Silver bullet or fools’ gold: A global review of markets for forest environmental services and their impact on the poor
Abstract: Market-based approaches to environmental management are increasingly common in all sectors of the economy. Forestry is no exception. Governments around the world have opened the […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): N. Landell-Mills; I.T. Porras
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Direct payments for conservation in the UK: An example from the North York Moors
Abstract: Agriculture in the United Kingdom (UK) has undergone a series of shocks in recent years. First the BSE crisis and then a nation-wide foot and […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): J. Lovett; D. Kirby; C. Holmes; T. van Rensburg
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Europe and Eurasia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Direct Payment Strategies on Dutch Farmland
Abstract: Nature on Dutch farmland is under threat from intensive farming practices. The conventional strategy for nature conservation by farmers is to restrict farming intensity and […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): K. Musters; H. de Graaf; W. ter Keurs
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Europe and Eurasia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Forest ecosystem services: Can they pay our way out of deforestation?
The ecosystem services provided by forests are vital to humanity and cannot be fully replaced by technology. The services provided by forests are threatened and damaged […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): R. Nasi; S. Wunder; J.J. Campos
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Rainfall risk and “response farming”: Using rainfall analysis, simulation modeling and GIS to improve agricultural decisions in Mali
In this study, analyses of historical rainfall records are combined with GIS and biophysical modeling of soil water balance and crop production to predict performance of […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): O. Badini
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
More efficient water pricing may avert a water crisis
One way of protecting watersheds from further degradation is to impose a more efficient pricing policy for watera
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): J. Orprecio; A. Rola; W. Deutsch; I. Coxhead; A. Sumbalan
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
To reduce pollution: Polluters should pay
Charging polluters according to the concentration of pollutants that they discharge is an effective way to minimize water and air pollution. This is the rationale of […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): J. Orprecio; A. Rola; W. Deutsch; I. Coxhead; A. Sumbalan
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Innovation, Natural Resource Management
Using community-generated data for water management policy
As population and their demands for water continue to rise, water resources in turn become more scarce. In the Philippines, where surface water constitutes about three […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): J. Orprecio; A. Rola; W. Deutsch; I. Coxhead; A. Sumbalan
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management, Policy
Program of payments for forest environmental services in Costa Rica
Abstract: The Payments for Environmental Services Program (PESP) implemented in Costa Rica is an alternative approach to halt environmental degradation derived from deforestation in low income […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): E. Ortiz Malavasi
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Program of Payments for Ecological Services in Costa Rica
Summary: The paper explores one example of a system for valuation of forest goods and services, assessing its advantages/disadvantages, lessons learnt and its application to large […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): E. Ortiz Malavasi; J. Kellenberg
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management