Globalization and the poverty-environment link in Asian agriculture
Abstract: More than thirty years ago, the green revolution helped tropical Asia to forestall widespread poverty and also slowed the rate of agricultural expansion into forested […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): I. Coxhead
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
The profitability of forest protection versus logging and the role of payments for environmental services (PES) in the Reserva Forestal Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica
This article analyzes the profitability of protecting forests with PES (payments for environmental services) versus the profitability of logging in the Reserva Forestal Golfo Dulce, Costa […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): E. Ibarra Gene
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Contribuciones de ciencias economicas a la investigacion agropecuaria
Powerpoint presentation. Summary: A presentation to General agricultural scientists about the use and abuse of economic analysis.
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): J. Alwang
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
SANREM Baseline Survey Questionnaire for Tiraque Bolivia
This questionnaire was used for the SANREM baseline survey in Tiraque Bolivia during 2007. This survey was enumerated to 400 households in the SANREM focal watershed […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): J. Alwang
- Type of Document: Project Document
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Bioindicadores terrestres y acuaticos para las microcuencas de los rios Illangama y Alumbre, provincia Bolivar
This document is a 30 page working paper synthesizing an assessment of biodiversity in Illangama and Alumbre sub-watersheds in Bolivar, Ecuador. The paper also presents a […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): J.A. Calles
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Negotiating livelihoods and sustainability after Uganda’s forest sector governance reform
Update on Uganda field work for the Poverty Environment Network.
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): P. Jagger
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Policy
Economias Rurales y Servicios Financieros en Bolivia
The objectives of this presentation was to (1) identify stratification of households in peasant economies as a result of differences in capitals and livelihood strategies, (2) […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): E. Jimenez
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Basic principles of PES
Over the last decade, several schemes have evolved in which those who are seen as providers of useful environmental services receive payments from the service buyers […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): R. Jindal; J. Kerr
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Buyers, sellers, intermediaries
Introduction: Most PES transactions involve three distinct stakeholder groups: buyers, sellers, and intermediaries. Each of these groups can consist of individuals, organizations, even governments. This brief […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): R. Jindal; J. Kerr
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Payments and conditionality
Excerpt: PES programs are based on the principle that land users who provide useful environmental services should receive payments from people who consume these services. These […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): R. Jindal; J. Kerr
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
