There is consensus that payments for biodiversity services are a promising conservation tool, yet the implementation of applied schemes has been lagging behind. This paper explores some reasons why potential biodiversity buyers may hesitate. It describes the case of an unsuccessful attempt to est...
Wunder, Sven
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Frost, P.
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Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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Iwan, R.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[When donors get cold feet: the community conservation concession in Setulang (Kalimantan, Indonesia) that never happened]
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When donors get cold feet: the community conservation concession in Setulang (Kalimantan, Indonesia) that never happened
Angi, E.M.
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[Bagaimana kebijakan dapat dikoordinasikan antara pusat, daerah dan masyarakat?]
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Bagaimana kebijakan dapat dikoordinasikan antara pusat, daerah dan masyarakat?
In the growing literature at the interface of rural livelihood improvement and conservation of natural forests, two overarching issues stand out: (1) How and to what extent use of forest resources do and can contribute to poverty alleviation and (2) How and to what extent poverty alleviation and ...
Sunderlin, William D.
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Angelsen, A.
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Belcher, B.
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Burgess, P.
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Nasi, Robert
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Santoso, L.
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Wunder, Sven
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[Livelihoods, forests, and conservation in developing countries: an overview]
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Livelihoods, forests, and conservation in developing countries: an overview
This paper examines the validity of data from the 12 case studies in six Central African parks cited by Cernea and Schmidt-Soltau (2003, 2006) and Schmidt-Soltau (2003). The same data are used for multiple papers to support the authors’ arguments relating to the human welfare costs of protected a...
Maisels, S.
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Sunderland, T.C.H.
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Curran, B.
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Loebenstein, K. von
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Oates, J.
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Usongo, L.
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Dunn, A.
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Asaha, S.
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Balinga, M.
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Defo, L.
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Telfer, P.
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[Central Africa’s protected areas and the purported displacement of people: a first critical review of existing data]
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Central Africa’s protected areas and the purported displacement of people: a first critical review of existing data
Can democratic processes favour conservation outcomes in the tropics? This study focuses on local viewpoints within a forested landscape of high conservation significance in East Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo). Stakeholders received posters displaying results from a previous study; these posters ...
Padmanaba, M.
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Sheil, Douglas
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[Finding and promoting a local conservation consensus in a globally important tropical forest landscape]
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Finding and promoting a local conservation consensus in a globally important tropical forest landscape
The proposed Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol paves the way for financial and technological transfers to support forestry projects that sequester carbon or protect carbon stocks. This paper examines the implications of CDM for forest conservation and sustainable use by draw...
Smith, J.
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Mulongoy, K.
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Persson, R.
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Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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[Harnessing carbon markets for tropical forest conservation: towards a more realistic assessment]
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Harnessing carbon markets for tropical forest conservation: towards a more realistic assessment
Development of management plans collaboratively with local people (e.g. co-management) is now an important means of protected area conservation. Yet formal protected area managers often need more specific information about the local people with whom they want to co-manage resources. We propose wi...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Wadley, R.L.
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Venkateswarlu, P.
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[Understanding local people's use of time: a pre-condition for good co-management]
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Understanding local people's use of time: a pre-condition for good co-management
Payments for Environmental Services (PES) are being considered worldwide with great interest and expectation. Proposals to create agreements in which beneficiaries of environmental services pay landowners directly for the provision or protection of these services are innovative and promising. But...
Robertson, N.
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Wunder, Sven
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[Fresh tracks in the forest: assessing incipient payments for environmental services initiatives in Bolivia]
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Fresh tracks in the forest: assessing incipient payments for environmental services initiatives in Bolivia