios.biologia.umich.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Soil Scientist, Soil mapping and classification</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Cortes.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Mc. Arcelia Cabrera</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 110 83 64?<br />acabrera_andos@yahoo.com.mx<br />UMSNH- Facultad de Biología-Laboratorio de suelos<br />bios.biologia.umich.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Biologist, Soil Scientist, Landscape management</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Cabrera.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Mc. Adriana Ramos</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 322 35 00 ex 4222?<br />chinadri@yahoo.com.mx<br />UMSNH- Facultad de Biología-Laboratorio de suelos<br />bios.biologia.umich.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Soil Scientist, Soil mapping and land degradation. Master student&nbsp;</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Ramos.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Mc. Reyna Alvarado</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 322 35 00 ex 4222?<br />al-vire@hotmail.com<br />UMSNH-Facultad de Biología-Laboratorio de Biología Acuática bios.biologia.umich.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Management and conservation of aquatic ressources</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Alvarado.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Mc Antoño Muñoz</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 322 35 00 ex 4222?<br />omunculo.ira@gmail.com<br />UMSNH-Facultad de Biología-Laboratorio de Biología Acuática bios.biologia.umich.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Management and conservation of aquatic ressources</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Munoz.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Dr. Erna López</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"> <p>Tel +52 443 322 35 00 ex 4222<br />ernalopez2004@yahoo.com.mx</p> <p>UMSNH Instituto de investigaciones metalúrgicas<br />www.iim.umich.mx</p> </td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">RS and GIS applications for Land use management</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Lopez.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" valign="top"> <p><strong>CONAGUA</strong></p> </td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" colspan="3" valign="top"> <p><strong>Comisión Nacional del Agua-Comisión de Cuenca del lago de Cuitzeo</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 20%;" valign="top">Lic. Claudia Silva</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 37%;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 2 27 89 74<br />yhary79@yahoo.com.mx<br />Cuitzeo, Mich.</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Planification of natural resources</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Silva.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" valign="top"> <p><strong>COLPOS</strong></p> </td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" colspan="3" valign="top"> <p><strong>Colegio de Postgraduados en Agrociencias&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 20%;" valign="top">Dr. Claudia Hidalgo<br />Moreno</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 37%;" valign="top">Tel +52 595 9511475?<br />hidalgo@colpos.mx<br />COLPOS-Instituto de Recursos Naturales -&nbsp; Laboratorio de fertilidad de suelos<br />Montecillo, Edomex, México<br />www.colpos.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Soil scientist; mineralogist, micromorphology, soil fertility</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Moreno.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Mc. Juliana Padilla Cuevas</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 595 9511475?<br />jpadic@colpos.mx<br />COLPOS-Instituto de Recursos Naturales -&nbsp; Laboratorio de fertilidad de suelos<br />Montecillo, Edomex, México<br />www.colpos.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Soil scientist; Soil and water analysis, Carbon</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Cuevas.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Diana González Padilla</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 595 9511475?<br />anaidrgp@hotmail.com<br />COLPOS-Instituto de Recursos Naturales -&nbsp; Laboratorio de fertilidad de suelos<br />Montecillo, Edomex, México<br />www.colpos.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Soil and water analysis, Carbon</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Padilla.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" valign="top"><strong>UNAM-CIEco</strong></td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" colspan="3" valign="top"><strong>Universidad Nacional Autómona de México-Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 20%;" valign="top">Dr. Catherine Mathuriau</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 37%;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 3222777 ext 42544<br />mathuriau@oikos.unam.mx<br />UNAM-CIEco<br />Morelia, Michoacán, México<br />www.oikos.unam.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Hydrobiologist; Inventory, water quality, water contamination</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Mathuriau.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Lic. Susana Herrejón</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 3222777 ext 42544<br />she_3785@yahoo.com<br />UNAM-CIEco<br />Morelia, Michoacán, México<br />www.oikos.unam.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Hydrobiologist</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Herrejon.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Dr. Patricia Ávila García</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 32 22 786<br />pavila@oikos.unam.mx<br />UNAM-CIEco<br />Morelia, Michoacán, México<br />www.oikos.unam.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Socio-economist; Society and political ecology; Urban Policy</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Garcia.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" valign="top"><strong>STUDENTS</strong></td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" colspan="3" valign="top"><strong>(Field practice, short stay of less than 6 months)</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 20%;" valign="top">Vincent GRUFFAT<br />(French)</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 37%;" valign="top">Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Géologie (E.N.S.G.), Nancy, France<br />Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine (INPL), Nancy, France</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">v.gruffat@gmail.com</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Gruffat.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Saskia Van Hecke (US-Dutch)</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Wageningen University, The Netherlands Environmental Sciences; <br />Chairgroup of Erosion and Soil &amp; Water Conservation (ESWC)</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">ssvanhecke@gmail.com</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Van%20Hecke.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Damien Gruffat<br />(French)</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">ISTOM , Cergy-Pontoise, France<br />Ecole Supérieure d’Agro-développement international</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">d.gruffat@istom.net</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Damien%20Gruffat.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Amandine Pastor<br />(French)</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Wageningen University, The Netherlands<br />Biological Farming System group&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">amandine.pastor@wur.nl</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Pastor.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Fátima Guadalupe Montiel Rodarte<br />(Mexican)</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)<br />Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas (CIEco)<br />Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">fmontiel@lca.unam.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Dario Vicente SÁNCHEZ MORALES<br />(Mexican)</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Instituto de Geología, Depto. Suelos, Mexico city, Mexico&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">dario_sanchez77@yahoo.com.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Morales.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Dorothée Vinson<br />(French)</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">AgroParisTech, Paris, France</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Dorothee.VINSON@agroparistech.fr</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Vinson.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">José Juan&nbsp; Ramos Gonzalez<br />(Mexican)</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo (UMSNH), Laboratory of soil. Faculty of Biology, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">pichatarito@hotmail.com</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Ramos%20Gonzalez.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Jennifer Druais<br />(French)</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">druais@supagro.inra.fr</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Druais.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Youen Grusson<br />(French)</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Université de Savoie, Chambéry, France &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">youen.grusson@wanadoo.fr</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Grusson.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>INSTITUTIONS</strong></p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 32%;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/IRD.jpg" height="60" /><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/LTHE.jpg" height="60" /></td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"> <p>Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)<br />Laboratoire d'étude des Transferts en Hydrologie et Environnement (LTHE), Grenoble, France.</p> <p>Dr. Christian Prat, <br />Mail : christian.prat@ird.fr<br />Web page: http://www.ird.fr</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">&nbsp;<img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/UNAM.jpg" height="60" /><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/CIGA.jpg" height="60" /></td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"> <p>Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-Centro de Investigación en Geografia Ambiental (UNAM-CIGA). Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico.</p> <p>Dr. Manuel Mendoza Cantú, <br />Mail : mmendoza@mail.ciga.unam.mx <br />Web page: http://www.ciga.unam.mx</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">&nbsp;<img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/SEMARNAT.jpg" height="60" /></td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"> <p>Secretaria del medio Ambiente (SEMARNAT), Delegación Michoacán, Morelia, Michoacán.</p> <p>Mc. Eduardo Rios Patrón, <br />Mail : eduardo.rios@semarnat.gob.mx <br />Web page: http://www.semarnat.gob.mx/estados/michoacan</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">&nbsp;<img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/UMSNH.jpg" height="60" /><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/UMSNH%20BIO.jpg" height="60" /></td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"> <p>Universidad Michoacana San Nicolas de Hidalgo (UMSNH), Instituto de Biología. Lab. Suelos, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico.</p> <p>Dra. Maria Álcala de Jesus, <br />Mail : tupuri12@hotmail.com<br />Web page: http://bios.biologia.umich.mx</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">&nbsp;<img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/UMSNH.jpg" height="60" /><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/UMSNH%20IIAF.jpg" height="60" /></td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"> <p>Universidad Michoacana San Nicolas de Hidalgo (UMSNH), Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales. Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico.</p> <p>Dr. Alejandro Martínez Palacios, <br />Mail : apalacios56@gmail.com <br />Web page: http://www.iiaf.umich.mx</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">&nbsp;<img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/CP.jpg" height="60" /></td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"> <p>Colegio de Postgraduados (Colpos), Laboratorio de Fertilidad de Suelo, Montecillo, Mexico.</p> <p>Dr. Jorge Etchevers Barra, <br />Mail : jetchev@colpos.mx <br />Web page: http://www.colpos.mx</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">&nbsp;<img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/UNAM.jpg" height="60" /><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/UNAM%20CIECO.jpg" height="60" /></td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"> <p>Universidad Nacional Autómona de México, Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas (UNAM-CIEco), Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico.