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ZIKA RESPONSE in ECUADOR and PERU FINAL PROGRESS REPORT USAID ZIKA PROGRAM Period: September 30, 2016 to September 29, 2019 Submission Date: December 29, 2019
ZIKA RESPONSE IN ECUADOR AND PERU FINAL PROGRESS REPORT USAID ZIKA PROGRAM Period: September 30, 2016 to September 29, 2019 Submission Date: December 29, 2019 (DELETE THIS BLANK PAGE AFTER CREATING PDF. IT’S HERE TO MAKE FACING PAGES AND LEFT/RIGHT PAGE NUMBERS SEQUENCE CORRECTLY IN WORD. BE CAREFUL TO NOT DELETE THIS SECTION BREAK EITHER, UNTIL AFTER YOU HAVE GENERATED A FINAL PDF. IT WILL THROW OFF THE LEFT/RIGHT PAGE LAYOUT.) Contents ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS III ACTIVITY OVERVIEW VI ZIKA PROGRAM ACTIVITY DETAILS VI ANNUAL HIGHLIGHTS/EXECUTIVE SUMMARY VIII ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION XI PROGRESS NARRATIVE XI REPORTING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION DATA XX COLLABORATION XXV COLLABORATION WITH OTHER USAID OR USG ACTIVITIES XXV LEARNING FOCUSED COLLABORATION AND ENGAGING IN LEARNING APPROACHES XXVI CHALLENGES OF THE COLLABORATION XXVII COLLABORATION AND/OR KNOWLEDGE SHARING WITH PARTNER ENTITIES IN HOST GOVERNMENT AND OTHER DONOR AGENCIES XXVII KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF THE COLLABORATION XXIX CHALLENGES OF THE COLLABORATION XXIX LEARNING XXX RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS XXXII COMMUNICATIONS AND PROMOTION XXXVI KEY COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES - PROJECT PROMOTIONAL, PUBLIC OR MEDIA EVENTS/ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE PROJECT XXXVI SUSTAINABILITY AND EXIT STRATEGY XL ANNEXES XLII ANNEX IA. PERFORMANCE INDICATOR REPORTING SHEET XLIII ANNEX IB. OTHER ZIKA ACTIVITY INDICATORS XLIX ANNEX II SUCCESS STORIES LIV ANNEX III TRAINING REPORT LVIII ANNEX IV PICTURES (EVENTS, TRAININGS ETC.) LXXXVI ANNEX V SUB-GRANTS UNDER THE ACTIVITY XC ANNEX VI INTEGRATION OF CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES -
TRAFFIC Bird’S-Eye View: REPORT Lessons from 50 Years of Bird Trade Regulation & Conservation in Amazon Countries
TRAFFIC Bird’s-eye view: REPORT Lessons from 50 years of bird trade regulation & conservation in Amazon countries DECEMBER 2018 Bernardo Ortiz-von Halle About the author and this study: Bernardo Ortiz-von Halle, a biologist and TRAFFIC REPORT zoologist from the Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia, has more than 30 years of experience in numerous aspects of conservation and its links to development. His decades of work for IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature and TRAFFIC TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring in South America have allowed him to network, is a leading non-governmental organization working globally on trade acquire a unique outlook on the mechanisms, in wild animals and plants in the context institutions, stakeholders and challenges facing of both biodiversity conservation and the conservation and sustainable use of species sustainable development. and ecosystems. Developing a critical perspective The views of the authors expressed in this of what works and what doesn’t to achieve lasting conservation goals, publication do not necessarily reflect those Bernardo has put this expertise within an historic framework to interpret of TRAFFIC, WWF, or IUCN. the outcomes of different wildlife policies and actions in South America, Reproduction of material appearing in offering guidance towards solutions that require new ways of looking at this report requires written permission wildlife trade-related problems. Always framing analysis and interpretation from the publisher. in the midst of the socioeconomic and political frameworks of each South The designations of geographical entities in American country and in the region as a whole, this work puts forward this publication, and the presentation of the conclusions and possible solutions to bird trade-related issues that are material, do not imply the expression of any linked to global dynamics, especially those related to wildlife trade. -
Tourism in Continental Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands: an Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Perspective
water Article Tourism in Continental Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands: An Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Perspective Carlos Mestanza-Ramón 1,2,3,* , J. Adolfo Chica-Ruiz 1 , Giorgio Anfuso 1 , Alexis Mooser 1,4, Camilo M. Botero 5,6 and Enzo Pranzini 7 1 Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Universidad de Cádiz, Polígono Río San Pedro s/n, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain; [email protected] (J.A.C.