Utilizing an untapped resource: Manure use in the Bolivian Altiplano as a means to increase overall production
Summary: Bolivia is a landlocked country located in west central South America along the Andes Mountain chain. The country is approximately 1.1 million sq/km (about 3 […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): J. Waller
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Socioeconomic baseline studies: Agro-forestry and sustainable vegetables production in southeast Asian watershed
This study was conducted in the Kecamatan Nanggung, a sub-district of Indonesia. The paper discusses the economic analysis of vegetable farming based on current demographics and […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): K. Wijaya; S. Budidarsono; J. Roshetko
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Community-based wetland co-management in Bangladesh
Abstract: In an attempt to find new solutions to problems resulting from top-down approaches to resource conservation and sustainability, community-based co-management over an entire wetland ecosystem […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): Winrock International
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Innovation
Hot potatoes in the Payments for Environmental Services debate
This presentation discusses: I. Definition and concepts II. A global vision III. Arguments for and against PES
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): S. Wunder
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
PES and poverty alleviation
Abstract: PES is a voluntary transaction where a well-defined environmental service is being bought from a provider who controls an environmental asset and the provision can […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): S. Wunder
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
The efficiency of payments for environmental services in tropical conservation
Abstract: Payments for environmental services (PES) represent a new, more direct way to promote conservation. They explicitly recognize the need to address difficult trade-offs by bridging […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): S. Wunder
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Ecosystem Services and Payments for Ecosystem Services: Why should businesses care?
Many companies rely on natural resources, and securing the flow of ecosystem services may be directly related to their business’s bottom line. Other businesses have a […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): WWF
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Resultados del seguimiento a la investigacion participativa en Umala
En esta presentacion se contemplan los resultados alcanzados hasta enero de 2008 en el seguimiento a la investigacion accion participativa, concretamente, 1) los resultados de la […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): O. Yana
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Technical change and productive efficiency: Irrigated rice in the Philippines
Abstract: Panel data are used to study the technical efficiency of rice producers in the Philippines. Production efficiency over time is measured using a stochastic frontier […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): R.T. Yao; G.E. Shively
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
Listening to the Mountains
From back cover of Book: This collection of new and revised essays by Professor Robert E. Rhoades represents a seasoned and insightful personal statement on the […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): Robert E. Rhoades
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
