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Sheil, DouglasWunder, SvenBongers, F.Bongers, F.Dudley, R.G.Jansen,P.[Hope for Bohemian ecologists - comments on "A possible role of social activity to explain differences in publication output among ecologists?" by Tomaš Grim, Oikos 2008]Hope for Bohemian ecologists - comments on "A possible role of social activity to explain differences in publication output among ecologists?" by Tomaš Grim, Oikos 2008
Wunder, Sven[Oil wealth and the fate of the forest: linking resource booms, macroeconomics, and the environment]Oil wealth and the fate of the forest: linking resource booms, macroeconomics, and the environment

Payments for environmental services (PES) have attracted increasing interest as amechanism to translate external, non-market values of the environment into real financial incentives for local actors to provide environmental services (ES). In this introductory paper, we set the stage for the rest ...


Engel, S.Pagiola, S.Wunder, Sven[Designing payments for environmental services in theory and practice: an overview of the issues]Designing payments for environmental services in theory and practice: an overview of the issues

Tropical deforestation is estimated to cause about one-quarter of anthropogenic carbon emissions, loss of biodiversity, and other environmental services. United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change talks are now considering mechanisms for avoiding deforestation (AD), but the economic p...


Kindermann, GeorgObersteiner, MichaelSohngen, B.Sathaye, JAndrasko, K.Rametsteiner, ESchlamadinger, B.Wunder, SvenBeach, Robert H.[Global cost estimates of reducing carbon emissions through avoided deforestation]Global cost estimates of reducing carbon emissions through avoided deforestation

The methods used to value tropical forests have the potential to influence how policy makers and others perceive forest landsforestlands. A small number of valuation studies achieve real impact. These are generally succinct accounts supporting a specific perception. However, such reports risk bei...


Sheil, DouglasWunder, Sven[The value of tropical forest to local communities: complications, caveats, and cautions]The value of tropical forest to local communities: complications, caveats, and cautions

Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) is considered a signifi cant mitigation opportunity. Forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon has traditionally been highest in the world and, thus, represents a likely target for future REDD initiatives. The paper presents an ex-ante assess...


Borner, J.Wunder, Sven[Paying for avoided deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: from cost assessment to scheme design]Paying for avoided deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: from cost assessment to scheme design
Wunder, SvenBorner, J.Tito, M.R.Pereira, L.S.[Pagamentos por serviços ambientais: perspectivas para a Amazônia Legal]Pagamentos por serviços ambientais: perspectivas para a Amazônia Legal
Autor: Wunder, Sven

Tourism on Ilha Grande is to an overwhelming extent nature-based and the attractiveness of the island as a tourist destination is neatly linked to its extensive forest coverage. At about 150 km from Rio de Janeiro and 400 km from São Paulo, Ilha Grande is close to two of the most populous cities ...


Wunder, Sven[Native tourism, natural forests and local incomes on Ilha Grande, Brazil]Native tourism, natural forests and local incomes on Ilha Grande, Brazil
Autor: Wunder, Sven

Payments for environmental services (PES) are part of a new and more direct conservation paradigm, explicitly recognizing the need to bridge the interests of landowners and outsiders. Eloquent theoretical assessments have praised the absolute advantages of PES over traditional conservation approa...


Wunder, Sven[Payments for environmental services: some nuts and bolts]Payments for environmental services: some nuts and bolts

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.Angelsen, A.Belcher, B.Burgess, P.Nasi, RobertSantoso, L.Wunder, Sven[Livelihoods, forests, and conservation in developing countries: an overview]Livelihoods, forests, and conservation in developing countries: an overview

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