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Autor: Wunder, Sven

Despite considerable international attention in the field of forest conservation, tropical forests are still disappearing at an unaltered pace. This book gives an economic perspective on the analysis of deforestation. Following a survey of different deforestation definitions, theories and empiric...


Wunder, Sven[The economics of deforestation: the example of Ecuador]The economics of deforestation: the example of Ecuador
Autor: Iwan, R.

The Setulang community in Malinau, Indonesia has resisted offers of substantial sums of money from timber companies to gain access to their lands. Instead they have sought to conserve their forest because of the many services it provides them. This article, written by a member of the Setulang com...


Iwan, R.[Setulang village protects its river: Ramses Iwan on behalf of the Setulang community]Setulang village protects its river: Ramses Iwan on behalf of the Setulang community

The main challenge that the Amazon region poses is what should be done to avoid that the region will follow the fate of other tropical regions: forest destruction and poverty. The fact that most of 80 percent of the region remains as forest leaves us the opportunity to build the way towards susta...


Alencar, A.Nepstad, D.C.McGrath, D.Moutinho, P.Pacheco, P.Carmen Vera Diaz, M. delSoares Filho, B.[Desmatamento na Amazonia: indo alem da "emergencia cronica"]Desmatamento na Amazonia: indo alem da "emergencia cronica"

Conservation concessions, as advocated by E.Niesten and R.Rice, suggest the paying revenues to populations and the State so that they may renounce income derived from forest exploitation. Apart from the questionable transformation of peasants as renters of conservation, serious questions arise as...


Karsenty, A.Nasi, Robert[Un commentaire sur l'article de E. Niesten et R. Rice les (concessions de conservation) sonnent-elles le glas de l'amenagement forestier durable?]Un commentaire sur l'article de E. Niesten et R. Rice les (concessions de conservation) sonnent-elles le glas de l'amenagement forestier durable?

This paper summarizes the main findings of “Communitarian forest management in Tropical America: Experiences, lessons and challenges for the future”, jointly produced by a group of researchers closely related to CFM in Latin America. Local peoples and communities in rural Latin America are the tr...


Pokorny B.Sabogal, C.Jong, W. deStoian, D.Louman, B.Pacheco, P.Porro, N.M.[Experiencias y retos del manejo forestal comunitario en América Tropical]Experiencias y retos del manejo forestal comunitario en América Tropical

The concept of payments for ecosystem services (PES) is probably the most promising innovation in conservation since Rio 1992, slowly but certainly to expand in the tropics. In a global context of stagnating or even decreasing public funding for biodiversity conservation, PES have the potential b...


Wunder, SvenWertz-Kanounnikoff, S.[Payments for ecosystem services: a new way of conserving biodiversity in forests]Payments for ecosystem services: a new way of conserving biodiversity in forests

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsUnited Nations Environment Programme[Report of the Workshop on the Follow-Up to UNCED and Implementation of the Forest Principles]Report of the Workshop on the Follow-Up to UNCED and Implementation of the Forest Principles

United Nations Environment Programme[Comoros: Ecosystem-based Adaptation 2017-2020 - Building Climate Resilience through Rehabilitated Watersheds, Forests and Adaptive Livelihoods]Comoros: Ecosystem-based Adaptation 2017-2020 - Building Climate Resilience through Rehabilitated Watersheds, Forests and Adaptive Livelihoods

Architecture for REDD+ Transactions[The Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART): Attracting New Investment to Protect and Restore Forests]The Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART): Attracting New Investment to Protect and Restore Forests

United Nations Environment Programme[Programme for Change: Decisions from the Fourth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity]Programme for Change: Decisions from the Fourth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

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