Uganda’s IGE fellows, cohort 2023 inaugurated
Uganda’s participants in the Inclusive Green Economy (IGE) in practice program 2023/24 have been introduced at a function held at Makerere University. This cohort will focus on the problems related to…
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Collective management of natural resources contributes to peace
Results from a literature review on how countries with internal conflicts manage nature give input to a capacity-building project for a local community that needs to manage its natural resources…
EfD researchers will present findings on rural and urban water systems at EAERE 2023
Researchers from the EfD centers of Central America, Chile, Ghana, and Kenya, will participate in the thematic session titled Water Economics and Policy in low-and-middle-income Countries on June 30…
Nature-based solutions promote human well-being and ecosystem benefits
How can Nature-based solutions help reduce climate risk in developing regions? And can these solutions be equitable for the communities involved? A research team at EfD South Africa and the Natural…
EfD seminars highlighted interesting research results and ongoing projects
EfD Central America arranged two EfD Seminars to share research processes by researchers from North Dakota State University and the University of Idaho. These two events signaled the return of the EfD…
EfD Central America researcher talks about climate change in ECO TV
Bárbara Viguera, a junior researcher of EfD Central America, was interviewed by the journalist Lisseth Alva about the impacts of climate change, during the one-hour television program called ECO TV…
“Energy is the golden thread that connects economic growth, social equity and environmental sustainability”
EfD researcher Marc Jeuland from Duke University visited EfD Uganda on December 1st. He was invited to share his work in the area of energy economics in a seminar and inspire research fellows and…
Uganda’s local governments want to decentralize governance of national forests
The Mpigi District Local Government and stakeholders in the forestry sector want environmental economists from Makerere University to conduct research on the impacts of decentralizing the governance…
Better policies and regulations are needed to develop off-grid energy
There are several obstacles to developing off-grid energy in Eastern Africa. Those are, among others, according to a recent study by EfD Uganda, poor market information, lack of technical capacity…
Modeling tool can improve funding allocation for ecosystem services
A team of EfD Central America researchers provided a training titled Monitoring the provision of ecosystem services using InVEST to make decisions. The aim was to strengthen the capacities of the…