Zhaoyang Liu was awarded for his discussion paper
Dr Zhaoyang Liu, or Leo as he is called by most people, was given the prestigious Peter Berck’s Best Discussion Paper Award at the last day of EfD’s Annual Meeting. The paper focuses on methods of…
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How to reduce plastics in the oceans
EfD researcher Fredrik Carlsson is interviewed on the topic "Mapping the path of plastics to reduce ocean emissions". The article, which is published on the University of Gothenburg's website, gives…
EfD's Edward Bbaale in TV interview on need for new legislation
Edward Bbaale, EfD's Center director at Makerere University, Uganda, was interviewed on national TV i Uganda because of his important role in finding solutions to the environmental problems in the…
BBC-Interview with EfD’s Martine Visser on the concept of nudging
Martine Visser, head of the EfD Center in Cape Town South Africa, was interviewed on BBC Business on how we can use nudging as a way to change people's behavior in a favorable way. The program…
Government officials trained on Environmental Valuation
Over 40 trainees including representatives from Uganda line Ministries, Departments and Agencies including the Ministry of Lands and Housing, the Ministry of Water and Environment, the National Forest…
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EfD-CA continues sharing research knowledge on water and hydrological disasters
International virtual event on environmental economics allowed to communicate scientific results of studies executed by researchers from EfD-CA July 7, 2020. On June 27 and June 29, researchers from…
EfD-Mak Centre Uganda in collaboration with EfD-Tanzania hold a webinar on Harnessing the COVID -19 Recovery Programmes to Combat Climate Change in Uganda
The EfD Mak Centre Uganda in collaboration with EfD-Tanzania on 24th June, 2020 held a Webinar with a purpose of distilling lessons learned from the COVID-19 response and how these can be transposed…
In Costa Rica protected areas reduce the incidence of hydrological disasters
This is the main result of a research that can be useful for policy makers in the country, the most relevant information is shown in a four minutes video produced by EfD-CA March 25, 2020. In a period…
Using Payments for Ecosystem Services to Protect Water Resources
A four-minute video summarizes the work done by researchers from EfD-CA at CATIE to provide a PES scheme for two watersheds in Jamaica March 6, 2020. The experience of more than 15 years in the design…
A payment for ecosystem services to improve the management in two watershed of Jamaica
Researchers from CATIE supported the establishment of the Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) schema for the Yallahs River and Hope River Watershed Management Units Tuesday February 19, 2020. On the…