</p> <p>Dra. Patricia Ávila García, <br />Mail : pavila@oikos.unam.mx <br />Web page: http://www.oikos.unam.mx</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>LEADERS</strong></p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" valign="top"> <p><strong>Name</strong></p> </td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" valign="top"> <p><strong>Contact details</strong></p> </td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" valign="top"> <p><strong>Key qualifications</strong></p> </td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" valign="top"> <p><strong>Photo</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 20%;" valign="top">Dr. Christian Prat</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 37%;" valign="top">Tel: +33 (0)4 76 63 56 89<br />christian.prat@ird.fr<br />IRD-LTHE (Laboratoire d’étude des Transferts en Hydrologie et Environnement), Grenoble, France<br />www.ird.fr</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Soil scientist specialist of volcanic soils; soil mapping; agronomy; soil erosion (plot to watershed); soil aggregation and role of carbon; tropical systems; teledetection, GIS, social studies; webmaster.<br />Coordinator of the DESIRE Cointzio study site</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Prat.jpg.jpg" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Dr. Manuel Mendoza Cantú</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 322 38 39<br />mmendoza@mail.ciga.unam.mx<br />UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)- CIGA (Centro de Investigación en Geografía Ambiental)<br />Morelia, Michoacán, México. www.ciga.unam.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Regional hydrology and climatology; RS and GIS applications for natural resources management; Watershed management and analysis<br />Co-Coordinator of the DESIRE Cointzio study site</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Cantu.jpg.jpg" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Lic. Eduardo Ríos Patrón</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 322 60 17<br />eduardo.rios@semarnat.gob.mx<br />Secretaria del medio Ambiente (SEMARNAT), Delegación Michoacán, Unidad de Planeación y Política Ambiental Morelia, Michoacán.<br />www.semarnat.gob.mx/estados/michoacan</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Environmental planification. In charge of the Agave project funding.</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Patron.jpg.jpg" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Dr. Maria Alcalá de Jesus</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 322 35 00 ex 4222?<br />tupuri12@hotmail.com<br />UMSNH (Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo) – Instituto de Biología, Laboratorio de suelos<br />www.umich.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Soil Scientist, Soil mapping and classification&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Jesus.jpg.jpg" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Dr. Alejandro Martínez Palacios</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 334 04 75, Ext. 119<br />apalacios56@gmail.com<br />UMSNH (Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo) – Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales<br />www.iiaf.umich.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Vegetal physiologist ; Management and conservation of plant genetic resources Agave specialist</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Palacios.jpg.jpg" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Dr. Jorge D.<br />Etchevers Barra</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 595 9511475?<br />jetchev@colpos.mx<br />COLPOS-Instituto de Recursos Naturales -&nbsp; Laboratorio de fertilidad de suelos<br />Montecillo, Edomex, México<br />www.colpos.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Soil scientist, applied soil chemistry, enviromental soil chemistry (C sequestration, nutrient cycling, soil fertility, soil contamination</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Barra.jpg.jpg" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>INVOLVED PERSONNEL<br /> </strong></p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" valign="top"> <p><strong>IRD-LTHE</strong></p> </td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" colspan="3" valign="top"> <p><strong>Laboratoire d’étude des Transferts en Hydrologie et Environnement</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 20%;" valign="top">Dr. Michel Esteves</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 37%;" valign="top">Tel: +33 (0)4 76 82 51 32<br />michel.esteves@ird.fr<br />IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement)-LTHE, Grenoble, France<br />www.lthe.fr</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Hydrologist; plot and catchment hydrology, physically based distributed soil erosion modeling, parameterization of process models for hydrological studies; application of GIS</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Esteves.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Dr. Nicolas Gratiot</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel: +33 (0)4 76 63 55 39<br />nicolas.gratiot@ird.fr<br />IRD (institut de Recherche pour le Développement, France)-LTHE Grenoble, France<br />www.lthe.fr</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Sedimentologist; parameterization of process models for hydrological and sedimentological studies; Dynamic of sediments in the water (river, reservoir…) erosion and movement of sediments in rivers. Application of GIS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Gratiot.jpg.jpg" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Dr. Celine Duwig</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel: +33 (0)4 76 51 42 81<br />celine.duwig@ird.fr<br />IRD (institut de Recherche pour le Développement)-LTHE Grenoble, France<br />www.lthe.fr</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Soil Scientist; Water dynamics&nbsp; in the soil subsurface, fate of N and pesticides in volcanic soils, modeling of contaminants transfer in soils.</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Duwig.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Dr. Julien Nemery</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel: +33 (0)4 76 63 55 39<br />julien.nemery@hmg.inpg.fr<br />INPG (Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble) -LTHE Grenoble, France<br />www.lthe.fr</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Hydrologist; Biochemistry of water nutrients; Suspended solid transfer; water metrology</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Nemery.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Anne-Sophie Susperregui</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">anne-sophie.susperregui@bvra.ujf-grenoble.fr<br />Université Joseph Fourier, Granoble, France<br />www.lthe.ffr</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Hydrologist; Biochemistry of water nutrients; Suspended solid transfer pH-D student</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Susperregui.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">MC Clément Duvert</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +33 (0)4 76 63 55 39<br />clement.duvert@gmail.com<br />IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement)-LTHE, Grenoble, France<br />www.lthe.fr</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Regional hydrology; RS and GIS applications for natural resources management; Watershed management and analysis</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Duvert.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">MC Paola Bustos Burgos</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +33 (0)4 76 63 56 89<br />pcatherina@yahoo.com<br />IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement)</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Agronomist, Socio economist, participative actions with stakeholders<br />Master au Rural developpment of the Universidad Autonma de Chapingo (UACh), Centro Regional Universitario Centro Occidente (CRUCO) Morelia, Michoacán.</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Burgos.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" valign="top"> <p><strong>UNAM-CIGA</strong></p> </td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" colspan="3" valign="top"> <p><strong>Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-Centro de Investigación en Geografía Ambiental</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 20%;" valign="top">MC. Daniel Gónzalez</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 37%;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 322 38 39<br />trilobite75@hotmail.com<br />UNAM-CIGA<br />Morelia, Michoacán, México. www.ciga.unam.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Regional approach; RS and GIS applications for natural resources management;<br />Watershed management and analysis; Planification and policies. PhD Student</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Gonzalez.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">MC. Teodoro Carlón</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 322 38 39<br />teodoro_allende@yahoo.com.mx<br />UNAM-CIGA<br />Morelia, Michoacán, México. www.ciga.unam.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Regional hydrology and climatology; RS and GIS applications for natural resources management; Watershed management and analysis</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Carlon.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">MC. Rosaura Paéz Bistraín</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 322 38 39<br />rpaezb@ciga.unam.mx<br />UNAM-CIGA, Lab. suelos y agua<br />Morelia, Michoacán, México. www.ciga.unam.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Soil and water analysis</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Bistrain.jpg.jpg" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">MC. Hilda Rivas Solórzano</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 322 38 39<br />hilda@ciga.unam.mx<br />UNAM-CIGA, Lab. suelos y agua<br />Morelia, Michoacán, México. www.ciga.unam.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Soil and water analysis&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Solorzano.jpg.jpg" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" valign="top"> <p><strong>SEMARNAT Michoacan Delegation</strong></p> </td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" colspan="3" valign="top"> <p><strong>Secretaria del Medio Ambiente</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 20%;" valign="top">Lic. Jorge Arias Ramirez</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 37%;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 322 60 17<br />jar221706@hotmail.com<br />SEMARNAT, Delegación Michoacán, Unidad de Planeación y Política Ambiental Morelia, Michoacán.<br />www.semarnat.gob.mx/estados/michoacan</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">GIS and environmental planification</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Ramirez.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" valign="top"> <p><strong>UMSNH</strong></p> </td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" colspan="3" valign="top"> <p><strong>Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 20%;" valign="top">Mc. Lenín Medina Orozco</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 37%;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 322 35 00 ex 4222?<br />leninmed@gmail.com<br />UMSNH-Facultad de Biología-Laboratorio de suelos<br />bios.biologia.umich.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Soil Scientist, Soil erosion and land degradation, Carbon</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Orozco.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Mc. Juan Carlos González Córtes</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 322 35 00 ex 4222?<br />jcgonzalezcortes@yahoo.com.mx<br />UMSNH- Facultad de Biología-Laboratorio de suelos<br />bios.biologia.umich.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Soil Scientist, Soil mapping and classification</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Cortes.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Mc. Arcelia Cabrera</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 110 83 64?<br />acabrera_andos@yahoo.com.mx<br />UMSNH- Facultad de Biología-Laboratorio de suelos<br />bios.biologia.umich.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Biologist, Soil Scientist, Landscape management</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Cabrera.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Mc. Adriana Ramos</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 322 35 00 ex 4222?<br />chinadri@yahoo.com.mx<br />UMSNH- Facultad de Biología-Laboratorio de suelos<br />bios.biologia.umich.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Soil Scientist, Soil mapping and land degradation. Master student&nbsp;</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Ramos.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Mc. Reyna Alvarado</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 322 35 00 ex 4222?