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Payment for Environmental Services (PES) is one of several schemes designed to conserve the environment by means of a market-based approach which also incorporate The PES framework and depends upon a number of criteria, namely: (a) A voluntary transaction where (b) a well defined environmental se...


Prasetyo, F.A.Suwarno, A.PurwantoHakim, M.R.[Making policies work for Payment for Environmental Services (PES): an evaluation of the experience of formulating conservation policies in districts of Indonesia]Making policies work for Payment for Environmental Services (PES): an evaluation of the experience of formulating conservation policies in districts of Indonesia

Indonesia's 1999-2004 decentralization reforms created opportunities for land-use planning that reflected local conditions and local people's needs. We report on seven years of work in the District of Malinau in Indonesian Borneo that attempted to reconnect government land-use plans to local peop...


Wollenberg, Eva K.Campbell, Bruce M.Dounias, E.Gunarso, P.Moeliono, M.Sheil, Douglas[Interactive land-use planning in Indonesia rainforest landscapes: reconnecting plans to practice]Interactive land-use planning in Indonesia rainforest landscapes: reconnecting plans to practice

One reason for the rapid loss of species-rich tropical forests is the high opportunity costs of forest protection. In Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), the expansion of high-revenue oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) plantations currently threatens 3.3 million ha of forest. We estimate that payments for ...


Venter, O.Meijaard, E.Possingham, H.Dennis, R.A.Sheil, DouglasWich, S.Hovani, L.Wilson, K.A.[Carbon payments as a safeguard for threatened tropical mammals]Carbon payments as a safeguard for threatened tropical mammals
Ghazoul, J.Koh, L.P.[Reply to Sloan and Stork: spatially explicit scenario analysis for reconciling agricultural expansion, forest protection, and carbon conservation in Indonesia]Reply to Sloan and Stork: spatially explicit scenario analysis for reconciling agricultural expansion, forest protection, and carbon conservation in Indonesia

The ‘Bali Road Map’ of UNFCCC COP-13 calls for sharing lessons learned from demonstration activities that aim to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation and enhance forest carbon stocks (now known as ‘REDD+’). To develop a feasible yet rigorous strategy for learning from these REDD+ p...


Caplow, S.Jagger, P.Lawlor, K.Sills, E.[Evaluating land use and livelihood impacts of early forest carbon projects: lessons for learning about REDD+]Evaluating land use and livelihood impacts of early forest carbon projects: lessons for learning about REDD+
Rahman, S.A.Paras, F.D.Khan, S.R.Imtiaj, A.Farhana, K.M.Toy, M.M.Akhand, M.B.Sunderland, T.C.H.[Initiatives of tropical agroforestry to sustainable agriculture: a case study of Capasia Village, Northern Bangladesh]Initiatives of tropical agroforestry to sustainable agriculture: a case study of Capasia Village, Northern Bangladesh
Grundy, I.M.Campbell, Bruce M.White, R.M.Prabhu, R.Jensen, S.Ngamile, T.N.[Towards participatory forest management in conservation areas: The case of Dwesa-Cwebe, South Africa]Towards participatory forest management in conservation areas: The case of Dwesa-Cwebe, South Africa

For hundreds of millions of people, biodiversity is about eating, staying healthy, and finding shelter. Meeting these people’s basic needs should receive greater priority in the conservation agenda.Wild and semi-wild plants and animals contribute significantly to nutrition, health care, income, a...


Kaimowitz, D.Sheil, Douglas[Conserving what and for whom? why conservation should help meet basic human needs in the tropics]Conserving what and for whom? why conservation should help meet basic human needs in the tropics
Autor: Wunder, Sven

This paper explores the "state of the art" of the two-way causal links between poverty alleviation and natural tropical forests. Microimpacts of rising poverty can increase or slow forest loss. At the macrolevel, poverty also has an ambiguous effect, but it is probable that higher income stimulat...


Wunder, Sven[Poverty alleviation and tropical forests - what scope for synergies?]Poverty alleviation and tropical forests - what scope for synergies?

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