Connectivity at a cost: Economic dynamics of restoring habitat connectivity
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Both in the United States and in Europe there is ongoing work on reversing habitat fragmentation and the attendant loss in biodiversity in river systems caused by hydropower and other developments. Fish ladders and other measures are being introduced to restore the connectivity in river systems. In this paper, we set up a theoretical model to investigate what the conditions are for such an investment to be socially profitable.
Households' socio-demographic characteristics, perceived and underestimated vulnerability to floods and related risk reduction in Ghana
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Highlights
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- Studies assessing households' vulnerability to floods significantly ignore the element of underestimation.
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- The concept of “Perceived Vulnerability” enhances the value of assessing flood risks.
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- Gender differences of household heads exist in Perceived Vulnerability to urban floods.
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- Age among male household heads determined underestimation of floods although non-linear.
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EfD research used as a roadmap to eliminate plastic pollution
The Global Plastics Action Partnership (GPAP) is a major public-private partnership aimed at tackling global plastics pollution. It’s now is drawing on EfD expertise as it creates a roadmap for how to
EfD supports the monitoring and evaluation of Ethiopia’s green growth plan
After the Copenhagen Climate Conference in 2009, the Ethiopian government developed a Climate Resilience and Green Economy (CRGE) strategy. It has become a central element of the country’s development
EfD helps revolutionize the way governments value nature
In March 2021, the United Nations Statistical Commission took a major step toward moving beyond traditional measures of economic well-being by officially approving a framework for ecosystem accounting
Interactions between fixed and mobile recycling facilities: Do personal norms matter?
Local governments in middle-income countries have promoted the installation of containers to increase the collection of materials with potential for recycling. However, the level of collected
Input efficiency as a solution to externalities – A randomized controlled trial
Economic valuation of forest ecosystem services in Kenya
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Implications for Participatory Forest Management and Payments to Communities for Ecosystem Services
- Communities living near Kenya’s forests place a monetary value on conservation.
- Mountain forests are the source of rivers that provide water for agriculture and other “ecosystem services” such as flood control and water purification.
- It is possible for downstream communities that benefit from these ecosystem services to pay the upstream communities to conserve the forests.
The role of large traders in driving sustainable agricultural intensification in smallholder farms: Evidence from Kenya
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Pervasive threats of climate change and land degradation have compounded the inherent low farm productivity problem in sub‐Saharan Africa. Though sustainable agricultural intensification practices have been shown to improve the resilience of farm production in the face of these emerging threats, they suffer low adoption rates typical of any technology adoption in these regions. Recent evidence points to an emergence of large traders in smallholder grain markets of countries in sub‐Saharan Africa.