-R.); [email protected] (G.A.); [email protected] (A.M.) 2 Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, Sede Orellana, YASUNI-SDC Research Group, El Coca EC220001, Ecuador 3 Instituto Tecnologico Supeior Oriente, La Joya de los Sachas 220101, Orellana, Ecuador 4 Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie, Università di Napoli Parthenope, 80143 Naples, Italy 5 Grupo Joaquín Aarón Manjarrés, Escuela de Derecho, Universidad Sergio Arboleda, Santa Marta 470001, Colombia; [email protected] 6 Grupo de Investigación en Sistemas Costeros, PlayasCorp, Santa Marta 470001, Colombia 7 Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Firenze, 50121 Firenze, Italy; enzo.pranzini@unifi.it * Correspondence: [email protected] or [email protected]; Tel.: +593-9-9883-0801 Received: 28 April 2020; Accepted: 6 June 2020; Published: 9 June 2020 Abstract: Tourism in coastal areas is becoming increasingly important in Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) as an integrated approach that balances the requirements of different tourist sectors. This paper analyzes ICZM in continental Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands from the perspective of the 3S tourism, and presents its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT). The methodology used was based on a literature review of ten aspects of the highest relevance to ICZM, i.e., Policies, Regulations, Responsibilities, Institutions, Strategies and Instruments, Training, Economic Resources, Information, Education for Sustainability, and Citizen Participation. -
Between Latacunga and San Agustin De Callo: Tanicuchi, Six Centuries of Prehispanic Occupation in the Central Highlands of Ecuador
BETWEEN LATACUNGA AND SAN AGUSTIN DE CALLO: TANICUCHI, SIX CENTURIES OF PREHISPANIC OCCUPATION IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OF ECUADOR by Cecilia Josefina Vásquez Pazmiño A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Anthropology Northern Arizona University May 2005 Approved: _____________________________ George Gumerman IV, Ph.D., Chair _____________________________ Francis Smiley, Ph.D _____________________________ Miguel Vásquez, Ph.D. _____________________________ Christian Downum, Ph.D. ABSTRACT BETWEEN LATACUNGA AND SAN AGUSTIN DE CALLO: TANICUCHI, SIX CENTURIES OF PREHISPANIC OCCUPATION IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OF ECUADOR CECILIA JOSEFINA VASQUEZ PAZMIÑO The Inkas occupied ancient Ecuador during the 16th century. Monumental architecture such as tambos (inns), fortresses, and towns were strategically located along the royal Inka road. In the Central Ecuadorian highlands, the sites of Latacunga, San Agustín de Callo, and El Salitre remain a prominent testimony of Inka imperialism. Surprisingly, Inka remains were scarce in the archaeological survey at Tanicuchí, between San Agustín de Callo and Latacunga. The systematically aligned survey of Tanicuchí supplied information concerning six centuries of Prehispanic occupation in the area. Surface collection and analysis of material culture defined Tanicuchí’s origins and chronology. Relative dating suggests that initial Tanicuchí occupation began during the Integration Period (A.D. 800-1500), followed by Inka (A.D. 1500-1534) and Early Colonial (A.D. 1534- 1580) periods of conquest. The imposition of Inka and Colonial rules imposed changes on politics, economics, and social relationships reflected in the frequency and distribution of pottery types. A conspicuous sample of Tardío and Cosanga pottery found at Tanicuchí indicates intensive trade and alliances between highland and lowland populations during the Integration Period. -
Urea Subsidies and the Decision to Allocate Land to a New Fertilizing Technology: Ex-Ante Analysis in Ecuador
Urea Subsidies and the Decision to Allocate Land to a New Fertilizing Technology: Ex-ante Analysis in Ecuador Jorge J. Avila-Santamaria1 and Maria del Pilar Useche2 Food and Resource Economics Department University of Florida Gainesville, FL, 32611 1 [email protected] 2 [email protected] Selected Paper prepared for presentation at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association’s 2016 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, February, 6‐9 2016 Copyright 2016 by Avila and Useche. All rights reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies of this document for non‐commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notice appears on all such copies. Urea Subsidies and the Decision to Allocate Land to a New Fertilizing Technology: Ex-ante Analysis in Ecuador Jorge Avila-Santamaria and Pilar Useche Abstract This ex-ante study examines how urea subsidies affect the adoption of a more efficient but labor- intensive existing alternative, Urea Deep Placement (UDP), in some of the major growing regions of Ecuador (Daule and Santa Lucia cantons, Guayas province). A government subsidy covers around 30% of urea fertilizer cost since 2007. Such a public intervention may be favoring to the traditional broadcasting fertilization method, which demands urea more intensively, crowding out improved innovations (i.e. UDP) and becoming an adverse selection mechanism. JEL classification: Q12, Q16, Q18 Key Words: Urea Deep Placement, Broadcasting Fertilization, Urea Subsidy, Technology Adoption, Land Allocation. 1 1. Introduction During the last years, rice production has represented not only a share of 8% to 12% of the agricultural GDP but also it signifies a substantial portion of the daily diet in Ecuador, whose current per-capita consumption is 46.67 kg/year. -
Caemba Annual Report 08.12.21
