EfD Central America helps Water Community Organizations interact with policymakers
In Costa Rica, Water Community Organizations (WCO) play a key role in providing water for about 1,5 million people, which represents nearly 30% of the population of the country. To support the WCOs…
Policymakers got training on natural resource accounting for better policy decisions
Civil servants from government ministries, departments, and agencies met in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to learn how they can take advantage of research in environmental economics. EfD Tanzania’s Director…
Academia and local government officials in the West Nile region discussed forestry and biodiversity conservation
Over 60 participants from academia, local government officials, the private sector, and civil society organizations met on 2nd December 2021 at Muni University to discuss the status of forests and…
Uganda includes IGE vision in national plans and policies
The Government of Uganda will include the Inclusive Green Growth (IGE) vision in the national development plan, policies, and legal framework. This promise was given by the Director of the Directorate…
Workshop on cross-country peer-learning and training opens in Uganda
A three-day workshop focusing on National Policy Reviews and training has been opened at the Speke Resort Hotel Munyonyo in Uganda. Over forty researchers and policymakers from Sweden, Uganda, Kenya…
The Director of EfD Assoc. Prof. Gunnar Köhlin makes his maiden visit to Makerere University
A four-man delegation of Swedish environmental economists arrived at Makerere University on 22nd November 2021 to discuss collaborative initiatives on the environment and sustainable development. The…
Government officials learned about the importance of forests and biodiversity
Over 50 officials from the Kabale district government were made aware of the need to protect the environment for sustainable livelihoods and future generations. This happened in a policy dialogue…
Efficiency and possibilities for Arabica coffee-banana management systems switching in the Mt. Elgon landscape of Uganda
Sustainably intensifying rural agricultural systems is now a development goal that has gained momentum in the recent decades due to a rapidly growing population and feeds directly into the Sustainable Development Goals of ending poverty and hunger. By 2050, the world will be inhabited by 10 billion people, 68% of whom will be city dwellers which will pose serious food and livelihoods security threats to millions of people, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Assessing public preferences for deep sea ecosystem conservation: a choice experiment in Norway and Scotland
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Recent events around the world have revealed varying degrees of public support for climate change and environmental regulation. Applying a latent class logit model, this study investigates Norwegian and Scottish public’s economic support for proposed deep sea management policies for novel attributes, identifying the presence of preference heterogeneity. Marine litter and health of fish stocks were the attributes with the highest values in absolute terms. This was followed by the size of the protected area coverage, whilst the creation of jobs was the least valued.