Payment for Ecosystem Services in the Bolivian Sub-Andean Humid Forest
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The adoption of good practices for the economic valuation of environmental services (ES) has strong implications in the evaluation and design of a Payment for Environmental Services program.
A Bayesian Quantile Binary Regression Approach to Estimate a Payment for Environmental Services
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Stated preference approaches, such as contingent valuation, focus mainly on the estimation of the mean or median willingness to pay (WTP) for an environmental good. Nevertheless, these two welfare measures may not be appropriate when there are social and political concerns associated with implementing a payment for environmental services (PES) scheme. In this paper the authors used a Bayesian estimation approach to estimate a quantile binary regression and the WTP distribution in the context of a contingent valuation PES application.
Cleaner stoves can save Tanzania’s forests
A government policy which encourages subsidies of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) stoves, or provides for households to buy these with credit, could reduce deforestation in Tanzania by nearly a half. This
Sustainable energy transitions to support the Climate-Resilient Green Economy Strategy
Ethiopia aims to build a green economy and to follow a growth path that fosters sustainable development. T hrough the development of its Climate-Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) strategy, which is based
Analysis of the ecosystem services of mangrove to aquaculture and fisheries in Vietnam
This project will investigate the impact of mangrove forest on shrimps farming and on the risk of shrimp farming, and how changes in mangrove cover affects shrimp harvests. Besides, the project aims
Impacts of electric stoves on air pollution and women’s welfare in rural India
This project aims to identify the causal impacts of electric induction stoves on levels of particulate matter and other outcomes in rural India. The study will provide valuable data on when and how
Understanding the dynamics and drivers of land use and land cover (LULC) change in Ethiopia
The objectives of this research project are to analyse the effects of socioeconomic and institutional factors on land use change in Ethiopia and to assess and understand whether climate change has any
Assessing socio-economic impacts of the Three North Shelterbelt (Green Great Wall) Program in China
This project will provide a systematic assessment over the impacts of the Three North Shelterbelt Program (TNSP) on the economic development in northern China. We will be doing so by examining
Effects of key state-owned forestry reforms on the inequality of household incomes
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Based on the survey on 1 454 households in 24 forestry bureaus in 3 provinces, this paper used both MEL and OLS methods to evaluate the impact of state-owned forestry reforms on the inequality of household income. The study found that inequality of households in state-owned forestry regions has further aggravated and the reforms take the main responsibility for this phenomenon.