We Build Dreams Fundación Raíz Ecuador Annual Report 2020 INDEX Mission ................................................. 3 Introduction ................................................. 4 Caemba ................................................. 5 • Achievements in 2020 ................................................. 6 • Caemba Model House ................................................. 7 • The Caemba process ................................................. 8 • Houses built in 2020 ................................................. 9 • Caemba: Entrepreneurship for women ........................................ 10 - 11 • Caemba infrastructure ......................................... 12 -14 Beyond Lagartococha ............................................... 15 • Activity in 2020 ............................................... 16 COVID-19 Emergency ............................................... 17 • Introduction ............................................... 18 • Food distribution ........................................ 19 - 20 • Support for the medical system ............................................... 21 • Center for respiratory care in Atacames ........................................ 22 - 23 • Providing oxygen ........................................ 24 - 26 • Epidemiologic control ............................................... 27 • Development of a laboratory with ELISA analysis capability ............................................... 28 • Enabling health subcenters for the Chachi population of Esmeraldas .............................................. -
Tourism Tourism
Tourism Tourism Tourism Projects Investment Amount Nº. Projects Location (Millions of USD) 1 La Fluvial Province of Guayas 300.00 2 Guayas Interactive Museum Province of Guayas 100.00 3 Water taxi hovercraft Province of Guayas 1.50 4 Lake Park Province of Guayas 1,11 5 Tourist boardwalk: "Malecon Quilluzara" Province of Loja 0.80 6 Sol y Mar Hotel Galapagos Island 9.50 7 Hotel Red Mangroveinn Galapagos Island 8.5 8 Galapagos express Galapagos Island 5.02 Mass Plan Ex Penitentiary “Garcia Moreno” and its Province of 9 60.00 immediate surroundings Pichincha Tourism Catalogue Projects Province of 10 Casa Mejia 1.70 Pichincha Land for the “South American Nations Union UNASUR Province of 11 2.29 Hotel” Pichincha TOTAL 490.42 Tourism The Ministry of Tourism seeks to turn Ecuador in a tourism power. A unique destination that develops its natural, cultural heritage and is recognized for excellence in quality of services. Growing tourism sector at a rate of 4.7% annually Web page: http://www.turismo.gob.ec/ o Tourism trade represented US $ 533 million in 2015, o Arrivals increased 7.84% in average from 2011 - 2015, Project Catalogue: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B o By 2015, tourism was the third non-petroleum export, 9Ljs4cKEpAxM2hFaC0zZzZlY2c o Operation costs are 31% lower among neighboring countries, o Awards: “Best destination for retirees 2015", National Coordinated by: Geographic´s “Best diving destination", USA Today “Best place for wild life". Metropolitan District of Quito The mayor of Quito, through the Ministry of Productive Development and Competitiveness, organized the Attracting Investment Forum "Invest Quito" which was held on May 25th this year. -
Ecuador's Awá Win Nullification of Land Measure
Ecuador's Awá Win Nullification of Land Measure JULY 2007 Ecuador's Awá win nullification of land measure Quito, Ecuador Traveling some stretches on foot and others by bus, more than 500 members of Ecuador's Awá indigenous community trekked this month from their villages near the country's northern border with Colombia to this high-altitude capital, spears symbolically in hand. Their objective was to protest a recent government land-management measure that the Awá claim would give timber and oil-palm plantation operators access to a portion of their territory in coastal Esmeraldas province, jeopardizing their internationally recognized efforts to practice sustainable forestry there. On July 11-two days after the Awá arrived in Quito-Environment Minister Ana Albán produced what they wanted: nullification of the land-management measure. The government also pledged to review the status of a 14,800-acre (6,000-ha) area of land in Carchi province that was removed from the Awá territory last year. Precipitating this month's protest was a January Environment Ministry order that the Awá and the local Afro-Ecuadorian community must jointly manage 43,226 acres (17,493 has) in Ricaurte- Tululbí parish, which is part of Esmeraldas province's canton of San Lorenzo. Albán signed the order after Afro-Ecuadorians, whose roots reach back to the Spanish colonial era, argued they have valid historical claims to the area. The Awá complained the move nixed government decisions making the Ricaurte-Tululbí land part of the tribe's officially recognized 245,467-acre (99,337-ha) territory, which stretches from mountainous Imbabura and Carchi provinces to the Pacific Coast province of Esmeraldas. -
Cultural, Natural, Sightseeing and Sports Trip in Ecuador
