EfD researcher, Carlos Chávez, NENRE-Concepcion, has been appointed by the Chilean Government to collaborate as a member of the "National Commission of Lithium" ("Comisión Nacional del Litio", by its…
The Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Economics Program ( LACEEP ) started the short course "Policy analysis for environmental economics" by Professor Nancy Olewiler from School of Public…
Thomas Sterner will discuss carbon taxes and other policies to deal with climate change as invited key-note speaker at the 15th Global Conference on Environmental Taxation (GCET15) which will take…
South African researchers have, for the first time, calculated what tourists are willing to pay as a way of compensating the San bushmen if they agree to limit their use of natural resources such as…
If built, the proposed hydroelectric Bakota Gorge Dam on the Zambezi River, 60km downstream of Victoria Falls, could have marked environmental and economic impacts for the region, warns the…
Sue also recently received her PhD (Resource Economics) from UCT, which focused on examining the socio-economic impact of high-end ecotourism in remote, rural communities adjacent to protected areas…
Researchers in South Africa recently presented a report to the provincial government of the Western Cape Province, showing the cost to the economy of degraded ‘natural capital’ is estimated to be at…
The presentations on forest management reform research conducted by EfD in Tanzania, Ethiopia and China addressed major issues such as how effective the reforms are in preventing deforestation and…
The objective of the workshop was to develop a scientific discussion in which we can think about the state of the art in Natural Resource Economics and the Environment in Chile. Specialists, who are…
On March 20, 2014, our center organized a short course on Impact Evaluation for Natural Resource and Environmental Programs designed for policy makers in Chile. The aim was to explain basic concepts…