<br />al-vire@hotmail.com<br />UMSNH-Facultad de Biología-Laboratorio de Biología Acuática bios.biologia.umich.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Management and conservation of aquatic ressources</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Alvarado.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Mc Antoño Muñoz</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 322 35 00 ex 4222?<br />omunculo.ira@gmail.com<br />UMSNH-Facultad de Biología-Laboratorio de Biología Acuática bios.biologia.umich.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Management and conservation of aquatic ressources</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Munoz.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Dr. Erna López</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"> <p>Tel +52 443 322 35 00 ex 4222<br />ernalopez2004@yahoo.com.mx</p> <p>UMSNH Instituto de investigaciones metalúrgicas<br />www.iim.umich.mx</p> </td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">RS and GIS applications for Land use management</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Lopez.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" valign="top"> <p><strong>CONAGUA</strong></p> </td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" colspan="3" valign="top"> <p><strong>Comisión Nacional del Agua-Comisión de Cuenca del lago de Cuitzeo</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 20%;" valign="top">Lic. Claudia Silva</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 37%;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 2 27 89 74<br />yhary79@yahoo.com.mx<br />Cuitzeo, Mich.</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Planification of natural resources</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Silva.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" valign="top"> <p><strong>COLPOS</strong></p> </td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" colspan="3" valign="top"> <p><strong>Colegio de Postgraduados en Agrociencias&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 20%;" valign="top">Dr. Claudia Hidalgo<br />Moreno</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 37%;" valign="top">Tel +52 595 9511475?<br />hidalgo@colpos.mx<br />COLPOS-Instituto de Recursos Naturales -&nbsp; Laboratorio de fertilidad de suelos<br />Montecillo, Edomex, México<br />www.colpos.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Soil scientist; mineralogist, micromorphology, soil fertility</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Moreno.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Mc. Juliana Padilla Cuevas</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 595 9511475?<br />jpadic@colpos.mx<br />COLPOS-Instituto de Recursos Naturales -&nbsp; Laboratorio de fertilidad de suelos<br />Montecillo, Edomex, México<br />www.colpos.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Soil scientist; Soil and water analysis, Carbon</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Cuevas.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Diana González Padilla</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 595 9511475?<br />anaidrgp@hotmail.com<br />COLPOS-Instituto de Recursos Naturales -&nbsp; Laboratorio de fertilidad de suelos<br />Montecillo, Edomex, México<br />www.colpos.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Soil and water analysis, Carbon</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Padilla.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" valign="top"><strong>UNAM-CIEco</strong></td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" colspan="3" valign="top"><strong>Universidad Nacional Autómona de México-Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 20%;" valign="top">Dr. Catherine Mathuriau</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 37%;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 3222777 ext 42544<br />mathuriau@oikos.unam.mx<br />UNAM-CIEco<br />Morelia, Michoacán, México<br />www.oikos.unam.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Hydrobiologist; Inventory, water quality, water contamination</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Mathuriau.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Lic. Susana Herrejón</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 3222777 ext 42544<br />she_3785@yahoo.com<br />UNAM-CIEco<br />Morelia, Michoacán, México<br />www.oikos.unam.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Hydrobiologist</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Herrejon.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Dr. Patricia Ávila García</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Tel +52 443 32 22 786<br />pavila@oikos.unam.mx<br />UNAM-CIEco<br />Morelia, Michoacán, México<br />www.oikos.unam.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Socio-economist; Society and political ecology; Urban Policy</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Garcia.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" valign="top"><strong>STUDENTS</strong></td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #e6ecf2;" colspan="3" valign="top"><strong>(Field practice, short stay of less than 6 months)</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 20%;" valign="top">Vincent GRUFFAT<br />(French)</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; width: 37%;" valign="top">Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Géologie (E.N.S.G.), Nancy, France<br />Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine (INPL), Nancy, France</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">v.gruffat@gmail.com</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Gruffat.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Saskia Van Hecke (US-Dutch)</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Wageningen University, The Netherlands Environmental Sciences; <br />Chairgroup of Erosion and Soil &amp; Water Conservation (ESWC)</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">ssvanhecke@gmail.com</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Van%20Hecke.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Damien Gruffat<br />(French)</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">ISTOM , Cergy-Pontoise, France<br />Ecole Supérieure d’Agro-développement international</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">d.gruffat@istom.net</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Damien%20Gruffat.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Amandine Pastor<br />(French)</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Wageningen University, The Netherlands<br />Biological Farming System group&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">amandine.pastor@wur.nl</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Pastor.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Fátima Guadalupe Montiel Rodarte<br />(Mexican)</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)<br />Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas (CIEco)<br />Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">fmontiel@lca.unam.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Dario Vicente SÁNCHEZ MORALES<br />(Mexican)</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Instituto de Geología, Depto. Suelos, Mexico city, Mexico&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">dario_sanchez77@yahoo.com.mx</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Morales.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Dorothée Vinson<br />(French)</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">AgroParisTech, Paris, France</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Dorothee.VINSON@agroparistech.fr</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Vinson.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">José Juan&nbsp; Ramos Gonzalez<br />(Mexican)</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo (UMSNH), Laboratory of soil. Faculty of Biology, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">pichatarito@hotmail.com</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Ramos%20Gonzalez.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Jennifer Druais<br />(French)</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">druais@supagro.inra.fr</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Druais.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Youen Grusson<br />(French)</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">Université de Savoie, Chambéry, France &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top">youen.grusson@wanadoo.fr</td> <td style="border-color: #c3d2df; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Grusson.jpg.jpg" />&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Study site location & description 2008-01-15T15:45:51Z 2008-01-15T15:45:51Z http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/en/cointzio-mexico/149-cointzio-mexico- Jane Brandt medesdesire@googlemail.com <p>The Cointzio study site is located south of the city of Morelia in Michoacán province, Mexico.</p> <p>{mosgmap mapid=25|height=350px|zoomtype=small|showmaptype=true}</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <hr /> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td style="width: 15%;"><strong>Contents:</strong></td> <td style="width: 75%;"> <p><strong>1. Geographical description</strong></p> <p><strong>2. Institutional </strong><strong>and political setting</strong></p> <p><strong>3. Past and on-going projects</strong></p> <p><strong>4. Relevant end-</strong><strong>users / stakeholder groups</strong></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <hr /> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><a></a>1. Geographical description</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The Cointzio watershed is located in the mexican transvolcanic belt, an area with active volcanoes. The landscape consist of a chains of mountains (volcanoes) with altitude up to 3500 m separated by small valleys. Soils are of volcanic origin. At high elevations, Andosols are predominent, while on slopes, Acrisols occur, and in the plains Vertisols and Luvisols are found. After destruction of the soils by erosion, a layer of volcanic tuff, locally called “tepetate” is often present at the soil surface, and has such physical and chemical characteristics that it prevents the growth of natural vegetation. This material can be converted into a productive soil, but this is very expensive.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The climate is a sub-humid temperate one, with heavy rains in summer. The mean temperature is 18°C, and the average precipitation is between 700 to 900 mm/year, mainly distributed from June to October.<br />The land uses is mainly based on forests, agricultural lands, fallow fields and eroded and desertificated areas. From 2 000 to 3 500 meters high, the land use is mainly agriculture, generally extensively managed. There are few villages and the urbanization was limited but since the last years, an uncontrolled development of week-end houses starts.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Forests, constituted by pine and oak trees, are widely exploited for timber and resin. The deforestation rate is high, increased furthermore by a lack of control by authorities. Moreover, people take advantage of the clearing of forests to set new agricultural fields or grazing areas, and this contributes to more erosion problems in the watershed. Agricultural practices remain traditional, the main one being “año y vez”, meaning that farmers grow crops for a year and let the soil rest the following year. However, fallow fields are often used as pastures, due to the lack of grazing areas, which increases erosion.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>In Morelia’s district, a reforestation program was able to increase the percentage of forested areas. However, the planted trees often do not survive due to a lack of attention during their growth. Futhermore, many plantations are made with eucalyptus, which is not a native species. The biodiversity and the original composition of Michoacán forests are not really taken into account in reforestation programs.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Two experimental sites were set up in the Cointzio watershed for previous and actual projects. The first one is located in a micro-watershed called Atécuaro, on a Acrisol, and the second site is on an Andosol. Some data on river flow and climate have also been gathered.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><a></a>2. Institutional and political setting</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Mexico has one of the largest erosion problems of Latin America, the problem being especially large in central Mexico, an area of steep slopes and highly erodible soils. Land management complicates the erosion problem as local customs include removal of crop residues for use as animal food, burning of remaining residues.