ICDP

Our general aim was to understand the variety of natural resource management practices among residents of the Pu Luong Nature Reserve (PLNR) and areas between Pu Luong and Cuc Phuong National Park (CP), in order to anticipate better the future relationship between the GEF-MSP project Conservation of the Pu Luong-Cuc Phuong Limestone Landscape,
Vietnam (herein the Ecolime Project) and the local communities. We used standard ethnobiological and anthropological methods to survey natural resource management practices in two bufferzone communities for ten days each, Luong Tien (Luong Noi) and Ban Duom (Phu Le). Limited and carefully constructed household interviews on forest resource use provided the bulk of systematically collected information to compare the two villages and illuminate intra-community variability in resource use. In particular, we
studied household responses to usual and unusual events, such as house building and drought, which reveal rules in use for forest resource ownership, access, extraction, and distribution of benefits. Our analysis includes an examination of the conclusions of Apel et al.(2001) in light of our findings, as well as recommendations for implementation of the Ecolime GEF-MSP
conservation project in the area.

This study determined the extent to which capacity building of project beneficiaries influenced performance of Community Based Conservation (CBC) projects in Kenya. Anchored on pragmatism, the study was guided by theory of change, participatory development and stakeholder theories. A cross sectional study design that adopted convergent mixed methods approach composed of quantitative and qualitative strands was utilized. Questionnaires, focused group discussions and document analysis were used to collect data from seven community conservancies dotting Laikipia Ecosystem. Quantitative data were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics to test the nature and strength of the relationship between variables and to predict the dependent variable based on the independent variable. Qualitative data was analyzed using framework analysis to get themes and triangulate the quantitative results. Capacity building of project beneficiaries was found to positively and significantly influence performance of CBC projects (r=.727, R 2 =.529, F (1,237) = 264.584 at p = .001<.05). Furthermore, Welch's t-test showed that capacity building of project beneficiaries differed in the CBC project design of the sampled community conservancies as F= 14.769 df (6,231), p = .001), t =15.848 df (6,72.291), p = .001<.05. The study recommends that design of CBC projects ought to include methods for the co-development of the capacity of local organizations, traditional institutions and the wider society. Furthermore, the capacity building should be designed to account for local political, economic and cultural facilitating environments.

El proceso monitorio, es una institución jurídica introducida en nuestro ordenamiento
jurídico con la finalidad de descongestionar y garantizar el derecho de acceso a la
justicia a ciudadanos que sin documentos que presten mérito ejecutivo, aspiren a hacer efectiva una pretensión dineraria, de naturaleza contractual determinada, exigible y de
mínima cuantía, así lo instituye el Código General del Proceso (CGP) en su artículo
419°. En esta oportunidad, el Semillero de Investigación de Derecho Procesal, en
estudio acucioso y detallado de esta nueva institución, evidencia situaciones que son de
suma importancia para el análisis, comprensión y aplicabilidad de este proceso
declarativo y especial que hoy contempla el nuevo CGP

BECK, Catherine C.1, FEIBEL, Craig S.1, HENDEREK, Robyn L.2, GRAVINA, Anna1, SIER, Mark J.3, COHEN, Andrew S.4, and CAMPISANO, Christopher J.5,
(1) Earth and Planetary Science, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854, catherine.beck@rutgers.edu, (2) Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Lafayette College, 730 High St, Easton, PA 18042, (3) Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 17, Utrecht, 3584, Netherlands, (4) Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (5) Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-4101

The HSPDP West Turkana Kaitio (WTK) drill leg was completed in July 2013. While challenges were encountered during drilling, including penetrating a hydrothermal fracture system at ~197-207 m depth, ultimately this leg was successful as the entirety of the Pleistocene section from the KBS Tuff to the Natoo Tuff was recovered (2.0-1.45 Ma). Investigation of the stratigraphy and facies revealed a fluctuating lake margin with cycles of lacustrine clay transitioning into lacustrine clays with a weak soil overprint. Soils were recognized in cores by brecciated fabrics, sedimentary dikes, and slickensides on ped surfaces. While the section reflects a more marginal lacustrine environment than anticipated, the soil overprint does not compromise the quality of the record and no significant erosional surfaces were seen. The marginal lacustrine deposits may prove to be highly sensitive to climate induced lake level change as small-scale transgressions and regressions are preserved. An age model for this core comes from the robust tephrostratigraphic framework of the Turkana Basin. At present at least 5 tephra-rich intervals have been identified within the core. This allows for indirect dating through geochemical fingerprinting, and correlations with outcrop sections around the basin. The tephrochronology is coupled with a paleomagnetic record from the core. The stratigraphy and chronology provide the framework for multiproxy studies, including clay XRD, pollen, phytoliths, diatoms, ostracods and biomarkers. For example, a preliminary scan was conducted at ~3.2 m intervals to study the ostracods. Ostracod-rich samples primarily contained the genera Gomphocythere and Limnocythere. Samples with both abundant ostracods and pyrite have higher carapace preservation resulting in more articulated, whole valves and little to no staining. Ostracods are an ideal proxy as they have high preservation potential, are abundant throughout much of the section, and assemblage data can provide basis for paleolimnologic interpretations. The ecology and paleochemistry of paleo-Lake Turkana is linked to changes in the paleoclimate. The interval spanned by the WTK core is of great interest to the paleoanthropological community as it targets a relatively continuous sedimentary record from a time of significant evolutionary change.