Central Selva resource management project : pre-evaluation report

Through its almost six years of existence the component has suffered an important institutional change, faced interinstitutional disagreements as well as acceptance, produced results and, quite likely, omitted others. This pre-evaluation report, while not intended to be a precise measure, or balance sheet, of APODESA performance, does attempt to show the achievements of this group as well as the problems that block additional successes. The report presents its information in six sections. The first, Background: The Origins of APODESA, is a brief restating of the institutional history of the unit. The second section, Achievements and Successes of APODESA, identifies the several activity areas of the unit and describes its accomplishments. The following section, three, takes some of these same, and other, activities and recounts the problems that have in the past or are now blocking adequate progress. Section four, taking its cue from the recent changes in Central Selva field operations, presents some ideas for APODESA Collaboration in the Relocation Phase. The fifth section, entitled Conclusions, Lessons Learned, presents these judgments in four subsections which parallel the substance in the previous sections. The sixth and last section lists the writer's recommendations for improving the project. The writer's attitude toward this institution is positive but the report is objective and there are in it occasions of implied criticism. These are included for one purpose: to enhance the performance of APODESA so that it may continue to function in order to continue contributing. (Author abstract)