For ten years he has pointed to forests as a major asset for sustainable development in China. Finally and just in time for the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, China’s national

"EfD gave me a smooth transition to my home country after my studies in Europe", says Paul Maina Guthiga, research fellow of EfD in Kenya. He is currently focusing on the anticipated economics impacts

Dr John Mduma, EfD research fellow at EfD Tanzania participated in the conference "Land Governance in Support of the Millennium Development Goals: Responding to new challenges", held in Washington DC

This article was written by Damas Mwita and published in the daily Tanzanian newspaper THISDAY 2009-02-23. The article was based on an EfD Tanzania press release 2009-02-20. >> Press release >> The

”It has been widely acknowledged that lack of appropriate mechanisms and incentives in the state forest sector, as well as lack of secure forest tenure for farmers in the collective forest sector

Professor Jintao Xu, the coordinator of EfD in China and one of China´s most prominent experts in forestry economics, did not really plan to become an environmental economist. ”From the beginning it

Razack Lokina grew up as the son of a small coffee farmer in the village of Msangeni, in the Mwanga District of the Kilimanjaro Region. Now he is a fellow researcher and coordinator at the EfD center

This is an example of how EfD research can influence policies for Sustainable Financing of Protected Areas in Costa Rica. "The process of influencing policy is slow and requires high investments in

”I love teaching. It is the best part of my job,” says Peter Parks, professor at Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA, and an EfD Research Associate. 2008 is the tenth year he has been asked to come to

”I want to create a research environment that works like an academy but with people who are prepared to get their boots muddy – ready to go out into the field and to contact policy makers,” says