CULTURAL, NATURAL, SIGHTSEEING AND SPORTS TRIP IN ECUADOR 8 DAYS / 7 NIGHTS TOUR Day 1. Transfer-in, Quito Airport to HOTEL MANSION DEL ANGEL Day 2. City tour & EQUATORIAL LINE, Quito Day 3. QUITO – BAÑOS DE AMBATO Day 4. BAÑOS DE AMBATO – RIOBAMBA Day 5. CHIMBORAZO – CUENCA Day 6. CUENCA Day 7. EL CAJAS – PARQUE HISTORICO, Guayaquil Day 8.Transfer-out from Wyndham hotel. Galanet presents you a tour program like no other. Visiting Ecuador`s most remarkable mountains, and through its magical historical places, you’ll feel the country’s very beating heart. We invite you to embark on a colorful and truly unforgettable adventure! PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Day 1: A representative will pick you up at the Transfer-In airport and will transfer you to Flt.Tbc /Hotel MANSION DEL ANGEL Mansion Del Angel, Quito DURATION : 1 hour, approximately. MEALS : -/-/ Day 2: Quito 08h00 After the breakfast we will start City – Intiñan the visit of the main attractive places in Museum, Quito Quito: Historical center, Plaza de la Independencia, where through a walking route you will see the Cathedral, the Government Palace and some other Churches, recognized for its adornments and golden altars. The tour will continue towards the Mirador del Panecillo , a place renowned for its beauty, where you can admire a beautiful landscape of colonial and modern Quito. We will continue to the northern part of the city heading up to the “ Middle of the World City ” where the monument that divides the Northern from the Southern Hemispheres will be observed. It was built during the XVII century when a French Expedition defined the precise location of the equatorial line. -
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Antonio Preciado and the Afro Presence in Ecuadorian Literature
University of Tennessee, Knoxville TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 5-2013 Antonio Preciado and the Afro Presence in Ecuadorian Literature Rebecca Gail Howes [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss Part of the African History Commons, Latin American History Commons, Latin American Languages and Societies Commons, Latin American Literature Commons, Modern Languages Commons, Modern Literature Commons, and the Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies Commons Recommended Citation Howes, Rebecca Gail, "Antonio Preciado and the Afro Presence in Ecuadorian Literature. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2013. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/1735 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized administrator of TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact [email protected]. To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a dissertation written by Rebecca Gail Howes entitled "Antonio Preciado and the Afro Presence in Ecuadorian Literature." I have examined the final electronic copy of this dissertation for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the equirr ements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, with a major in Modern Foreign Languages. Michael Handelsman, Major Professor We have read this dissertation and recommend its acceptance: Óscar Rivera-Rodas, Dawn Duke, Chad Black Accepted for the Council: Carolyn R. Hodges Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School (Original signatures are on file with official studentecor r ds.) Antonio Preciado and the Afro Presence in Ecuadorian Literature A Dissertation Presented for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Rebecca Gail Howes May 2013 DEDICATION To my parents, William and Gail Howes. -
By Under the Direction of Dr. Robert E. Rhoades Agricultural Cooperatives
THE ROLE OF WEALTH AND CULTURAL HETEROGENEITY IN THE EMERGENCE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS AND AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES IN AN ECUADORIAN COLONIZATION ZONE by ERIC CONLAN JONES Under the direction of Dr. Robert E. Rhoades ABSTRACT Agricultural cooperatives in Ecuador have experienced varied levels of success as well as increased difficulty staying together in the past 20 years. In addition, a trend towards greater concentration of landholdings and corresponding increases in inequality erodes land reform’s positive impact on the equitable distribution of land, albeit limited. For example, migrant laborers seek work with the new, large palmito and African palm plantations. These in-migrants are becoming more numerous than the original land-seeking pioneers who colonized northwest Ecuador's Las Golondrinas area 20-30 years ago. Research linking the areas of migration and social structure has neglected the implications of migration for the design and effectiveness of cooperative social relations, including the development of agricultural cooperatives. Drawing on quantitative and qualitative data about migration streams, villages' social networks and the social networks of agricultural cooperatives in the Las Golondrinas colonization zone of northwest Ecuador, this research demonstrates the dynamics of three processes. First, migration affects the social relations involved in colonists' economic activities, with high mobility nurturing the tendency to trust fellow villagers based on similarity of their socioeconomic status, especially in the more central town of a regional economic system. Second, cultural similarities and the cohort effects of in- migration dampen this tendency, thus altering the conditions under which capital accumulation detracts from or improves formal and informal cooperation. Third, this specifically is the case for agricultural cooperatives; at the beginning, cooperatives may be held together by wealth differences because wealthy members take on disproportionate costs (and benefits).