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Governmental programs to reduce environmental impacts have not been successful. The International Centre for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CYMMIT) initiated activities on conservation tillage at the end of the 70’s with a training program in which participated the FIRA (a government financing and development agency) and the INIFAP (National Institute of Forestry, Agriculture and Animal Production). In the early 90’s, the INIFAP established a coordinated research program on conservation tillage and created the National Research Centre for sustainable Production (CENAPROS).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Water policy is receiving increased attention over the years, as e.g. shown by the fact that the IV world water forum took place in Mexico. The government created the watershed councils at the beginning of the ’90s, but they began really to be in place in the 2000.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>In the case of Michoacán, the Federal government, the state as well as the town of Morelia are very worried about natural resources, especially forest and water. In 1994, a forum about the situation of the Cuitzeo watershed showed the lack of knowledge, the degradation of the area and the non appropriate answers of the institutions. Since 1999, the institutions are working, trying to correct the mistakes or lack of actions, and focusing on the Cuitzeo (4000 km<sup>2</sup>) and Cointzio (650 km<sup>2</sup>) watersheds. Thanks to this work, things are changing and a relation between people, administration and scientists is on the way. DESIRE will give us the funds, knowledge of colleagues and more credibility to improve and develop these relationships.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><a></a>3. Past and on-going projects</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li> <div>REVOLSO, 2002-2006: Alternative agriculture for a sustainable rehabilitation of deteriorated volcanic soils in Mexico and Chile. The objectives of REVOLSO are to develop improved technical methods to achieve rehabilitation of deteriorated volcanic soils, to achieve sustainable use of soils that are not degraded yet. This is done in collaboration with the local population, and making use of their knowledge.</div> </li> <li> <div>Hydrological regionalisation and changes of the land cover and land use in the Cuitzeo watershed, 2004-2006. The objective of this programme is to study 3 different watersheds of ± 100 km<sup>2</sup>, measuring the river dynamics, climate, land cover and land use to try to model the hydrological dynamics of this watershed. The Cointzio watershed is one of the study area study in this project.</div> </li> <li> <div>Human development and Ecosystem Management in the Cuitzeo watershed, Michoacan, 2005-2007. The main objective of this programme is to study the effect of ecosystem management on water quality in the Cuitzeo watershed.</div> </li> <li> <div>Soil degradation and restauration focus with people participation in the Cointzio watershed, Michoacán, 2005 – 2007. The objectives of this programme are to determine soil degradation levels in the Cointzio watershed, to develop a model of the environmental and socio-economical processes existing in the watershed, to promote remediation through sustainable land use practices</div> </li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>DESIRE will built on results obtained by these previous projects, and will help us to finish the study of the Cointzio catchment, resulting in more data, knowledge, and a better relation with the people. In that way, we will be able to propose a real and complete management package to the land users, farmers, administrations and politics.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><a></a>4. Relevant end-users / stakeholder groups</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>In Mexico, the administrative organisation is pyramidal. At the top, the district (municipio) of Morelia, is divided in sub districts (tenencias), which sub-divided in communities (comunidades). In some sub-districts, there are farmer associations.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>In the east part of the Cointzio watershed, there is strong and good relations between scientists and people. Our presence since years and our help to try to resolve some of the problems of the community give us a strong knowledge and gratefulness. We count also with very good relations with the main administration of Morelia and the state of Michoacan: the National water commision (CNA) which register climatic data, hydrology and irrigation in the plains, as well with the water catchment, treatment and distribution of the public organisation (OOAPAS) give us all their data and we give them back some technical helps. We share our results and works with the environment commission of the town of Morelia, as well as the secretary of agriculture which are interested to developped soil and water rehabilitation in their area.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>DESIRE could help us to study all the watershed with a better precision and get quicker results to presents them to the institutions as well to the farmer communities of the Cointzio Watershed.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #9b9b9b;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... </strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;"><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;id=264&amp;Itemid=619&amp;lang=en"><strong>»Comparative overview of all study sites</strong></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The Cointzio study site is located south of the city of Morelia in Michoacán province, Mexico.</p> <p>{mosgmap mapid=25|height=350px|zoomtype=small|showmaptype=true}</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <hr /> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td style="width: 15%;"><strong>Contents:</strong></td> <td style="width: 75%;"> <p><strong>1. Geographical description</strong></p> <p><strong>2. Institutional </strong><strong>and political setting</strong></p> <p><strong>3. Past and on-going projects</strong></p> <p><strong>4. Relevant end-</strong><strong>users / stakeholder groups</strong></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <hr /> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><a></a>1. Geographical description</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The Cointzio watershed is located in the mexican transvolcanic belt, an area with active volcanoes. The landscape consist of a chains of mountains (volcanoes) with altitude up to 3500 m separated by small valleys. Soils are of volcanic origin. At high elevations, Andosols are predominent, while on slopes, Acrisols occur, and in the plains Vertisols and Luvisols are found. After destruction of the soils by erosion, a layer of volcanic tuff, locally called “tepetate” is often present at the soil surface, and has such physical and chemical characteristics that it prevents the growth of natural vegetation. This material can be converted into a productive soil, but this is very expensive.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The climate is a sub-humid temperate one, with heavy rains in summer. The mean temperature is 18°C, and the average precipitation is between 700 to 900 mm/year, mainly distributed from June to October.<br />The land uses is mainly based on forests, agricultural lands, fallow fields and eroded and desertificated areas. From 2 000 to 3 500 meters high, the land use is mainly agriculture, generally extensively managed. There are few villages and the urbanization was limited but since the last years, an uncontrolled development of week-end houses starts.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Forests, constituted by pine and oak trees, are widely exploited for timber and resin. The deforestation rate is high, increased furthermore by a lack of control by authorities. Moreover, people take advantage of the clearing of forests to set new agricultural fields or grazing areas, and this contributes to more erosion problems in the watershed. Agricultural practices remain traditional, the main one being “año y vez”, meaning that farmers grow crops for a year and let the soil rest the following year. However, fallow fields are often used as pastures, due to the lack of grazing areas, which increases erosion.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>In Morelia’s district, a reforestation program was able to increase the percentage of forested areas. However, the planted trees often do not survive due to a lack of attention during their growth. Futhermore, many plantations are made with eucalyptus, which is not a native species. The biodiversity and the original composition of Michoacán forests are not really taken into account in reforestation programs.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Two experimental sites were set up in the Cointzio watershed for previous and actual projects. The first one is located in a micro-watershed called Atécuaro, on a Acrisol, and the second site is on an Andosol. Some data on river flow and climate have also been gathered.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><a></a>2. Institutional and political setting</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Mexico has one of the largest erosion problems of Latin America, the problem being especially large in central Mexico, an area of steep slopes and highly erodible soils. Land management complicates the erosion problem as local customs include removal of crop residues for use as animal food, burning of remaining residues.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Governmental programs to reduce environmental impacts have not been successful. The International Centre for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CYMMIT) initiated activities on conservation tillage at the end of the 70’s with a training program in which participated the FIRA (a government financing and development agency) and the INIFAP (National Institute of Forestry, Agriculture and Animal Production). In the early 90’s, the INIFAP established a coordinated research program on conservation tillage and created the National Research Centre for sustainable Production (CENAPROS).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Water policy is receiving increased attention over the years, as e.g. shown by the fact that the IV world water forum took place in Mexico. The government created the watershed councils at the beginning of the ’90s, but they began really to be in place in the 2000.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>In the case of Michoacán, the Federal government, the state as well as the town of Morelia are very worried about natural resources, especially forest and water. In 1994, a forum about the situation of the Cuitzeo watershed showed the lack of knowledge, the degradation of the area and the non appropriate answers of the institutions. Since 1999, the institutions are working, trying to correct the mistakes or lack of actions, and focusing on the Cuitzeo (4000 km<sup>2</sup>) and Cointzio (650 km<sup>2</sup>) watersheds. Thanks to this work, things are changing and a relation between people, administration and scientists is on the way. DESIRE will give us the funds, knowledge of colleagues and more credibility to improve and develop these relationships.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><a></a>3. Past and on-going projects</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li> <div>REVOLSO, 2002-2006: Alternative agriculture for a sustainable rehabilitation of deteriorated volcanic soils in Mexico and Chile. The objectives of REVOLSO are to develop improved technical methods to achieve rehabilitation of deteriorated volcanic soils, to achieve sustainable use of soils that are not degraded yet. This is done in collaboration with the local population, and making use of their knowledge.</div> </li> <li> <div>Hydrological regionalisation and changes of the land cover and land use in the Cuitzeo watershed, 2004-2006. The objective of this programme is to study 3 different watersheds of ± 100 km<sup>2</sup>, measuring the river dynamics, climate, land cover and land use to try to model the hydrological dynamics of this watershed. The Cointzio watershed is one of the study area study in this project.</div> </li> <li> <div>Human development and Ecosystem Management in the Cuitzeo watershed, Michoacan, 2005-2007. The main objective of this programme is to study the effect of ecosystem management on water quality in the Cuitzeo watershed.</div> </li> <li> <div>Soil degradation and restauration focus with people participation in the Cointzio watershed, Michoacán, 2005 – 2007. The objectives of this programme are to determine soil degradation levels in the Cointzio watershed, to develop a model of the environmental and socio-economical processes existing in the watershed, to promote remediation through sustainable land use practices</div> </li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>DESIRE will built on results obtained by these previous projects, and will help us to finish the study of the Cointzio catchment, resulting in more data, knowledge, and a better relation with the people. In that way, we will be able to propose a real and complete management package to the land users, farmers, administrations and politics.