The Environment for Development Tanzania (EfDT) was inaugurated in Tanzania on January 28. EfD Tanzania is working towards creating a forum where academics, policy makers, and other stakeholders set…

Håkan Eggert, Research Fellow from EfD Sweden, will work as Resident Advisor at EfD Tanzania during 2008/2009. He will participate in the inauguration of the Tanzanian EfD Center on January 28. Håkan…

Professor Emeritus Gardner Brown, EfD Research Associate, is honored by the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists with two different awards. During the annual meetings in New Orleans in…

Professor Thomas Sterner, who is chair of the EfD Research Committee, is elected President of The European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) 2008-2009. EAERE is an…

A promising EfD project aims to investigate the determinants of these contributions, understanding the motivations behind donations and how external factors influence them. Cahuita is a National Park…

Knowledge about soil can reduce damage to the environment and save lives. This is what environmental economist Anders Ekbom shows in his doctoral thesis on soil capital, land use and agricultural…

This type of study in Costa Rica could be a key input into similar processes towards decentralization of natural resources management in the region. There are more than 1,600 organizations that supply…

Juan Camilo Cardenas from the University of Los Andes visited the department from November 26 to November 28. He was the faculty opponent at the thesis defense of Marcela Ibanez. He also gave a…

The EfD research group based at the University of Cape Town will focus its attention on sustainable development and the use of environmental economics in policy making. The Environment Policy Research…

The first annual meeting for EfD, Environment for Development initiative, took place November 5-9, 2007, in Cape Town. All research fellows from the EfD centers, as well as a number of collaborators…