Climate, community & biodiversity
This presentation describes the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA), reviews multiple-benefit projects in Madagascar, and assesses the current carbon market opportunities & limitations with respect […]
- Date of Publication: 2005
- Author(s): B. Vitale
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Market for ecosystem services in Australia: Practical design and case studies
Abstract: The use of market-based approaches to provide and protect ecosystem services in has gained significant attention in Australia. Unfortunately the novelty of market-based approaches has […]
- Date of Publication: 2005
- Author(s): S. Whitten; D. Shelton
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Payments for Environmental Services: Some nuts and bolts
This publication discusses the conservation paradigm of Payments for Environmental Services (PES). CIFOR provides a definition of PES with five fundamental principles; PES is a (1) […]
- Date of Publication: 2005
- Author(s): S. Wunder
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Beyond “markets”: Why terminology matters
What is in a name? Does a rose by any other name truly smell as sweet? Aware that terms such as markets and payments for ecosystem […]
- Date of Publication: 2005
- Author(s): S. Wunder; M.T. Vargas
- Type of Document: Newspaper Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Payment is good, control is better: why payments for forest environmental services in Vietnam have so far remained incipient
Summary: The study discusses the types of PES and PES-like initiatives that have been implemented in Vietnam. The authors summarize both the achievements and challenges for […]
- Date of Publication: 2005
- Author(s): S. Wunder; B.D. The; E. Ibarra
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Modeling spatial diversity: A forest-site selection tool for the Costa Rican program of Payments for Environmental Services (PES)
This presentation describes research to address problems with the current setup of Costa Rica’s PES program. The budget is too small to cover all the priority […]
- Date of Publication: 2005
- Author(s): T. Wunscher
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Land use changes in Madiama Commune
In chapter 5, Wynne et al. combine remote sensing and ground truthing in the analysis of land use change during a fifty-year period (1952-2002) in the […]
- Date of Publication: 2005
- Author(s): R. Wynne; M. Sidi; M. Toure; N. Sengupta; A. Ballo
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
The WWF Cork Oak Landscapes Programme: PES as a tool to enhance conservation?
This presentation discusses WWF’s Cork Oak programme, highlighting possible opportunities for developing payments for environmental services. It provides an Overview of Cork Oak landscapes, describes the […]
- Date of Publication: 2005
- Author(s): X. Escute
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Europe and Eurasia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Shompole ecotourism development project in Kenya
Contents: 1. Preamble: Painting the picture – ‘History’ 2. Situation analysis: The Maasai experience 3. Land tenure 4. Next Steps 5. objectives 6. Desired Results 7. […]
- Date of Publication: 2005
- Author(s): O.P. Yusuf-Shani
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Paying for Environmental Services: An analysis of participation in Costa Rica’s PSA Program
Summary: Costa Rica has long been a leader among developing countries in the design of and experimentation with innovative environmental programs. Since 1997, Costa Rica’s “Pagos […]
- Date of Publication: 2005
- Author(s): S. Zbinden; D.R. Lee
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management