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Protecting forests, biodiversity, and the climate: predicting policy impact to improve policy choice
We argue for integrating the consideration of location in policy planning in three ways, in order to help to predict policy impacts on deforestation and, thereby, improve policy choices. Policies must…
6 October 2012 | Peer Reviewed | Central AmericaThe rapid disruption of tropical forests probably imperils global biodiversity more than any other contemporary phenomenon. With deforestation advancing quickly, protected areas are increasingly…
30 August 2012 | Peer Reviewed | KenyaPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether community-based wildlife conservation can potentially be added in rural farmers’ investment portfolio to diversify and consequently reduce…
1 June 2012 | Peer Reviewed | South AfricaResultados de estudio económico y línea base de las actividades de los funcionarios en el Parque Nacional Corcovado y Marino Ballena El objetivo general del estudio es obtener la estructura de precios…
18 April 2012 | Policy Brief | Central AmericaWe add a gift in appreciation of the subject’s contribution to a social reference treatment successfully proven to trigger higher donations, and find that the share of people contributing decreases…
10 February 2012 | Peer Reviewed | Central AmericaA large part of the literature analyzing the links between biodiversity conservation and community development assumes that nature-based tourism managed by indigenous communities will result not only…
21 December 2011 | Peer Reviewed | Central America, SwedenUnderstanding the reasons why some people are more prone to break the rules than others reveal some of the challenges that local people and policy makers must overcome in order to let local…
1 December 2011 | Research Brief | Central AmericaA pesar del relativo éxito del modelo de co-manejo que existe en el Refugio de Vida Silvestre de Ostional, los cambios externos repentinos y sin precedentes en el entorno local plantean serias…
1 December 2011 | Research Brief | Central AmericaThis case study looks at the impacts of the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity’s Toro 3 hydroelectric project and its affects on the Recreo Verde tourism center in San Carlos, Costa Rica. Choice…
24 October 2011 | Peer Reviewed | Central AmericaKgalagadi Transfrontier Park is located in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa and neighbouring Botswana. The local communities on the South African side, the Khomani San (Bushmen) and Mier…
25 May 2011 | Peer Reviewed | South Africa