The case study is located in northern Nicaragua (13º090N-
86º140W) in the semi-arid plateau of Miraflor-Moropotente
Terrestrial Protected Landscape. This case provides empirical data
on Central American dryland environments that have been largely
unexplored, despite 25% of Central American people living in arid
and semi-arid areas (Reynolds et al., 2005) and a quarter of these
agro-pastoral areas being classed as seriously degraded