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><a></a>4. Relevant end-users / stakeholder groups</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>In Mexico, the administrative organisation is pyramidal. At the top, the district (municipio) of Morelia, is divided in sub districts (tenencias), which sub-divided in communities (comunidades). In some sub-districts, there are farmer associations.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>In the east part of the Cointzio watershed, there is strong and good relations between scientists and people. Our presence since years and our help to try to resolve some of the problems of the community give us a strong knowledge and gratefulness. We count also with very good relations with the main administration of Morelia and the state of Michoacan: the National water commision (CNA) which register climatic data, hydrology and irrigation in the plains, as well with the water catchment, treatment and distribution of the public organisation (OOAPAS) give us all their data and we give them back some technical helps. We share our results and works with the environment commission of the town of Morelia, as well as the secretary of agriculture which are interested to developped soil and water rehabilitation in their area.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>DESIRE could help us to study all the watershed with a better precision and get quicker results to presents them to the institutions as well to the farmer communities of the Cointzio Watershed.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #9b9b9b;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... </strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;"><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;id=264&amp;Itemid=619&amp;lang=en"><strong>»Comparative overview of all study sites</strong></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Stakeholders and their sustainability goals 2011-11-08T14:07:53Z 2011-11-08T14:07:53Z http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/en/cointzio-mexico/751-stakeholders-and-their-sustainability-goals Jane Brandt medesdesire@googlemail.com <p><strong>The area and people</strong><br />Many farmers are only part-time farmers.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Study site stakeholder workshops</strong><br />In Mexico, stakeholder workshops were combined with ongoing projects in which stakeholders were involved (see Desire report 65).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Stakeholder groups</strong><br />Local government/Project staff&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Comisión de Cuenca del Lago de Cuitzeo. Cuitzeo, Michoacán (CCLC) and Comisión de Cuenca del Lago de Patzcuaro, Patzcuaro, Michoacán (CCLP)</li> <li>Municipalities of Morelia, Lagunilla, Acuitzio del Canje, Huiramba and Paztcuaro</li> </ul> <p>Public administration&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-left: 30px;">Agriculture</p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>SAGARPA: Secretaria de Agricultura, Ganaderia, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación (SAGARPA) <a href="http://www.sagarpa.gob.mx" target="_blank">http://www.sagarpa.gob.mx</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 30px;">Forestry&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>Comisión Nacional Forestal (CONAFOR) Morelia, Michoacán&nbsp; <a href="http://www.conafor.gob.mx" target="_blank">http://www.conafor.gob.mx</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 30px;">Land&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>SAGARPA, SEMARNAT + Government of Michoacán + municipalities</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 30px;">Water&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>Comisión Nacional del Agua (CONAGUA) Morelia, Michoacán&nbsp; <a href="http://www.cna.gob.mx" target="_blank">http://www.cna.gob.mx</a></li> <li>Organismo Operador de Agua Potable, Alcantarillado y Saneamiento de Morelia (OOAPAS) Morelia, Michoacán <a href="http://www.ooapas.gob.mx" target="_blank">http://www.ooapas.gob.mx</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 30px;">Livestock&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>SAGARPA: Secretaria de Agricultura, Ganaderia, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación (SAGARPA) <a href="http://www.sagarpa.gob.mx" target="_blank">http://www.sagarpa.gob.mx</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 30px;">Environment</p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>SEMARNAT: Secretaria del Medio ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT) <a href="http://www.semarnat.gob.mx" target="_blank">http://www.semarnat.gob.mx</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 30px;">Research Centres and Universities</p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>Universidad Nacional Autómona de México (UNAM), Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental (CIGA), Morelia, Michoacán&nbsp; <a href="http://www.ciga.unam.mx" target="_blank">http://www.ciga.unam.mx</a></li> <li>Universidad Nacional Autómona de México (UNAM), Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas&nbsp; (CIEco), Morelia, Michoacán http://www.oikos.unam.mx (link expired)</li> <li>Universidad Michoacana San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Instituto de Biologia, Morelia, Michoacán <a href="http://www.umich.mx" target="_blank">http://www.umich.mx</a></li> <li>Colegio de Postgraduados, laboratorio de Fertilidad de suelos, Texcoco, Estado de México. <a href="http://www.colpos.mx" target="_blank">http://www.colpos.mx</a></li> <li>Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo (UACh)- Centro Regional Universitario Centro Occidente (CRUCO), Morelia, Michoacán http://www.cruco.org (link expired)</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 30px;">NGOs / Community based organizations</p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>None NGOs</li> <li>Some rural communities of Morelia and Acuitzio del canje</li> <li>“Ejidos” (sort of cooperatives: land belongs to the State but uses given to the families, elected direction, monthly meeting, collective works and decisions for some collective interest problems)</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 30px;">Companies&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>None</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 30px;">Media (journalists)&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>Contacts with local medias (newspapers, radios, TV). One radio on 5 in Morelia, is managed by the University UMSNH.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 30px;">Schools&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>Schools of some of the rural communities</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 30px;">Land users</p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>&nbsp;“Ejidos”</li> <li>Farmers of the study area</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #9b9b9b;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... </strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;"><strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/en/study-site-contexts/wp14-stakeholders-a-sustainability-thematicmenu-168">»Stakeholders &amp; their sustainability goals - overview</a></strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>The area and people</strong><br />Many farmers are only part-time farmers.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Study site stakeholder workshops</strong><br />In Mexico, stakeholder workshops were combined with ongoing projects in which stakeholders were involved (see Desire report 65).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Stakeholder groups</strong><br />Local government/Project staff&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Comisión de Cuenca del Lago de Cuitzeo. Cuitzeo, Michoacán (CCLC) and Comisión de Cuenca del Lago de Patzcuaro, Patzcuaro, Michoacán (CCLP)</li> <li>Municipalities of Morelia, Lagunilla, Acuitzio del Canje, Huiramba and Paztcuaro</li> </ul> <p>Public administration&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-left: 30px;">Agriculture</p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>SAGARPA: Secretaria de Agricultura, Ganaderia, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación (SAGARPA) <a href="http://www.sagarpa.gob.mx" target="_blank">http://www.sagarpa.gob.mx</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 30px;">Forestry&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>Comisión Nacional Forestal (CONAFOR) Morelia, Michoacán&nbsp; <a href="http://www.conafor.gob.mx" target="_blank">http://www.conafor.gob.mx</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 30px;">Land&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>SAGARPA, SEMARNAT + Government of Michoacán + municipalities</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 30px;">Water&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>Comisión Nacional del Agua (CONAGUA) Morelia, Michoacán&nbsp; <a href="http://www.cna.gob.mx" target="_blank">http://www.cna.gob.mx</a></li> <li>Organismo Operador de Agua Potable, Alcantarillado y Saneamiento de Morelia (OOAPAS) Morelia, Michoacán <a href="http://www.ooapas.gob.mx" target="_blank">http://www.ooapas.gob.mx</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 30px;">Livestock&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>SAGARPA: Secretaria de Agricultura, Ganaderia, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación (SAGARPA) <a href="http://www.sagarpa.gob.mx" target="_blank">http://www.sagarpa.gob.mx</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 30px;">Environment</p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>SEMARNAT: Secretaria del Medio ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT) <a href="http://www.semarnat.gob.mx" target="_blank">http://www.semarnat.gob.mx</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 30px;">Research Centres and Universities</p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>Universidad Nacional Autómona de México (UNAM), Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental (CIGA), Morelia, Michoacán&nbsp; <a href="http://www.ciga.unam.mx" target="_blank">http://www.ciga.unam.mx</a></li> <li>Universidad Nacional Autómona de México (UNAM), Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas&nbsp; (CIEco), Morelia, Michoacán http://www.oikos.unam.mx (link expired)</li> <li>Universidad Michoacana San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Instituto de Biologia, Morelia, Michoacán <a href="http://www.umich.mx" target="_blank">http://www.umich.mx</a></li> <li>Colegio de Postgraduados, laboratorio de Fertilidad de suelos, Texcoco, Estado de México. <a href="http://www.colpos.mx" target="_blank">http://www.colpos.mx</a></li> <li>Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo (UACh)- Centro Regional Universitario Centro Occidente (CRUCO), Morelia, Michoacán http://www.cruco.org (link expired)</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 30px;">NGOs / Community based organizations</p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>None NGOs</li> <li>Some rural communities of Morelia and Acuitzio del canje</li> <li>“Ejidos” (sort of cooperatives: land belongs to the State but uses given to the families, elected direction, monthly meeting, collective works and decisions for some collective interest problems)</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 30px;">Companies&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>None</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 30px;">Media (journalists)&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>Contacts with local medias (newspapers, radios, TV). One radio on 5 in Morelia, is managed by the University UMSNH.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 30px;">Schools&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>Schools of some of the rural communities</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 30px;">Land users</p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>&nbsp;“Ejidos”</li> <li>Farmers of the study area</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #9b9b9b;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... </strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;"><strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/en/study-site-contexts/wp14-stakeholders-a-sustainability-thematicmenu-168">»Stakeholders &amp; their sustainability goals - overview</a></strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Drivers, policies and laws 2011-11-08T14:14:36Z 2011-11-08T14:14:36Z http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/en/cointzio-mexico/752-drivers-policies-and-laws- Jane Brandt medesdesire@googlemail.com The reasons for desertification and land degradation can be environmental (for example due to the climate or soil conditions), economic, due to the actions of people or, most often, due to a combination of factors. The resulting degradation may be temporary or permanent.