Natural Resource Management

Direct payments to conserve biodiversity

International donors and private citizens have invested billions of dollars to protect biodiversity in developing nations. The most popular investments aim to encourage economic activities that […]

  • Date of Publication: 2002
  • Author(s): P.J. Ferraro; A. Kiss
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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The cost-effectiveness of conservation performance payments

Abstract: International donors invest billions of dollars to conserve ecosystems in low-income nations. The most common investments aim to encourage commercial activities, such as ecotourism, that […]

  • Date of Publication: 2002
  • Author(s): P.J. Ferraro; R.D. Simpson
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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The economics of conservation investments

Abstract: International donors invest billions of dollars to conserve ecosystems in low-income nations. An emerging debate rages among academics and practitioners as to the most effective […]

  • Date of Publication: 2002
  • Author(s): P.J. Ferraro; R.D. Simpson
  • Type of Document: Media

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Payments for Environmental Services

Abstract: Despite their value, environmental services are often lost as land users typically receive no compensation for the services their land generates for others and therefore […]

  • Date of Publication: 2002
  • Author(s): S. Pagiola; G. Platais
  • Type of Document: Newsletter

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Selling Forest Environmental Services: Market-based mechanisms for conservation and development

Abstract: Forest destruction throughout the world poses significant risks. Not only are forests a source of valuable timber and non-timber products, but they also provide important […]

  • Date of Publication: 2002
  • Author(s): S. Pagiola; J.T. Bishop; N. Landell-Mills (eds.)
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Biodiversity and marginality: Dilemma of economic development

Abstract: This study investigates the impact of economic development on women and biodiversity in two rural communities in Ecuador. The level of womens integration into the […]

  • Date of Publication: 2002
  • Author(s): M. Piniero
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Developing markets for the ecosystem services of forests

Table of Contents: Introduction Background: The environmental services of forests The rationale for market approaches Types of Markets and payment mechanisms – Self-organized private deals – […]

  • Date of Publication: 2002
  • Author(s): I. Powell; A. White; N. Landell-Mills
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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Scenarios of sustainability: Scientific and local visions of development in a biodiversity hotspot (Ecuador)

Sustainability has been a core concept in development approaches in the 1990s. Even so, it has been largely defined in biophysical terms, such as rates of […]

  • Date of Publication: 2002
  • Author(s): R. Rhoades; V. Nazarea-Rhoades
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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Breaking new ground: Linking research, participation and sustainable development

Abstract: This chapter describes the global mission of SANREM as developing principles and methodologies for sustainable ecosystem management at multiple scales. The author then further describes […]

  • Date of Publication: 2002
  • Author(s): R.E. Rhoades
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Conservation concessions – concept description

Conservation concessions are a tool to make resource protection and development objectives compatible. Using this approach, government or local resources users are regularly given compensation by […]

  • Date of Publication: 2002
  • Author(s): R. Rice
  • Type of Document: Not Available

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