“Economists need to be empirical in teaching and researching the economics of water”
Professor Michael Hanemann urged economists to be empirical rather than theoretical when teaching and researching the economics of water when he made his keynote presentation at EfD’s Annual Meeting…
Uganda’s policymakers implored to address forest loss, plastic and water pollution
Policymakers in Uganda were urged to take measures to mitigate environmental degradation or else, risk facing serious consequences. The appeal was made during the opening of the 16th EfD Annual…
Economist with a passion for snow leopards and ecosystems defended thesis
Shi Xiangying, one of the many excellent doctoral students at EfD China who obtained their Ph.D.s this summer, is dedicated to the research of ecosystem equilibrium and the conservation of snow…
Economist with a passion for snow leopards and ecosystems defended thesis
Shi Xiangying, one of the many excellent doctoral students at EfD China who obtained their Ph. D.s this summer, is dedicated to the research of ecosystem equilibrium and the conservation of snow
How socially accepted are green reforms in Tanzania?
A stakeholders' workshop held on 19th August 2022 by EfD Tanzania (EfDT) at the University of Dar es Salaam, School of Economics focused on increasing awareness of the current level of social…
EfD Vietnam co-hosts the Asian Congress on Carbon Neutrality
More than 300 scholars around the world participated in the hybrid 11th Congress of the Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economics (AAERE) on 19-20 August 2022. The congress connects…
Soil Conservation Practices and Neighborhood Effects – How Sustained are the relationships?
EfD Authors:
Key findings
Soil conservation activities (i.e., mixed cropping) in the south-south and northwest regions of the country in 2015 are influenced by a high prevalence of neighbours’ activities in 2012. Similarly, low prevalence of soil conservation activities in the middle belt of the country is correlated with similarly low activity levels of farmers’ neighbours in the preceding period.
Farmers with high (low) legumes cultivation in 2015 were surrounded by other farmers with similarly high (low) cultivation in 2012.
A green infrastructure pilot activity aims to restore riverbank forests in Costa Rica
A pilot activity that is part of the project called Diagnostic About the Possibilities to Develop the Green Infrastructure in the Caribbean and Pacific Coasts of Costa Rica, has been initiated in the…