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>To help understand this complex picture it can be helpful to think in terms the dominant socio-economic and environmental forces that are <strong>driving</strong> the process of land degradation. These place <strong>pressures</strong> on the land which have particular <strong>impacts</strong>. Human society may have already made <strong>responses</strong> to those impacts, or may have knowledge about how they could respond. Decisions about which responses to make may also be governed by a range of international, national or local <strong>policy</strong> regulations and agreements.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>In the Cointzio study site, the same stakeholder workshop and questionnaires that were used to identify existing and potential response strategies (<strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/en/cointzio-mexico/197-stakeholder-workshop-1-cointzio-mexico-">»Identifying strategies: Stakeholder workshop 1</a></strong>) also discussed and identified these driving forces; pressures; impacts; and the policy and regulation environment. This information was then used to inform the choice of <strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/en/cointzio-mexico/297-site-implementation-plan-cointzio-mexico">»Field experiments</a></strong>, the scenarios used in <strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/en/cointzio-mexico/754-simulated-biophysical-impact-of-remediation-strategies-and-their-financial-viability-">»Simulated biophysical impact of remediation strategies and their financial viability</a></strong>, and context for the study site-specific <strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/en/cointzio-mexico/756-policy-brief">»Policy brief</a></strong> recommendations.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="150" width="600"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="3" height="150" valign="top" width="565"> <script language="JavaScript"> function computeTech(form1){ // Initialise variables var studysite="0"; // set variables studysite=form1.elements[0].value; // identify technology class var technology1="none"; var technology2="none"; var technology3="none"; var technology4="none"; var technology5="none"; var technology6="none"; if(studysite=="1"){ technology1="Animals are the bank for the majority of farmers. 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This information was then used to inform the choice of <strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/en/cointzio-mexico/297-site-implementation-plan-cointzio-mexico">»Field experiments</a></strong>, the scenarios used in <strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/en/cointzio-mexico/754-simulated-biophysical-impact-of-remediation-strategies-and-their-financial-viability-">»Simulated biophysical impact of remediation strategies and their financial viability</a></strong>, and context for the study site-specific <strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/en/cointzio-mexico/756-policy-brief">»Policy brief</a></strong> recommendations.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="150" width="600"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="3" height="150" valign="top" width="565"> <script language="JavaScript"> function computeTech(form1){ // Initialise variables var studysite="0"; // set variables studysite=form1.elements[0].value; // identify technology class var technology1="none"; var technology2="none"; var technology3="none"; var technology4="none"; var technology5="none"; var technology6="none"; if(studysite=="1"){ technology1="Animals are the bank for the majority of farmers. 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Estrategias de sobrevivencia: el caso de las comunidades de la microcuenca de Atecuaro, municipio de Morelia, Michoacán, México. Universidad de Concepción, Chile). The data presented here comes from official data, workshops and personal interviews of different rural communities of the study site.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Demography: </strong>More women than men, more children (3,5) than the national average (3,0) and low educational level</p> <table border="0"> <tbody style="text-align: left;"> <tr style="text-align: left;"> <td style="text-align: center;" valign="top"> <p><em>Population distribution by gender and age (%)</em><br /><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig3-47.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="297" height="172" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> <td style="text-align: center;" valign="top"> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Education level</em><br /><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig4-45.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="303" height="189" /></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><strong>Income:</strong> Agriculture is just an extra income for most farmers! Money is coming from off farm activities (work, foreign remittances, government help)</p> <table style="width: 410px; height: 168px;" border="0" align="center"> <tbody style="text-align: left;"> <tr style="text-align: left;"> <td style="text-align: left;" valign="middle"> <p><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig5a-2.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="280" height="158" /></p> </td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig5-41.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="294" height="185" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><strong>Labour division:</strong> Women at home and men outside</p> <table border="0" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig6-41.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="265" height="152" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig7-32.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="290" height="154" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><strong>Emigration:</strong> 86% of emigrants are men but, in recent years, women are also emigrating to the USA</p> <table border="0" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig8-25.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="177" height="160" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig9-21.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="341" height="196" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><strong>A success story</strong></p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p>Miss Carmen Campos-Domínguez is living in San Rafael Coapa, in the sub-watershed of El Calabozo-Potrerillos. While her husband works in the fields and abroad, she is in charge of the family and home. Thanks to the project of the SEMARNAT (Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources), she asked and obtained a "Patsari" ecological oven. This oven reduces wood consumption by more than 75% and so also reduces deforestation. It also reduces the time spent to go to pick this wood or, save the money needs to buy it. It is also healthier because the smoke is conducted outside the kitchen.</p> </td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig10-23.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="208" height="142" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Miss Carmen Campos-Domínguez is promoting widely the benefits of the use of this oven to the community. In addition, she is looking for new economic incomes from women-related activities, she will start a new mushroom production (Pleurotus sp.) project, thanks to SEMARNAT and DESIRE actions.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #c3d2df;"> <p><strong>Conclusions </strong></p> <ul> <li>Rural communities of Cointzio watershed are still very conservative and the role of women is mainly reduced to the home activities, except when the man is not at home for a long time or when he left his family…</li> <li>Only 10 to 20% of the annual income comes from the agriculture for most of farmers. So they are not very interested to investing time and money to improve their production and fight against soil degradation.</li> <li>For young people, the future is on the other side of the border. In recent years, men and women are emigrating to the states whereas before it was almost always men.</li> <li>To develop a soil conservation strategy, it is necessary to guarantee new and appropriate income for families farming. Alternatives to save money and protect the environment (like the Patsari oven) have being developed. New activities to be developed at home that generates income (such as mushrooms) have been proposed. Life conditions of the communities (water, light, internet…) have been improved and the project has helped to change and develop new productions. One of these is an improvement in cattle quality which means a reduction of their movement and, consequently, a reduction in soil erosion.</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px; border: 1px solid #cccccc;" border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b; background-color: #9b9b9b;" colspan="2"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... download the poster</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td style="border: 1px solid #cccccc; width: 5%;"> <p><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/poster-13.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px solid #cccccc;"> <p><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif" alt="" /><strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_docman&amp;task=doc_download&amp;gid=186&amp;Itemid=189&amp;lang=en">Gender-related issues: Cointzio, Mexico [1.86MB]</a></strong></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em>Author: Christian Prat</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Women in rural communities of Cointzio watershed, traditionally have the responsibility of the home and family while men are in charge of bringing money home.</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px; height: 142px;" border="0"> <tbody style="text-align: left;"> <tr style="text-align: left;"> <td style="text-align: left;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig1-52.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="202" height="134" /></td> <td style="text-align: left;" valign="top">Before and during DESIRE project, members of DESIRE team worked on the socio-economic situation of different rural communities of the Cointzio watershed.</td> <td style="text-align: left;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig2-53.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="185" height="132" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>One study was specifically focus on the women of these communities (Vidal, D., 2007. Estrategias de sobrevivencia: el caso de las comunidades de la microcuenca de Atecuaro, municipio de Morelia, Michoacán, México. Universidad de Concepción, Chile). The data presented here comes from official data, workshops and personal interviews of different rural communities of the study site.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Demography: </strong>More women than men, more children (3,5) than the national average (3,0) and low educational level</p> <table border="0"> <tbody style="text-align: left;"> <tr style="text-align: left;"> <td style="text-align: center;" valign="top"> <p><em>Population distribution by gender and age (%)</em><br /><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig3-47.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="297" height="172" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> <td style="text-align: center;" valign="top"> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Education level</em><br /><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig4-45.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="303" height="189" /></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><strong>Income:</strong> Agriculture is just an extra income for most farmers! Money is coming from off farm activities (work, foreign remittances, government help)</p> <table style="width: 410px; height: 168px;" border="0" align="center"> <tbody style="text-align: left;"> <tr style="text-align: left;"> <td style="text-align: left;" valign="middle"> <p><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig5a-2.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="280" height="158" /></p> </td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig5-41.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="294" height="185" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><strong>Labour division:</strong> Women at home and men outside</p> <table border="0" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig6-41.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="265" height="152" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig7-32.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="290" height="154" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><strong>Emigration:</strong> 86% of emigrants are men but, in recent years, women are also emigrating to the USA</p> <table border="0" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig8-25.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="177" height="160" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig9-21.