The economics of conservation investments
Abstract: International donors invest billions of dollars to conserve ecosystems in low-income nations. An emerging debate rages among academics and practitioners as to the most effective […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): P.J. Ferraro; R.D. Simpson
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Payments for Environmental Services
Abstract: Despite their value, environmental services are often lost as land users typically receive no compensation for the services their land generates for others and therefore […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): S. Pagiola; G. Platais
- Type of Document: Newsletter
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Selling Forest Environmental Services: Market-based mechanisms for conservation and development
Abstract: Forest destruction throughout the world poses significant risks. Not only are forests a source of valuable timber and non-timber products, but they also provide important […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): S. Pagiola; J.T. Bishop; N. Landell-Mills (eds.)
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Biodiversity and marginality: Dilemma of economic development
Abstract: This study investigates the impact of economic development on women and biodiversity in two rural communities in Ecuador. The level of womens integration into the […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): M. Piniero
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Developing markets for the ecosystem services of forests
Table of Contents: Introduction Background: The environmental services of forests The rationale for market approaches Types of Markets and payment mechanisms – Self-organized private deals – […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): I. Powell; A. White; N. Landell-Mills
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Scenarios of sustainability: Scientific and local visions of development in a biodiversity hotspot (Ecuador)
Sustainability has been a core concept in development approaches in the 1990s. Even so, it has been largely defined in biophysical terms, such as rates of […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): R. Rhoades; V. Nazarea-Rhoades
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Breaking new ground: Linking research, participation and sustainable development
Abstract: This chapter describes the global mission of SANREM as developing principles and methodologies for sustainable ecosystem management at multiple scales. The author then further describes […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): R.E. Rhoades
- Type of Document: Not Available
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Conservation concessions – concept description
Conservation concessions are a tool to make resource protection and development objectives compatible. Using this approach, government or local resources users are regularly given compensation by […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): R. Rice
- Type of Document: Not Available
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Conservation Concessions: A new tool for biodiversity conservation in the tropics
Abstract: Conservation of biodiversity-rich habitats presents a challenge to nations wishing to develop their natural resources for economic ends. Logging, mining and other resource-development activities offer […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): R. Rice
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Economic development, watershed health and water policy
Economic growth and population increase brings about increases in water demand. The major user of water in the Philippines is the agriculture sector, followed by the […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): A. Rola
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management, Policy