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...
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 chapter first clarifies the definitions of the three key words in its title--poverty, inequality and economic growth. In particular, the evolution of the concept of poverty is discussed followed by a section on the mechanical and empirical links between income poverty, inequality and growth....
Angelsen, A.
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Wunder, Sven
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[Poverty and inequality: economic growth is better than its reputation]
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Poverty and inequality: economic growth is better than its reputation
Miombo woodlands cover vast areas of southern Africa. Of comparatively little interest for export-oriented commercial logging, they are part of a complex system of rural land use that integrates woodland management with crops and livestock. There is also evidence that woodland resources are exten...
Dewees, P. A.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Katerere, Y.
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Sitoe, A.
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Cunningham, A.B.
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Angelsen, A.
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Wunder, Sven
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[Managing the Miombo woodlands of Southern Africa: policies, incentives and options for the rural poor]
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Managing the Miombo woodlands of Southern Africa: policies, incentives and options for the rural poor
Over the past several decades, significant donor funding has been directed to sustainable forest management in the tropics, in the hope of combining forest conservation with economic gains through sustainable use. To date, this approach has produced only modest results in terms of changed silvicu...
Wunder, Sven
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[Are direct payments for environmental services spelling doom for sustainable forest management in the tropics?]
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Are direct payments for environmental services spelling doom for sustainable forest management in the tropics?
Market mechanisms for forest environmental services are a new approach for conservation, but there is also an increasing interest in the derived developmental benefits of these mechanisms. We first propose a conceptual framework for future research on the livelihood impacts of environmental servi...
Grieg-Gran, M.
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Porras, I.
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Wunder, Sven
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[How can market mechanisms for forest environmental services help the poor?: preliminary Lessons from Latin America]
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How can market mechanisms for forest environmental services help the poor?: preliminary Lessons from Latin America
Bond, I.
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Grieg-Gran, M.
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Wertz-Kanounnikoff, S.
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Hazlewood, P.
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Wunder, Sven
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Angelsen, A.
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[Incentives to sustain forest ecosystem services: A review and lessons for REDD]
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Incentives to sustain forest ecosystem services: A review and lessons for REDD
Duchelle, Amy E.
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Cromberg, M.
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Gebara, M.F.
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Guerra, R
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Melo, T
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Larson, A.M.
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Cronkleton, P.
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Börner, J.
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Sills, E
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Wunder, Sven
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Bauch, S.
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May, P
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Selaya, G
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Sunderlin, William D.
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[Vínculos entre reforma de la tenencia forestal, cumplimiento de las normas ambientales e incentivos: Lecciones de iniciativas de REDD+ en la Amazonia brasileña]
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Vínculos entre reforma de la tenencia forestal, cumplimiento de las normas ambientales e incentivos: Lecciones de iniciativas de REDD+ en la Amazonia brasileña
Duchelle, Amy E.
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Zambrano, A.M.A
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Wunder, Sven
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Börner, J.
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Kainer, K.A.
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[Smallholder Specialization Strategies along the Forest Transition Curve in Southwestern Amazonia]
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Smallholder Specialization Strategies along the Forest Transition Curve in Southwestern Amazonia
Wunder, Sven
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Börner, J.
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Shively, G
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Wyman, M.
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[Safety nets, gap filling and forests: a global-comparative perspective]
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Safety nets, gap filling and forests: a global-comparative perspective