REDD may lead to the revival of colonialism
“If we aren’t careful, a system like REDD may lead to a revision of colonialism. The crucial problem is that we in Tanzania don´t have the required facts about our own forests,” said Professor Claude…
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Environmental Valuation course draws participants from around world
21 researchers and PhD students from across the globe currently attend the course Environmental Valuation that is held at School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg in Sweden 7…
Benefit sharing is key for the success of REDD in Tanzania
Press release in connection with EfD Policy Day Arusha, Tanzania, 27 October 2011 REDD offers potentially huge financial benefits for Tanzania. According to a draft national strategy for this forest…
Field Survey Analysis of Conservation Policies and Deforestation Decisions
Through gathering landowners’ experiences and actual practices in situ, researchers at EfD-CA Center work on confirming research findings, contextualize, validate research, and set new hypothesis…
Household Forest Values under Varying Management Regimes in Ethiopia
A half day workshop was organized by EfD in Washington DC on April 21, 2011. Recent developments in forest management institutions in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania were presented. EfD-Ethiopia…
Forest Tenure Impact Evaluation Workshop at World Bank completed
The Environment for Development initiative arranged a Forest Tenure Impact Evaluation Workshop on April 21, in connection to the World Bank’s annual conference on land and poverty in Washington D.C…
CATIE and FONAFIFO to cooperate for rural and forest development
The work of both organizations will be more effective through this alliance which promotes sharing technical assistance and experiences. The Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center…
CATIE and FONAFIFO to cooperate for rural and forest development
The work of both organizations will be more effective through this alliance which promotes sharing technical assistance and experiences. The Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center…
New Report says Forest Land Reform Stagnating, Posing Risks to Global Efforts to Combat Climate Change and Poverty
Rapidly-rising food prices and growing demand for all land-based commodities, like palm oil and biofuels, are driving an intensive global land hunt that threatens the rights of hundreds of millions of…
How can people interact to solve environmental issues?
Plans for the research program Human Cooperation to Manage Natural Resources were elaborated on January 17-19 at Indiana University in Bloomington. Project partners are Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom's…