Are direct payments for environmental services spelling doom for sustainable forest management in the tropics?
Abstract: Over the past several decades, significant donor funding has been directed to sustainable forest management in the tropics, in the hope of combining forest conservation […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): S. Wunder
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Diseno metodologico para la Evaluacion y Monitoreo de la Biodiversidad en las microcuencas hidrograficas de los rios Illangama y Alumbre de la provincia de Bolivar
Spanish version of SANREM guidelines for monitoring biodiversity in highlands in Ecuador.
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): A.C. Chavez; J.C. Lopez; D.S. Pena
- Type of Document: Project Document
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Trees and trade-offs: Perceptions of eucalyptus and native trees in Ecuadorian highland communities
This eighth chapter examines historic and current processes for forest management in the Ecuadorian highlands. In Cotacachi, eucalyptus plantations have become increasingly important as an alternative […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): A.D. Carse
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Modeling spatially differentiated environmental policy in a Philippine watershed: Tradeoffs between environmental protection and poverty reduction
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- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): B. Demeke; I. Coxhead
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
The effect of national policies and labor markets on land use decisions in developing countries: An application of maximum simulated likelihood to a system of censored acreages with panel data
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- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): B. Demeke; I. Coxhead
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Why is the earth tired? A comparative analysis of agricultural change and intervention in Northern Ecuador
Chapter 17 provides a historical agro-ecology analysis that aims to better understand local perceptions of declining agricultural production and attempts to uncover potential causes of this […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): B.C. Campbell
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Environmental Markets: Opportunities and risks for business
Table of Contents: I. Executive Summary II. Introduction: The Business of Environmental Services III. Background: The Science of Environmental Services IV. Risks Associated with Engagement V. […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Community capitals: Poverty reduction and rural development in dry areas
The lack of water in communities in arid lands is often related to the mal-distribution or absence of other resources. In the past, many communities responded […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): C.B. Flora; A. Thiboumery
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Wildlife conservation in Amboseli, Kenya: Paying for nonuse values
Abstract: Traditional grazing grounds near Amboseli National Park (Kenya) are rapidly converted to cropland – a process that closes important wildlife corridors. We explore the scope […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): E.H. Bulte; R.B. Boone; R. Stringer; P.K. Thornton
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Diagnostico rural participativo desde la equidad de genero, social y ambiental en la subcuenca hidrografica des Rio Chimbo, Provincia de Bolivar, Ecuador
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- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): F.M. Cardenas; V.H. Barrera
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management