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The environmental effects of poverty programs and the poverty effects of environmental programs: The missing RCTs.
(2019)
For decades, government agencies and nongovernmental organizations have invested in programs aimed at alleviating poverty and those aimed at protecting the environment. Whether these investments mutually reinforce each ...
The use of Ecosystem-based Adaptation practices by smallholder farmers in Central America
(Elsevier, Ámsterdam (Países Bajos), 2017)
There is growing interest in promoting the use of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) practices to help smallholder farmers adapt to climate change, however there is limited information on how commonly these practices are ...
Are government incentives effective for avoided deforestation in the tropical Andean forest?
(Asim Zia, University of Vermont, (Estados Unidos), 2018)
In order to ensure the provision of goods and services from forests, many governments have promoted less-traditional conservation initiatives such as programs of payments for ecosystem services called, more broadly, direct ...
Using expert judgments to inform economic evaluation of ecosystem-based adaptation decisions: watershed management for enhancing water supply for Tegucigalpa, Honduras
(2017-05)
Acute concerns over the status of ecosystems providing benefits to human communities, and deep uncertainties over the consequences of future climate change, call for new policy choices, as well as improved methods for ...
A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production
(American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington,DC, USA, 2019)
Human land use threatens global biodiversity and compromises multiple ecosystem functions critical to
food production. Whether crop yield–related ecosystem services can be maintained by a few dominant
species or rely on ...
The impact of protected area governance and management capacity on ecosystem function in Central America
(Frédéric Mertens, Universidade de Brasilia (Brasil), 2018)
Protected areas (PAs) are a prominent approach to maintaining and enhancing biodiversity and ecosystem services. A critical question for safeguarding these resources is how PA governance processes and management structures ...
Marine protected areas in Costa Rica: How do artisanal fishers respond?
(2017)
Costa Rica is considering expanding their marine protected areas (MPAs) to conserve marine resources. Due to the importance of households’ responses to an MPA in defining the MPA’s ecological and economic outcomes, this ...