Economic incentives for land use change: evidence from Lantapan
Optimal land use and farm area choices depend on crop prices, input prices, family labor, household characteristics, and agro-ecological characteristics. Location in the watershed (e.g. altitude) […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): I. Coxhead; B. Demeke
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management, Policy
Panel data evidence on upland agricultural land use in the Philippines: Can economic policy reforms reduce environmental damage?
In this paper we investigate determinants of land use decisions made by farmers in an upland area of the Philippines. Our Goal is to quantify land […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): I. Coxhead; B. Demeke
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management, Policy
Development strategy, poverty, and deforestation in the Philippines
Most thinking on poverty and deforestation in developing countries does so in terms of the influence of one on the other, in either direction. However, the […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): I. Coxhead; S. Jayasuriya
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Nature, richesse et pouvoir: Un document de travail sur les meilleures pratiques emergentes pour la revitalisation de l’Afrique rurale
Abstract: Les ressources naturelles sont une source majeure de richesse et de pouvoir en Afrique. Elles sont egalement essentielles au developpement rural et a la bonne […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): J. Anderson
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Innovation
Bueno para comer, bueno para pensar: Alimentacion y cultura en Cotacachi
Objetivo: Estudio de la dieta y el sistema culinario indigena. Conocer las principales actividades asociadas con la produccion y consumo de alimentos. Conocer las percepciones y […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): J. Camacho
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Markets for biodiversity services: Potential roles and challenges
This article discusses the current crisis in financing for biodiversity conservation. The public sector has traditionally had responsibility for protecting environmental services. However, declining funding for […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): M. Jenkins; S.J. Scherr; M. Inbar
- Type of Document: Newspaper Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Review of developments of environmental services markets in Sri Lanka
Summary: Sri Lanka holds great potential for developing PES and environmental service markets. It is however a relative new concept and improving awareness and building institutional […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): M. Kallesoe; D. De Alvis
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Mali: Belan et perspective d’une decennie de decentralisation
Abstract: En dix annees de parcours, la decentralisation malienne mise sur les rails a partir de 1993 par le regime du president Konare semble avoir atteint […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): B. Kassibo
- Type of Document: Not Available
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Rapid Agrobiodiversity Assessment (RABA): A tool to capture the understanding and knowledge of stakeholders on the benefits of agrobiodiversity
Summary: Rapid Agrobiodiversity Assessment tries to link sellers with potential buyers of biodiversity conservation services to engage in an agreement for environmental services payment. It is […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): S.A. Kuncoro; M. van Noordwijk; F.J.C. Chandler
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Etude morpho-pedologique de la commune de Madiama
Excerpt: L’objectif general de cette etude etait: l’amelioration de la gestion durable des ressources naturelles de la commune de Madiama afin d’assurer un meilleur cadre de […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): L. Dioni; O. Badini
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management