This report presents EfD Central America, its members and work during 2012/13. For a free hardcopy, please send an email to: info@efdinitiative.org
The Central American node of the Environment for Development initiative is based at:
CATIE, Programa GSE BSA
7170, Turrialba 30501, Cartago, Costa Rica
The expansion of a given land use may affect deforestation directly if forests are cleared to free land for this use, or indirectly, via the displacement of other land-use activities from non-forest areas towards the forest frontier. Unlike direct land conversion, indirect land-use changes affecting deforestation are not immediately observable. They require the linking of changes occurring in different regions.
Project contribute to reducing vulnerability to climate change and to help promoting the development of adaptation strategies that guarantee the human right to water for poor villagers in rural areas
An empirical evaluation of governance and land use outcomes in Russia and future research on conservation approaches and land use outcomes in the Mesoamerica. "Institutions, people and the environment…
Determinación del efecto del uso del suelo (influencia antropogénica) sobre la calidad de agua de las fuentes de abastecimiento de la población en la cuenca del Río Sarapiquí. Resultados de…
EfD-CA Center research fellows Róger Madrigal and Eugenia León conducted the first field visits in rural communities in Nicaragua for the project. EfD-CA Center research fellows Róger Madrigal and…
The project estimate to what extent migration movements within a country are explained by occurrence of extreme weather events in Guatemala. Guatemala is country that has been continuously hit by
The objective of this paper is to explore the determinants of additionality of CCT and PES schemes, defined as the programs’ capacity to deliver desired outcomes that would not have occurred in their absence.