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="341" height="196" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><strong>A success story</strong></p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p>Miss Carmen Campos-Domínguez is living in San Rafael Coapa, in the sub-watershed of El Calabozo-Potrerillos. While her husband works in the fields and abroad, she is in charge of the family and home. Thanks to the project of the SEMARNAT (Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources), she asked and obtained a "Patsari" ecological oven. This oven reduces wood consumption by more than 75% and so also reduces deforestation. It also reduces the time spent to go to pick this wood or, save the money needs to buy it. It is also healthier because the smoke is conducted outside the kitchen.</p> </td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig10-23.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="208" height="142" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Miss Carmen Campos-Domínguez is promoting widely the benefits of the use of this oven to the community. In addition, she is looking for new economic incomes from women-related activities, she will start a new mushroom production (Pleurotus sp.) project, thanks to SEMARNAT and DESIRE actions.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #c3d2df;"> <p><strong>Conclusions </strong></p> <ul> <li>Rural communities of Cointzio watershed are still very conservative and the role of women is mainly reduced to the home activities, except when the man is not at home for a long time or when he left his family…</li> <li>Only 10 to 20% of the annual income comes from the agriculture for most of farmers. So they are not very interested to investing time and money to improve their production and fight against soil degradation.</li> <li>For young people, the future is on the other side of the border. In recent years, men and women are emigrating to the states whereas before it was almost always men.</li> <li>To develop a soil conservation strategy, it is necessary to guarantee new and appropriate income for families farming. Alternatives to save money and protect the environment (like the Patsari oven) have being developed. New activities to be developed at home that generates income (such as mushrooms) have been proposed. Life conditions of the communities (water, light, internet…) have been improved and the project has helped to change and develop new productions. One of these is an improvement in cattle quality which means a reduction of their movement and, consequently, a reduction in soil erosion.</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px; border: 1px solid #cccccc;" border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b; background-color: #9b9b9b;" colspan="2"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... download the poster</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td style="border: 1px solid #cccccc; width: 5%;"> <p><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/poster-13.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px solid #cccccc;"> <p><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif" alt="" /><strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_docman&amp;task=doc_download&amp;gid=186&amp;Itemid=189&amp;lang=en">Gender-related issues: Cointzio, Mexico [1.86MB]</a></strong></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Land degradation and conservation maps 2009-06-08T13:01:38Z 2009-06-08T13:01:38Z http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/en/cointzio-mexico/278-land-degradation-and-conservation-maps Jane Brandt medesdesire@googlemail.com <p> The WOCAT tool for mapping land degradation and sustainable land management has been used in the Cointzio study site. Using the tool, an interdisciplinary team of specialists has recorded observations of land degradation, sustainable land management and recommendations for further prevention or mitigation on a land use base map.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <script language="JavaScript"> function computemap(form1){ // Initialise variables var mapchoice="0"; // set variables mapchoice=form1.elements[0].value; // identify comment class var comment="none"; var map= "none"; if(mapchoice=="1"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/1.Cointzio_landuse.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="4"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/4.Cointzio_degradation_dominant_types.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="5"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/5.Cointzio_degradation_total_extent.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="6"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/6.Cointzio_degradation_degree_by_area.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="7"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/7.Cointzio_degradation_rate_by_area.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="8"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/8.Cointzio_conservation_groups.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="9"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/9.Cointzio_conservation_total_extent.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="10"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/10.Cointzio_conservation_effectiveness_trend_by_area.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="11"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/11.Cointzio_conservation_effectiveness_by_area.jpg"; } form1.comment.value=comment; //form1.map.value=map; document["mymap"].src = map; return; } </script> <form action="" method="post" name="bysite"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td width="22%"> <b>Select map type</b></td> <td align="left" width="78%"> <select name="mapchoice"> <option value="1">Land use: type</option> <option value="4">Degradation: type</option> <option value="5">Degradation: extent</option> <option value="6">Degradation: degree</option> <option value="7">Degradation: rate</option> <option value="8">Land conservation: groups</option> <option value="9">Land conservation: extent</option> <option value="10">Land conservation: measures</option> <option value="11">Land conservation: effectiveness</option> </select> <input name="Calculate" onclick="computemap(this.form)" type="button" value="Go" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="22%"> <b>Comments</b></td> <td width="78%"> <textarea cols="76" name="comment" rows="1"></textarea></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <img alt="" name="mymap" src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/1.Cointzio_landuse.jpg" width="595" /> </form> <p style="text-align: right;"><em>Map version: 4Oct11</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0" style="width: 595px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #9b9b9b;"> <span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... </strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;"> <strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;id=14&amp;Itemid=166&amp;lang=en">&raquo;Assessment and mapping methodology; summary results from all study sites</a></strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The WOCAT tool for mapping land degradation and sustainable land management has been used in the Cointzio study site. Using the tool, an interdisciplinary team of specialists has recorded observations of land degradation, sustainable land management and recommendations for further prevention or mitigation on a land use base map.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <script language="JavaScript"> function computemap(form1){ // Initialise variables var mapchoice="0"; // set variables mapchoice=form1.elements[0].value; // identify comment class var comment="none"; var map= "none"; if(mapchoice=="1"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/1.Cointzio_landuse.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="4"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/4.Cointzio_degradation_dominant_types.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="5"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/5.Cointzio_degradation_total_extent.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="6"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/6.Cointzio_degradation_degree_by_area.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="7"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/7.Cointzio_degradation_rate_by_area.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="8"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/8.Cointzio_conservation_groups.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="9"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/9.Cointzio_conservation_total_extent.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="10"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/10.Cointzio_conservation_effectiveness_trend_by_area.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="11"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/11.Cointzio_conservation_effectiveness_by_area.jpg"; } form1.comment.value=comment; //form1.map.value=map; document["mymap"].src = map; return; } </script> <form action="" method="post" name="bysite"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td width="22%"> <b>Select map type</b></td> <td align="left" width="78%"> <select name="mapchoice"> <option value="1">Land use: type</option> <option value="4">Degradation: type</option> <option value="5">Degradation: extent</option> <option value="6">Degradation: degree</option> <option value="7">Degradation: rate</option> <option value="8">Land conservation: groups</option> <option value="9">Land conservation: extent</option> <option value="10">Land conservation: measures</option> <option value="11">Land conservation: effectiveness</option> </select> <input name="Calculate" onclick="computemap(this.form)" type="button" value="Go" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="22%"> <b>Comments</b></td> <td width="78%"> <textarea cols="76" name="comment" rows="1"></textarea></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <img alt="" name="mymap" src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/1.Cointzio_landuse.jpg" width="595" /> </form> <p style="text-align: right;"><em>Map version: 4Oct11</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0" style="width: 595px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #9b9b9b;"> <span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... </strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;"> <strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;id=14&amp;Itemid=166&amp;lang=en">&raquo;Assessment and mapping methodology; summary results from all study sites</a></strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> &nbsp;</p> Evaluating the desertification risk assessment tool with local experimental results 2013-09-30T12:13:38Z 2013-09-30T12:13:38Z http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/en/cointzio-mexico/912-evaluating-the-desertification-risk-assessment-tool-with-experimental-results Jane Brandt medesdesire@googlemail.com <p><em>Author: Victor Jetten</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Introduction</strong><br />In the Cointzio basin, land degradation is mainly due to free grazing of cows. To avoid this, a global solution must be searched and must be adapted to different environmental situations. Due to the critical economic situation of farmers, men and women can act only with subsidies (local projects), managed by political authorities. The Cointzio basin has different kinds of soil erosion due to the type of climate (temperate semi-humid with a 6 months rainy season), soils and geomorphology as well as land uses (some mechanized farming, mainly rainfed agriculture with free grazing cattle, forest, recent avocado plantations). Apart from the land degradation, the downstream effect is the refilling of the Cointzio dam used for drinking water of the capital of Michoacán, as well as occasional severe flooding. One of the techniques tested is the effect of crop rotation, including minimum tillage, on sediment losses.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Desertification indices</strong><br />The desertification risk calculated is water erosion. The calculated risk is moderate (2.58). Introducing a rotation system will presumably increase the soil cover which is an option in the tool. This lowers the risk to low (2.37) while the minimum tillage further reduces the risk to (2.25).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Cointzio%201.jpg"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/Cointzio%201.jpg.jpg" width="275" /></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Conclusions</strong><br />The desertificatio risk assessment tool correctly identifies the risk for water erosion in this area and the effect of the mitigation measures.