Fragile Lands of Latin America Strategies for ... - PART - USAID

Oregano, 224
Overcropping, 232, 235
Owen, W.F., 48
Oxen, 135, 232
Oxisols, 87, 90, 169
Pacas, 140, 145, 146
Pachico, D., 46
Pachitea River, 131
Pacific coastline, 2, 5, 221
Paco, 94
Padoch, Christine, 4, 79, 82
Paiche, 94, 144
P6jaro bobo, 78
Palcazd River, 131
PalcazG Valley. See Central Selva
Resources Management Project
Palmae, 274
Palm heart. See Aqai palm, heart
Palm oil, 275
Palms, 65, 274-275. See also Awi palm;
Aguaje palm; Parlor palm; Peach
palm; Yarina palm
Palm swamp, 77, 78, 91, 96
Pampas (alluvial plain), 213, 215, 216,
232, 233, 234, 236, 239, 243, 245,
246
carrying capacity, 243
Panaillo (Peru), 91
Panamh, 277, 286(table)
Panare Indians (Venezuela), 62, 63-
64(tables)
Panic grass, 251
Panicum sonorum. See Panic grass
Phnuco-Tamesi River basin system, 183
Papaya, 82, 113(table), 164- 165(table)
Pad state (Brazil), 62, 64, 65, 68, 166,
169. See also Ilha das Onws
Parlor palm, 189
Paspalum repens. See Gramalote
Pastoralists, 2 14, 21 7
Pastureland, 130, 132, 139, 140, 151, 182,
186, 218(table), 232. See also
Grasslands; Grazing; under
Amazonian rain forests; Brazil
Patrimdnio Foresta. See National Forestry
Institute of Ecuador
Paucar, Angel M., 145, 146, 147
Paucarpata (Peru), 224
Payaguaje, Froilan, 139, 140
Peach palm, 82, 1 13(table), 164- 165(table),
2 74
Peanuts, 83(table), 84, 85
Pears, 224
Peas, 215, 217, 218(table)
Pebbles, 215, 217
Peccary, 94, 140, 145, 146, 174
Index
PEPP. See Pichis-PalcazG Special Project
Peppers, 107, 113(table)
Peru
agriculture, 2-3, 76, 81, 131, 211, 230
agroforestry systems, 64-65
biological diversity, 37, 38
cattle ranching, 131
conservation, 131
deforestation, 37-39, 131
desert, 15(illus.), 37
exports, 107
highlands, 16(illus.), 37
Indians, 130, 131, 137
land slides, 1
potato production, 5, 240
precipitation, 79
rain forests, 5, 14(illus.), 63-64, 65,
103, 132. See also Central Selva
Resources Management Project
raised fields farming. See under Huatta,
District of
terrace farming, 210-226
timber, 4, 64, 93, 134- 137
wildlife conservation, 38, 39, 40
See also Amazon floodplains;
Yurimaguas
Pests, 13(table), 95, 168, 234
Peters, Charles M., 63, 64, 65, 66
Phaseolus acutifolius. See Tepary bean
Phosphorus, 84, 132, 167(table), 176(table),
177, 183, 254
Phytelephas macrocarpa. See Yarina palm
Piassaba fiber, 66(table), 69
Pichis-PalcazG Special Project (PEPP)
(Peru), 130, 136
Pigs, 156, 205-206(table), 243
Pineapple, 84, 87, 105, 107, 113(table),
164- 165(table)
Piperaceae, 274
Pisciculture, 234
Plantains/bananas, 81, 82, 83(table), 84,
85, 86(table), 87, 88(table), 105, 108,
142, 147, 164-165(table)
production, 91, 92, 1 13(table)
Plantations, 21, 67, 68, 275-276, 282-
284(tables)
Plan to Protect the Environment and
Indigenous Communities (PMACI),
152
Playa. See Sand bars
Pleistocene refugia, 141
PMACI. See Plan to Protect the
Environment and Indigenous
Communities
PNCSACH. See Programa Nacional de
Conservaci6n de Suelos y Aguas en
Cuencas Hidrograficas