In this case study of the Yale agro-pastoral zone in southern Burkina Faso, the sustainability of tsetse control as a local public good was shown to depend upon farmers' contributions to establish and maintain the traps and targets that attract and kill tsetse flies. Contingent valuation (CV) tec...
Kamuanga, M.
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Swallow, B.M.
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Sigue, H.
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Bauer, B.
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[Evaluating contingent and actual contributions to a local public good: Tsetse control in the Yale agro-pastoral zone, Burkina Faso]
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Evaluating contingent and actual contributions to a local public good: Tsetse control in the Yale agro-pastoral zone, Burkina Faso
This book is a report of a short-term research project. The project aimed to test an approach for estimating local values for landscape units and relate these to formal biodiversity conservation values in Gorongosa National Park (GNP), Sofala Province, Mozambique. First section describes the rese...
Lynam, T.
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Cunliffe, R.
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Mapaure, I.
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Bwerinofa, I.
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[Assessment of the value of woodland landscape function to local communities in Gorongosa and Muanza districts, Sofala province, Mozambique]
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Assessment of the value of woodland landscape function to local communities in Gorongosa and Muanza districts, Sofala province, Mozambique
Estimates of forest values may enable us to inform policy makers, donor agencies, and local decision makers who are attempting to plan and implement interventions that improve livelihoods. However, it needs to link these values with patterns of behaviour; and link the patterns of behaviour with c...
Luckert, M.K.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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[Expandiendo nuestro conocimiento conceptual y metodologico sobre el rol de arboles y bosques en la subsistencia rural]
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Expandiendo nuestro conocimiento conceptual y metodologico sobre el rol de arboles y bosques en la subsistencia rural
To understand the role of forest products in households people need to understand the nature of rural livelihoods and the characteristics of forest products. Rural households typically have a wide livelihood portfolio, encompassing a range of activities. They also generally face low availability ...
Campbell, Bruce M.
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Luckert, M.K.
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[Hacia la comprension del rol los bosques en la subsistencia rural]
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Hacia la comprension del rol los bosques en la subsistencia rural
Nemarundwe, N.
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Richards, Meryl
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[Metodos participativos para explorar los valores de subsistencia derivados de los bosques: potenciales y limitaciones]
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Metodos participativos para explorar los valores de subsistencia derivados de los bosques: potenciales y limitaciones
Sukardi
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[Studi valuasi ekonomi hutan adat Ongkoe di Desa Lalabata Kecamatan Tanete Rilau Kabupaten Barru]
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Studi valuasi ekonomi hutan adat Ongkoe di Desa Lalabata Kecamatan Tanete Rilau Kabupaten Barru
This study is conducted with a general objective of evaluating contingent valuation as a method for assessing the willingness of people at a site in the Ghibe Valley of Ethiopia to contribute labour, time and money to tsetse control. The more specific objectives of the case study were to evalua...
Swallow, B.M.
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[Using contingent valuation to assess the prospects for local participation in public good provision: The case of trypanosomiasis control in Ethiopia]
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Using contingent valuation to assess the prospects for local participation in public good provision: The case of trypanosomiasis control in Ethiopia
This chapter provides an overview of the valuation methods and methodological approaches used to evaluate the economic and environmental impacts of natural resource management (NRM) interventions. First, the multiple agro-ecosystem services associated with NRM are summarized. The core issues invo...
Shiferaw, B.
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Freeman, H.A.
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Navrud, S.
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[Valuation methods and approaches for assessing natural resource management impacts]
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Valuation methods and approaches for assessing natural resource management impacts
This paper first provides a brief overview of what are and what represent forest ecosystem services. Then it considers the issues of price and valuation, and shows that valuation itself is not a solution but merely a tool. Considering then the reasons of the overall degradation of forest ecosyste...
Nasi, Robert
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Wunder, Sven
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Campos, J.J.
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[Forest ecosystem services: can they pay our way out of deforestation?]
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Forest ecosystem services: can they pay our way out of deforestation?