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The authors estimated the deforestation impact of Costa Rica’s pioneering environmental services payments program (Pagos por Servicios Ambientales, or PSA) between 2000 and 2005. Despite finding that…
| EfD Discussion Paper | Central AmericaWhen the Stern Review challenged the conventional wisdom and called for strong and immediate action on climate change, reactions were initially fierce. However, the ensuing debate has shown a new…
| Peer Reviewed | SwedenCurrent conservation debates place high emphasis on the need to integrate the views and needs of local communities in conservation processes. Understanding local community perceptions of forest…
| Peer Reviewed | KenyaThis brief is a summary of the main outcomes of a forest policy workshop on “Policies to increase forest cover in Ethiopia” held on 18-19 September 2007 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The workshop was…
| Policy Brief | EthiopiaA promising concept that has received considerable attention, Payment-for-ecosystems- services has the potential to become a conventional environmental management tool. Forests and farms supply a wide…
| Report | Central AmericaProceedings of a policy workshop on Policies to increase forest cover in Ethiopia held on 18-19 September 2007 at Global Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia This workshop was first conceived as His…
| Report | Ethiopia, Tanzania, Global HubIn this study we identify the determinants of the participation rural households in the land rental market in Kenya. On the basis of rural households from Laikiapia district, we test a number of…
| Discussion Paper | KenyaLivelihoods in low-income developing countries are generally undiversified and focus on crop production and animal raising. These activities are inherently risky and investment and production…
| Discussion Paper | EthiopiaIn this study Kenya’s energy sector was overviewed for the period 1971-2004. The relation between total energy and total carbon dioxide emission was studied. Emissions of carbon dioxide from the…
| Discussion Paper | Kenya