Ida Hellmark, environmental economist, former project coordinator for Focali and alumni from the School of Economics at the University of Gothenburg, has been awarded the “young economics alumni award…

The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) is a new national research center supported by the National Science Foundation through a grant to the University of Maryland. SESYNC funds…

Professor Thomas Sterner is one of the experts from 56 countries who are currently working in Vigo, Spain, on the next Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment report on climate…

Environmental Economics Policy Forum for Ethiopia (EEPFE) Research fellow Dr. Abebe Damte presented the Ethiopian Green Growth Strategy at the International Conference on “Sustainable Development…

The Inter-American Development Bank is organizing a series of lectures with emphasis on Economics of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. EfD Central America Center Director and Research Fellow…

At the recent EfD annual meeting in Costa Rica the Coordination Committee made a number of important decisions. First a five year strategic plan was decided upon. This plan includes ambitions of…

International and Costa Rican local media showed great interest in covering the EfD Policy Day celebrated on October 25, 2012 What has been traditionally known as The Policy Day took place as part of…

The World Bank invites the submission of abstracts (between 800 and 1500 words) on the theme "Moving towards transparent land governance: Evidence-based next steps.” The deadline is November 15th…

The paper "The Role of Land Certification in Reducing Gender Gaps in Productivity in Rural Ethiopia" written by EfD research fellow Mintewab Bezabih, EfD Associate Stein T. Holden and Andrea Mannberg…

EEPFE research fellow, Dr. Abebe Damte presented a paper on 'Common Property Forest Management: Implications for REDD in Ethiopia' at the Climate Change and Development Policy Conference organized by…