The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, or GERD, under construction on the Blue Nile near the Ethiopian-Sudanese border, is now approximately 50% complete. Initial filling will start this year and will…
The Department of Economics at the School of Business, Economics and Law at University of Gothenburg has been selected to host the 6 th World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, June…
EfD researcher Miguel Quiroga was invited to give a talk on “Recovery of Fisheries: Socioeconomics Aspects” In the Symposium about “Recovery of Fisheries” as part of the 36 th Congreso Chileno de…
EfD researcher Jorge Dresdner was invited to give lectures on “Conservation Policies for Marine Resources Based on Rights” During the CSF's course, Herramientas Económicas para la Conservación de la…
April 6, 2016. Senior Fellow and RFF EfD Program Director Allen Blackman organized and moderated RFF “First Wednesday” Seminar/webinar on “Reducing Deforestaton in Commodity Supply Chains.” About the…
Remidius Ruhinduka, a lecturer and EfD research fellow at the University of Dar Es Salaam, participated in a short-term visiting fellowship with CEGA-EASST at UC Berkeley from April 18-22, 2016. Over…
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA: When home owners at a seaside residential complex in Milnerton, Cape Town, decided to pile up sandbags between the beach and their gardens in the early 2000s, their intention…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: Tourism in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is being held back largely by failures within other sectors, according to a leading tourism analyst and…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: When a touring group of 289 mountain bikers needs to cross legally from Botswana into Zimbabwe, and then South Africa (SA), far from any official border posts, it means…
Professor Thomas Sterner gave a keynote speech at a symposium at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana on April 18, to help interpret Pope Francis’ Encyclical “in care of our common home.” The keynote…