The social impacts of carbon markets in Costa Rica: A case study of the Huetar-Norte region
Abstract: This study assesses the impacts of the payments for environmental services (PES) programme in Costa Rica in relation to reforestation activities for the establishment of […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): M. Miranda; I.T. Porras; M.L. Moreno
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Social infrastructure for decentralized NRM governance
This presentation discusses the role of Civil Society Organizations in developing secure and enduring natural resource tenure.
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): K. Moore
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Renforcement de liens et constructions des ponts le role du capital social dans la GRN
Abstract: Cette intervention s’adresse aux quatre principes fondamentaux qui soutient l’approche SANREM: la participation, la pluridisciplinarite, la collaboration institutionelle, et l’echelle paysage. L’echelle paysage comporte l’inclusion […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): K. Moore; S. Cisse
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Marginalities of the mind or the anthropology of quirkiness
Coming soon
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): V. Nazarea
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Cuentos de la Creacion y Resistencia
This compilation of stories about creation and resistance reveals the oral tradition of the local indigenous communities in the Cotacacachi Canton. The stories are given in […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): V. Nazarea; R. Guitarra; M. Pineiro; C. Guitarra; R.E. Rhoades; R. Alarcon
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
The conservation business
The language of conservation is changing: protecting biodiversity is no longer just about ethics and aesthetics; the latest buzzwords are commodities and consumers. Traditionally, conservation initiatives […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): H. Nicholls
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Environmental services payments in Central America: Putting theory into practice
This presentation introduces the concept of water services and the need for payments for environmental services (PES). Current World Bank projects (implemented or under development) that […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): S. Pagiola
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Policy analysis for watershed management: A trainer’s manual
DESCRIPTION: This training manual aims to enhance the capabilities of the staff of the Local Government Units and other potential parties in conducting policy analysis for […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): M. Paunlagui; A. Rola
- Type of Document: Not Available
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Social capital and community-based water management: A case study in Bukidnon
This presentation seeks to address whether building social capital through policy and other incentives can affect the state of the environment. “Social capital” is operationalized into […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): M.M. Paunlagui; A.C. Rola; M.R. Nguyen
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Making environmental markets work: Lessons from early experience with sulfur, carbon, wetlands, and other related markets
Abstract: Ever since the passage of the 1990 amendments to the US Clean Air act and the creation of a market in sulfur dioxide (SO2), it […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): R. Bayon
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Europe and Eurasia, US and Canada
- Topic: Natural Resource Management