9th January 2020 : Policy tour to Wakiso district
In January, 2020, Environmentalist and economists from EfD- Mak Centre set out to Wakiso district headquarters to discuss with councillors how to sustainably use the environment while upholding the…
November 2019: Policy Brief development
This policy brief titled,´’Household nutrition effects of crop commercialization in Uganda” was written by Nicholas Kilimani, Research Fellow, Environment for Development (EfD-Mak) Centre-Makerere…
November 2019: Director and two research fellows attend Conference in Bogota Columbia
In November 2019, Prof. Edward Bbaale and Dr. Nicholas Kilimani and Dr. Alex Tatwangire attended an international conference in Bogota Colombia . Dr. Nicholas Kilimani presented a paper on , “…
7th November 2019: First policy dialogue at Makerere University
In November 7, 2019 the centre hosted its first policy dialogue on Governance and Natural Resources at Makerere University.The objective was to share research findings the university had come up with…
27th September, 2019: Seminar (Academic Capacity building)
On 27th September, 2019, EfD-Mak Centre held a one-day training on Environmental Valuation, Evaluation and Accounting. The Lead Instructor was Peter Babyenda – an environmental economist at the School…
3rd-5th September, 2019 : Research Fellow Dr. Nickolas attend conference in South Africa
In September, 2019. Dr. Nicholas Kilimani travelled to South Africa to participate at the Economic Society of South Africa Annual Conference. The Discussion Paper titled, “ Household nutrition effects…
29th August 2019: Launching of the EfD-Mak Centre Uganda
In August 2019 the EfD-Mak Centre was launched. The ceremony brought together representatives from the Swedish Embassy, EfD Kenya, Uganda Government Ministries and agencies, development partners…
14th August 2019: Inception meeting and official Appointment of the centre Directors
About 20 nominated research fellows for the EfD-Mak centre convened for the first meeting on 14th August, 2019 where Dr. Edward Bbaale and Prof. Johhny Mugisha were endorsed official Director and…
5th November 2018: Admission of Makerere University to the EfD Initiative
Makerere University was on Monday, 5th November 2018 admitted to Environment for Development (EfD) Initiative Network in Hanoi Vietnam. Prior to the new admissions, the network had 12 Centres most of…
Does Collective Action Sequester Carbon? Evidence from the Nepal Community Forestry Program
EfD Authors:
This paper uses 620 forest plot measurements taken from a nationally representative sample of 130 Nepal community forests combined with information on forest collective action to estimate the effects of collective action on carbon per hectare and three additional measures of forest quality. We use three measures of forest user group collective action, including membership in the Nepal Community Forestry Programme (CFP).