This article describes opportunities to achieve both conservation and poverty alleviation goals. The goals, held by local, national and international groups, present a new agenda for achieving these goals and call for new and heightened attention by development planners, industry, conservation gr...
Scherr, Sara J.
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White, A.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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[Time for something different: putting markets to the service of the forest poor]
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Time for something different: putting markets to the service of the forest poor
Asian policymakers need to know how changes in land uses and practices related to forests affect flooding, dry season stream flow, and water quality. Based on their beliefs about these relations, policymakers often ban logging or introduce expensive projects. Many key stakeholders believe that lo...
A preliminary insight into how structural adjustment policies (SAPs) may have affected deforestation and forest degradation in the lowland tropical forests of Bolivia, Cameroon and Indonesia. It presents tentative hypotheses regarding how changes in prices, costs, incomes and government services ...
Kaimowitz, D.
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Erwidodo.
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Ndoye, O.
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Pacheco, P.
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Balanza, P.P.
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Sunderlin, William D.
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[Considering the impact of structural adjustment policies on forests in Bolivia, Cameroon and Indonesia]
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Considering the impact of structural adjustment policies on forests in Bolivia, Cameroon and Indonesia
This chapter reviews Central America's experience with regional collaborative policy research efforts focusing on rural issues, with particular emphasis on natural resources issues. It first presents a historical description of these efforts. Regional rural policy research began with the institut...
Kaimowitz, D.
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Murrar, A.
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[Resena historica de la investigacion sobre politicas en Centro America]
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Resena historica de la investigacion sobre politicas en Centro America
This paper applies a spatial economic regression model to analyze the relation between deforestation in the period from 1989 to 1994 and access to roads and markets, ecological conditions, land tenure, and zoning policies in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The data come from a Geographic Information System ...
Kaimowitz, D.
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Mendez, P.
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Puntodewo, A.
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Vanclay, J.K.
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[Spatial regression analysis of deforestation in Santa Cruz, Bolivia]
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Spatial regression analysis of deforestation in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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
This chapter examines the policy debate related to the links between forests and water in Central America and the approaches that policymakers and others have used to address the perceived problems, with emphasis on the siltation of large reservoirs. It shows how political, institutional, and tec...
Kaimowitz, D.
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[Useful myths and intractable truths: the politics of the links between forests and water in Central America]
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Useful myths and intractable truths: the politics of the links between forests and water in Central 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
This paper applies a broad-brush perspective to forestry research, innovation and research capacity in developing countries and the impacts linked to it. The authors reflect upon successes and failures in the hope of improving the focus and relevance of future efforts and highlight emerging resea...
Spilsbury, M.J.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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[Forestry research, innovation and impact in developing countries - from economic efficiency to the broader public good]
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Forestry research, innovation and impact in developing countries - from economic efficiency to the broader public good
Aguelo, L.A.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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[Implicaciones institucionales y metodológicas para promover un patrón tecnológico más sostenible para la agricultura]
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Implicaciones institucionales y metodológicas para promover un patrón tecnológico más sostenible para la agricultura