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #9b9b9b;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... general conclusions and results from other study sites<br /></strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;"><strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=898:evaluating-the-desertification-risk-assessment-tool-with-experimental-results&amp;catid=275:desertification-risk-assessment-tool&amp;Itemid=629">»Evaluating the Desertification Risk Assessment Tool with experimental results</a></strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em>Author: Victor Jetten</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Introduction</strong><br />In the Cointzio basin, land degradation is mainly due to free grazing of cows. To avoid this, a global solution must be searched and must be adapted to different environmental situations. Due to the critical economic situation of farmers, men and women can act only with subsidies (local projects), managed by political authorities. The Cointzio basin has different kinds of soil erosion due to the type of climate (temperate semi-humid with a 6 months rainy season), soils and geomorphology as well as land uses (some mechanized farming, mainly rainfed agriculture with free grazing cattle, forest, recent avocado plantations). Apart from the land degradation, the downstream effect is the refilling of the Cointzio dam used for drinking water of the capital of Michoacán, as well as occasional severe flooding. One of the techniques tested is the effect of crop rotation, including minimum tillage, on sediment losses.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Desertification indices</strong><br />The desertification risk calculated is water erosion. The calculated risk is moderate (2.58). Introducing a rotation system will presumably increase the soil cover which is an option in the tool. This lowers the risk to low (2.37) while the minimum tillage further reduces the risk to (2.25).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Cointzio%201.jpg"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/Cointzio%201.jpg.jpg" width="275" /></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Conclusions</strong><br />The desertificatio risk assessment tool correctly identifies the risk for water erosion in this area and the effect of the mitigation measures.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #9b9b9b;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... general conclusions and results from other study sites<br /></strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;"><strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=898:evaluating-the-desertification-risk-assessment-tool-with-experimental-results&amp;catid=275:desertification-risk-assessment-tool&amp;Itemid=629">»Evaluating the Desertification Risk Assessment Tool with experimental results</a></strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> Identifying strategies: Stakeholder Workshop 1 2008-11-03T14:14:04Z 2008-11-03T14:14:04Z http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/en/cointzio-mexico/197-stakeholder-workshop-1-cointzio-mexico- Jane Brandt medesdesire@googlemail.com <p>Although there was extensive interaction with local stakeholders in Cointzio, for a number of reasons the workshop programme outlined by Research Theme 3: Potential Prevention and Mitigation Strategies was not followed. Hence the process of identifying, evaluating and selecting strategies for implementation in field experiments was different from the other study sites and is not reported here.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #9b9b9b;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... </strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;"><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;id=21&amp;Itemid=177&amp;lang=en"><strong>»Identifying strategies: Stakeholder Workshop 1 methodology and summary results from all study sites</strong></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Although there was extensive interaction with local stakeholders in Cointzio, for a number of reasons the workshop programme outlined by Research Theme 3: Potential Prevention and Mitigation Strategies was not followed. Hence the process of identifying, evaluating and selecting strategies for implementation in field experiments was different from the other study sites and is not reported here.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #9b9b9b;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... </strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;"><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;id=21&amp;Itemid=177&amp;lang=en"><strong>»Identifying strategies: Stakeholder Workshop 1 methodology and summary results from all study sites</strong></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> Evaluating strategies: technologies and approaches documented 2011-02-22T14:05:09Z 2011-02-22T14:05:09Z http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/en/cointzio-mexico/540-evaluating-strategies-technologies-and-approaches-documented Jane Brandt medesdesire@googlemail.com <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="bottom"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/technology.jpg.jpg" width="105" /></td> <td valign="bottom"> <p>A number of existing or potential strategies to combat desertification and land degradation were identified in the Cointzio study site. These strategies (technologies or approaches) were documented and evaluated in a structured and standardised way and their descriptions were entered in the WOCAT Technologies and Approaches databases in order to share the information with other DESIRE sites as well as globally.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>For details of all Technologies and Approaches documented in the WOCAT Database (from the DESIRE study sites and from other sites worldwide), see</p> <ul> <li><a target="_blank" href="http://cdewocat.unibe.ch/wocatQT/qt_report.php"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-page_url.gif" />WOCAT Technologies Database </a></li> <li><a target="_blank" href="http://cdewocat.unibe.ch/wocatQA/SearchApproach.php"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-page_url.gif" />WOCAT Approaches Database</a></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>For those relating to this study site, click on the Name of technology or Name of approach to go directly to the descriptions in the database.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>WOCAT Technologies Database </strong></p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Country </span><br /></strong></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Code </span><br /></strong></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Name of technology</span> <br /></strong></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Author </span><br /></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top">Mexico</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top">MEX02</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top"> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://qt.wocat.net/qt_summary.php?lang=English&amp;qt_id=246">»Land reclamation by agave forestry with native species</a></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top">Prat, Christian</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><strong><br /></strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong><strong>WOCAT Approaches Database </strong></strong></p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Country <br /></span></strong></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Code <br /></span></strong></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Name of technology <br /></span></strong></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Author <br /></span></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top">Mexico</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top">MEX02</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top"> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://qa.wocat.net/SummaryApproach.php?selected_language=english&amp;selected_id=252">»Participative actions for economic benefits of agave forestry </a></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top">Prat, Christian</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><strong><strong><br /></strong></strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="bottom"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/technology.jpg.jpg" width="105" /></td> <td valign="bottom"> <p>A number of existing or potential strategies to combat desertification and land degradation were identified in the Cointzio study site. These strategies (technologies or approaches) were documented and evaluated in a structured and standardised way and their descriptions were entered in the WOCAT Technologies and Approaches databases in order to share the information with other DESIRE sites as well as globally.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>For details of all Technologies and Approaches documented in the WOCAT Database (from the DESIRE study sites and from other sites worldwide), see</p> <ul> <li><a target="_blank" href="http://cdewocat.unibe.ch/wocatQT/qt_report.php"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-page_url.gif" />WOCAT Technologies Database </a></li> <li><a target="_blank" href="http://cdewocat.unibe.ch/wocatQA/SearchApproach.php"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-page_url.gif" />WOCAT Approaches Database</a></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>For those relating to this study site, click on the Name of technology or Name of approach to go directly to the descriptions in the database.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>WOCAT Technologies Database </strong></p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Country </span><br /></strong></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Code </span><br /></strong></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Name of technology</span> <br /></strong></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Author </span><br /></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top">Mexico</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top">MEX02</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top"> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://qt.wocat.net/qt_summary.php?lang=English&amp;qt_id=246">»Land reclamation by agave forestry with native species</a></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top">Prat, Christian</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><strong><br /></strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong><strong>WOCAT Approaches Database </strong></strong></p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Country <br /></span></strong></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Code <br /></span></strong></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Name of technology <br /></span></strong></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Author <br /></span></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top">Mexico</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top">MEX02</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top"> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://qa.wocat.net/SummaryApproach.php?selected_language=english&amp;selected_id=252">»Participative actions for economic benefits of agave forestry </a></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top">Prat, Christian</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><strong><strong><br /></strong></strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Selecting strategies: Stakeholder Workshop 2 2009-05-21T17:23:38Z 2009-05-21T17:23:38Z http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/en/cointzio-mexico/261-stakeholder-workshop-2-cointzio-mexico Jane Brandt medesdesire@googlemail.com <p>Although there was extensive interaction with local stakeholders in Cointzio, for a number of reasons the workshop programme outlined by Research Theme 3: Potential Prevention and Mitigation Strategies was not followed. Hence the process of identifying, evaluating and selecting strategies for implementation in field experiments was different from the other study sites and is not reported here.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #9b9b9b;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... </strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;"><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;id=23&amp;Itemid=179&amp;lang=en"><strong>»</strong><strong><strong>Selecting strategies: Stakeholder Workshop 2 methodology and summary results from all study sites</strong></strong></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Although there was extensive interaction with local stakeholders in Cointzio, for a number of reasons the workshop programme outlined by Research Theme 3: Potential Prevention and Mitigation Strategies was not followed. Hence the process of identifying, evaluating and selecting strategies for implementation in field experiments was different from the other study sites and is not reported here.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #9b9b9b;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... </strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;"><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;id=23&amp;Itemid=179&amp;lang=en"><strong>»</strong><strong><strong>Selecting strategies: Stakeholder Workshop 2 methodology and summary results from all study sites</strong></strong></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p>