Pre-feasibility study for a CDM-AR project in the Cochabamba ...

1. Determining Project Boundaries
The area of influence is located in the Cochabamba Tropics, at the foot of the Andes
mountain range within the Amazon River basin (Figure 2.1). Within this area project
activities will be developed on different CDM-eligible sites owned by smallholders.
It ranges in elevation from 450 to 250 meters above sea level. In the early 1930s the
area was given the designation of “multiple use area” and has since been colonized by
migrants from the High Valley and the Altiplano regions of Bolivia.
Figure 2.1: Location of project area
Source: Zomer 2006
Currently there are 35,000 families that live within the 534,000 hectares of the Chapare
region. Figure 2.1 provide a map of communities located within the project area. The
area in which project activities will be developed is an area of 40.604 has and is
inhabited by 9,055 people (5092 male & 3963 female), living in a total of 2719
homesteads (FAO, 2004).
Figure 2.1: Map of communities within the area of influence
Prefeasibility report Chapare
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