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south africa | Parks & Wildlife Agricultural Risk Management through Community-Based Wildlife Conservation in Rural Zimbabwe By making use of national historical data and statistical analysis, this paper argues that community-based wildlife conservation is a feasible hedge asset for agricultural production in rural Zimbabwe. Edwin Muchapondwa and Thomas Sterner,2009,“Agricultural Risk Management through Community-Based Wildlife Conservation in Rural Zimbabwe”. ERSA Working Paper No. 126 (April).

eeu sweden | Fisheries Lake Victoria Fish Stocks and the Effects of Water Hyacinths on the Catchability of Fish This study of the deleterious effect on fishing by the water hyacinth invasion of Lake Victoria found an unusual positive: the decline of fish catchability caused by the the abundance of water hyacinths has paradoxically stopped or at least postponed serious overfishing. Eseza Kateregga, and Thomas Sterner, "Lake Victoria Fish Stocks and the Effects of Water Hyacinths on the Catchability of Fish", EfD Discussion Paper 08-05, a joint publication of the Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future (www.rff.org), Washington DC. March 2008.

eeu sweden | Parks & Wildlife Potential monopoly rents from international wildlife tourism: An example from Uganda’s gorilla tourism The economic benefits many African countries derive from international wildlife tourism are very few, especially when viewed from existing potentials in terms of resources and uniqueness. African wildlife tourism has natural barriers to entry and thus is basically a monopolistic market. Andersson, P., S. Croné, and J. Stage. 2005. "Potential monopoly rents from international wildlife tourism: An example from Uganda’s gorilla tourism". Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review 21(1): 1–18.

south africa | Parks & Wildlife Can local communities in Zimbabwe be trusted with wildlife management?: Evidence from contingent valuation of elephants If local communities living adjacent to the elephant see it as a burden, then they cannot be trusted to be its stewards. To assess their valuation of it, a CVM study was conducted for one CAMPFIRE district in Zimbabwe. Muchapondwa, E., Carlsson, F., and G. Kohlin. 2006. “Can local communities in Zimbabwe be trusted with wildlife management?: Evidence from contingent valuation of elephants”. ERSA Working Paper 52 (December).

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.

eeu sweden south africa | Parks & Wildlife Wildlife Management In Zimbabwe: Evidence From A Contingent Valuation Study If communities living adjacent to the elephant see it as a burden, then they cannot be its stewards. To assess their valuation of it, a contingent valuation method study was conducted for one CAMPFIRE district in Zimbabwe. Carlsson, F., E. Muchapondwa and G. Köhlin (2008), ‘Can local communities in Zimbabwe be trusted with wildlife management?: Evidence from contingent valuation of elephants’, South African Journal of Economics, 76/4: 685-704.

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