Markets, food security and conservation: A model for rural development in Zambia
This presentation describes COMACO (Community Markets for Conservation), a program developed by Wildlife Conservation Society in Zambia to address the interconnected issues of conservation, food security, […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): D. Lewis
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management
Poultry health and management: A guide to raising healthy village poultry
A manual used to train over 500 villagers (approximately equal numbers of men and women) which has already resulted in an increase in poultry survival of […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): E. McDonald
- Type of Document: Project Document
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Capacity Building, Markets, Natural Resource Management
A scoping assessment of current work on payments for ecosystem services in Asia, Latin America and East & Southern Africa
Payments for ecosystem services (PES) offer a new approach to securing revenue streams for the maintenance, conservation, and restoration of ecological structures and functions globally. Yet, […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): S. Waage; S. Scherr; M. Jenkins; M. Inbar
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets
Bio-char: Soil ecological and carbon balance studies
Coming soon
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): J. Lehmann
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Global
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management
LTRA-2: An Agricultural Markets Model for Biodiversity Conservation
This project sought to determine the extent to which the Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) model can be economically self-sustaining and the effectiveness of the different […]
- Start Date: 2005
- End Date: 2009
- Project Code: LTRA-2
- Lead University: Cornell University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management, Policy
LTRA-4: Practices and Strategies to Address Climate Change and Market Risks
Amid climate, economic, and social changes in the Andean regions of Bolivia and Peru, small landholders are increasingly vulnerable to environmental and market shocks and stresses. […]
- Start Date: 2005
- End Date: 2009
- Project Code: LTRA-4
- Lead University: University of Missouri-Columbia
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Capacity Building, Climate Change, Markets
Wire snares and guns collected to promote sustainable natural resource management
The manager of COMACO’s Regional Trading Centre at Lundazi shows the wire snares and guns that farmers have voluntarily traded in, in order to receive training […]
- Date of Publication: 2005
- Author(s): A.J. Travis
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management
Rice being dried at the Lundazi Regional Trading Centre, Zambia
Rice and other food crops are being grown using conservation farming techniques, instead of the unsustainable practices currently employed.
- Date of Publication: 2005
- Author(s): A.J. Travis
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management
Reformed poacher now basing his livelihood on sustainable agriculture and ecotourism
Abstract: The man in the middle of the photo is a reformed poacher who has spent over 15 years in jail for his illegal hunting activities. […]
- Date of Publication: 2005
- Author(s): A.J. Travis
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management
Illegal deforestation in Zambia
Dr. Dale Lewis, a co-PI on the grant and the originator of the COMACO model, points out recent illegal deforestation in one of Zambia’s National Forests […]
- Date of Publication: 2005
- Author(s): A.J. Travis
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management
