Chacón to study mechanisms of compensation, certification and credit
The project provides a systematization of cases studies in Central America and Dominican Republic. Adriana Chacón, Research Fellow at the EfD-CA Center in CATIE takes part of a project that examines…
LACEA 2010 Invited Sessions - Francisco Alpízar
See research fellow and EfD-CA cordinator Francisco Alpízar presenting in an invited session of the XV Annual Meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA 2010).
Letter from regions - Latin America in EAERE Newsletter
Read Francisco Alpízar's "Letter from regions on the autumn 2010 Newsletter of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economics (EAERE)
Letter from regions - Latin America in EAERE Newsletter
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Read Francisco Alpízar's "Letter from regions on the autumn 2010 Newsletter of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economics (EAERE)
Including Carbon Emissions from Deforestation in the Carbon Footprint of Beef
Effects of land use changes are starting to be included in estimates of life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, so-called carbon footprints (CFs), from food production. Their omission can lead to serious underestimates, particularly for meat. Here we estimate emissions from the conversion of forest to pasture in the Legal Amazon Region (LAR) of Brazil and present a model to distribute the emissions from deforestation over products and time subsequent to the land use change.
Impact of uncertainty and pro-social attitudes on household’s solid waste management decisions: starting from scratch in a LDC
This project addresses whether increasing uncertainty about the beneficial consequences of collected waste or other aspects of the collection-recycling process affect contribution levels and in turn
The role of coastal communities on the management of marine turtles in Central America: The case of Ostional Wildlife Refuge
To understand under which conditions a co-management alternative (a shared effort between the central government and the local community) might work to guarantee the sustainable use of a complex
Exploring the potential of safety nets as part of an adaptation to climate change strategy in Central America
This project explores the effects and the role of safety nets in adaptation to climate change in Central America. A better understanding of individuals’ responses to extreme climatic events is
Measuring the effects of flood risk on migration flows: An application for Costa Rica
The objective of this project is to estimate to what extent migration movements within a country are explained by occurrence of extreme weather events in general and more specifically by floods