Sustainable Agriculture & Natural Resource Management (SANREM)

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The promise and perils of payments for ecosystem services

Abstract: Created by the interactions of living organisms with their environment, ecosystem services support our society by providing clean air and water, decomposing waste, pollinating flowers, […]

  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): J. Salzman
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

SANREM CRSP News, September 2005

Table of Contents: Message From Dr. S.K. De Datta, Administrative PI For SANREM CRSP Restoring Forest for Madagascar Traditional Landraces Being Repatriated to South American Villages […]

  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): SANREM CRSP
  • Type of Document: Newsletter

SANREM CRSP Website

This website is the home of the Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Collaborative Research Support Program (SANREM CRSP), which promotes stakeholder empowerment and improved livelihoods […]

  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): SANREM CRSP
  • Type of Document: Media

SANREM Knowledgebase

The SANREM Knowledgebase (SKB) is a catalog of information resources specific to the SANREM project as well as a catalog and archive of other resources and […]

  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): SANREM CRSP
  • Type of Document: Media

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

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

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

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

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

The impact of urban growth and long-term climatic variations on the sustainable development of the City of Niamey, Niger

This paper examines the combined effect of population growth and climate change in the area surrounding Niamey, Niger. Using GIS technology, the study is able to […]

  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): Y.A. Twumasi; A. Manu; T.L. Coleman; I.A. Maiga
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document