EfD Kenya held Water Policy Day
The Environment for Development (EfD) housed by the School of Economics University of Nairobi on Monday 27th October held a Water Policy Day at the Sarova Panafric Hotel Nairobi to share and receive…
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EfD Policy Day 2014 in Tanzania
The Environment for Development Tanzania (EfDT) conducted EfD’s Policy Day during the 8th EfD Annual Meeting, held on the 22 October 2014, at Golden Tulip Hotel, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The main…
EfD researcher appointed as member of the "National Commission of Lithium" in Chile
EfD researcher, Carlos Chávez, NENRE-Concepcion, has been appointed by the Chilean Government to collaborate as a member of the "National Commission of Lithium" ("Comisión Nacional del Litio", by its…
LACEEP started the short course "Policy analysis for environmental economics" by Professor Nancy Olewiler
The Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Economics Program (LACEEP) started the short course "Policy analysis for environmental economics" by Professor Nancy Olewiler from School of Public…
Are carbon taxes the solution?
Thomas Sterner will discuss carbon taxes and other policies to deal with climate change as invited key-note speaker at the 15th Global Conference on Environmental Taxation (GCET15) which will take…
Counting the value of the Kgalagadi’s natural resources
South African researchers have, for the first time, calculated what tourists are willing to pay as a way of compensating the San bushmen if they agree to limit their use of natural resources such as…
Investigating environmental and tourism impacts of proposed Zambezi hydro dam
If built, the proposed hydroelectric Bakota Gorge Dam on the Zambezi River, 60km downstream of Victoria Falls, could have marked environmental and economic impacts for the region, warns the…
Our very own Dr Sue Snyman has been appointed Vice Chair of the IUCN TAPAS Group
Sue also recently received her PhD (Resource Economics) from UCT, which focused on examining the socio-economic impact of high-end ecotourism in remote, rural communities adjacent to protected areas…
Mobilising private sector investment in SA’s ‘natural capital’
Researchers in South Africa recently presented a report to the provincial government of the Western Cape Province, showing the cost to the economy of degraded ‘natural capital’ is estimated to be at…
WCERE policy session on forest management reform
The presentations on forest management reform research conducted by EfD in Tanzania, Ethiopia and China addressed major issues such as how effective the reforms are in preventing deforestation and…