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Environmental payments: bane or boon?

This paper develops a conceptual framework for analysing the conditions under which Payments for Ecogical Services (PES) programmes can help reduce poverty. It considers the impact of two types of PES programmes: programmes where lands are diverted from agricultural production to other land uses; and those where lands remain in agriculture but production activities are modified to achieve environmental objectives. The analysis concludes that there is a wide array of circumstances where PES can both promote environmental quality and reduce poverty.

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Key messages to COP15 advising on the central issue of water and climate change: Global Public Policy Network on Water Management, 2009; With not a single mention of water in the outcome documents of COP13 or COP14, it is of vital importance that water issues be addressed in a manner that befits its importance. This is the reasoning be...
Community-based vulnerability and capacity assessment of Himalayan livelihoods, enhancing climate change resilience.: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development , 2012; This study, published by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, investigates how climate and socio-economic change is affecting the livelihoods of the mountain peoples of the Hi...
Enhancing short-term profitability of maize and long-run ecological sustainability of land use in Vietnam: A. Keil;C. Saint-Macary;M. Zeller / AgEcon Search, 2011; The trade-off between wealth enhancing effects of intensive commercial agriculture and adverse long-term effects on farmers’ livelihoods due to natural resource degradation is a Vietnamese co...
Effects of Brazilian biofuel production on land usage: A. Elobeid;M. Carriquiry;J.F. Fabiosa / AgEcon Search, 2011; The rapid increase in global biofuel production and consumption, particularly of ethanol, has an associated derived demand for crops to produce the necessary feedstock. This working paper assess th...
African cities must restore ecosystems, reduce water consumption and recycle waste water: C. Mafuta (ed);R.K. Formo (ed);C. Nellemann (ed) / Arendal Maps & Graphics Library, UNEP/GRID, 2011; In light of its rapid urban growth, Africa is likely to experience some of the most severe impacts of climate change – particularly when it comes to water and food security, which places...
How to estimate the timeframes for project impacts in innovation and agriculture: G. Kuehne;R. Llewellyn;D. Pannell / AgEcon Search, 2011; There is an increasing demand from research, development and extension agencies for estimates of likely extent of adoption and the likely timeframes for project impacts. This paper reports on the r...
The role of multifunctional land use in Rural Development Policy in Bulgaria: D. Kopeva;M. Peneva;S. Madjarova / AgEcon Search, 2010; The sustainable development of rural areas nowadays faces the challenges of global changes. This paper aims to review the concept of land use and landscape multi-functionality in order to help adaptin...
Cassava research in Malawi to improve crop management and technologies, and reduce food-deficit: J. Rusike;S. Jumbo;P. Ntawuruhunga / AgEcon Search, 2010; In Malawi, net-food-buying households in food deficit areas are experiencing poor access because of inadequate supplies and lack of purchasing power. This paper evaluates the impact of a cassava re...
Irrigation is an effective adaptation measure for Nigerian rice agriculture: J.O. Ajetomobi;A. Abidoun;R. Hassan / AgEcon Search, 2010; Climate change through extreme temperature, frequent flooding and drought and increased salinity of irrigation water is a subject for debate in Nigeria, considering that the country is one of the c...
The projected impacts of climate change on China’s grain - will gains compensate losses?: J. Wang;J. Huang;S. Rozelle / International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development , 2010; This study projects the impacts of climate change on China’s agricultural sector under a scenario that assumes a heterogeneous world with continuous population growth and regionally-oriented ...