Our Projects
- south africa | Agriculture Quantification and valuation of the water treatment services of wetlands at a landscape scale Wetlands are considered to perform a number of ecosystem services, including the improvement of water quality. However, few empirical studies have been carried out on the capacity of wetlands to perform a water treatment function, or on the demand for this function, with the result that most estimates of the value of this service are based on a weak foundation. Furthermore, the measurement of this function is confounded by the complications in trying to assess water quality entering and leaving wetlands because of surface to groundwater interactions.
- south africa | Climate change Impact of Climate Policy and Policy Instruments on Investment on Environment Scepticism with respect to the consequences of climate change is declining worldwide as this issue takes a prominent place on global political agenda. However, the overall extent and magnitude of climate change consequences are still extremely uncertain. As such, any economic analysis of climate change must take cognisance of the economics of risk and uncertainty.
- kenya | Climate change Forestry Ex-ante Economic Analysis of Kenya’s particpation in the proposed REDD climate mitigation scheme Tropical deforestation, degradation and forest clearing are important contributors to green house emissions. Some studies approximate that as much as 25% of all carbon dioxide arise from deforestation and degradation.
- south africa | Parks & Wildlife Policy design The optimal pricing of national parks with nationality-based price discrimination and park substitution Nature based tourism is a popular and rapidly growing industry in South Africa. Developing nations are finding it useful to use their natural resources in order to create competitive advantage over the developed world.
- kenya | Forestry Policy design Corruption, Reform and Environmental Policy in the Forest Sector in Kenya In recent times many developing countries have experienced degradation of their natural resource base namely forests, water, fisheries etc. The resource degradation has largely been blamed on the management regime of these resources. In this study we investigate the local evolution and current status of forest management regimes in Kenya.
