Having analysed the decentralisation policies of the Bolivian government and the recent transfer of responsibilities to the municipalities with regard to forest management, four case studies are described: Ascension de Guarayos, Rurrenabaque, Villa Tunari y San Ignacio de Velasco. The results sho...
Kaimowitz, D.
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Pacheco, P.
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Johnson, J.
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Pavez, I.
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Vallejos, C.
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Velez, R.
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[Gobiernos municipales y bosques en las tierras bajas de Bolivia]
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Gobiernos municipales y bosques en las tierras bajas de Bolivia
The general reluctance of policy makers to include forests in discussions about global warming has changed with the development of measures to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD). Mesoamerica presents a logical starting point to promote REDD due to the extent of its forest,...
Kaimowitz, D.
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[The prospects for Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) in Mesoamerica]
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The prospects for Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) in Mesoamerica
This article analyzes why it has been easier to promote some types of environmental policy reform in Latin America than others. It first looks at the main groups that might promote such reforms - developed country organizations, the urban middle class, groups that have direct material interests i...
Kaimowitz, D.
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[The political economy of environmental policy reform in Latin America]
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The political economy of environmental policy reform in Latin America
This article analyzes why it has been easier to promote some types of environmental policy reform in Latin America than others. It first looks at the main groups that might promote such reforms - developed country organizations, the urban middle class, groups that have direct material interests i...
Kaimowitz, D.
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[The political economy of environmental policy reform in Latin America]
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The political economy of environmental policy reform in Latin America
This article, which synthesizes the results of more than 140 economic models analyzing the causes of tropical deforestation, raises significant doubts about many conventional hypotheses in the debate about deforestation. More roads, higher agricultural prices, lower wages, and a shortage of off-f...
Angelsen, A.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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[Rethinking the causes of deforestation: lessons from economic models]
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Rethinking the causes of deforestation: lessons from economic models
The paper analyses how macro-economic and agricultural policies, market fluctuations and demographic changes affected forests in the Humid Forest Zone of Cameroon in four periods between 1967 and 1997. For each period it examines how these variables influenced cocoa, coffee, food, and agro-indust...
Ndoye, O.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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[Macro-economics, markets and the humid forests of Cameroon, 1967-1997]
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Macro-economics, markets and the humid forests of Cameroon, 1967-1997
Funding agencies expect policy researchers to show that their efforts have a measurable impact. This poses a considerable challenge. It was traditionally thought that research influences policy directly and that specific policies can be traced back to particular research findings. However, many a...
Spilsbury, M.J.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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[The influence of research and publications on conventional wisdom and policies affecting forests]
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The influence of research and publications on conventional wisdom and policies affecting forests
This paper looks at four "half-truths" about the relations between forests and water in Central America. The first is that deforestation has reduced rainfall in certain regions of Central America. The second is that forest help to maintain dry season stream flow. The third is that deforestation h...
Kaimowitz, D.
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[Cuatro medio verdales: la relacion bosques y agua en Centroamericana]
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Cuatro medio verdales: la relacion bosques y agua en Centroamericana
Two distinct visions of tropical forests co-exist in the scientific literature. One is more neo-Malthusian. The other is more pro-poor. The evidence increasingly favours the latter, although many uncertainties remain. The pro-poor literature emphasises that poor families create and manage forests...
The debates over sustainable development put environmental issues squarely on the policy agendas of nations around the world. Throughout, the fate of the forest occupied center stage, and domestic and international pressure induced many developing nations to reform their forest policy, which freq...
Silva, E.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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Bojanic, A.
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Ekoko, F.
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Manurung, T.
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Pavez, I.
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[Making the law of the jungle: the reform of forest legislation in Bolivia, Cameroon, and Indonesia]
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Making the law of the jungle: the reform of forest legislation in Bolivia, Cameroon, and Indonesia