Sustainable Agriculture & Natural Resource Management (SANREM)

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Status of Pro-Poor Payments for Ecosystem Services in Africa and prospects for the future

Outline: Investing in Natural Infrastructure – Self-organized private deals – Public payments to farmers, communities – Open Trading of Ecosystem Credits Under a Cap or Floor […]

  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): S. Scherr
  • Type of Document: Media

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Markets for ecosystem services in Australia: Practical design and case studies

Presentation Structure: Background / Introduction Types, selection, design – When to use a market – heterogeneity, participation, Goal – Market typology – regional implementation – Design […]

  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): D. Shelton; S. Whitten
  • Type of Document: Media

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Linking economic policies and environmental outcomes at a watershed scale

In this chapter, the authors reported the results from an optimization-simulation model used to illustrate potential impacts of local and national policies to enourage sustainable land […]

  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): G. Shively; C. Zelek
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Payments to the rural poor for the sake of conserving tropical watersheds: A contingent valuation analysis in Ecuador

Summary: Examined in this paper are the potential contributions of PWES to conservation of the watershed in which Quito, Ecuador is located. Contingent-valuation (CV) analysis yields […]

  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): D. Southgate; T. Haab; F. Rodriguez
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

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Review of developments of environmental services markets in Indonesia

Summary: The objectives of this study was to assess the development of the market for environmental services in Indonesia through a review of literature on related […]

  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): S. Suyanto; B. Leimona; R.P. Permana; F.J.C. Chandler
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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Localizing demand and supply of environmental services: Interactions with property rights, collective action and the welfare of the poor

Abstract: Payments for environmental services (PES) are increasingly discussed as appropriate mechanisms for matching the demand for environmental services with the incentives of land users whose […]

  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): B. Swallow; R. Meinzen-Dick; M. van Noordwijk
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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Farmers’ knowledge and perceptions of soil fertility

In chapter 10, Crane and Traore compare indigenous perceptions and models of soil fertility management with those of modern soil science. The differences between these perspectives […]

  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): T. Crane; B. Traore
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Case study of Payments for Environmental Services: The United Kingdom

Contents: United Kingdom (UK) policy background prior to agri-environmental programs – Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reforms – Emergence of UK agri-environmental programs, with emphasis on ‘payments […]

  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): T. Dobbs; J. Pretty
  • Type of Document: Media

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Biodiversity offsets: Good for business and biodiversity?

Content: Context – Why is a mainstream fund manager interested in biodiversity? – The business case for managing biodiversity risk and opportunity – The biodiversity benchmark […]

  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): K. ten Kate
  • Type of Document: Media

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Policy research framework for the Vietnam TMPEGS Team

The four years of the policy framework include: Year 1- Desk-based Review Year 2, 3- Stakeholder analysis and Data analysis Year 4- Policy recommendations

  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): P.T. Thinh
  • Type of Document: Media

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