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Our findings provide some of the first evidence that eco-certification can generate private benefits for tourism operators in developing countries and therefore has the potential to improve their…
9 November 2012 | EfD Discussion Paper | Central AmericaTo address simultaneity and the presence of spatially correlated unobservables, we measure for neighbors' deforestation using the slopes of neighbors' and neighbors' neighbors' parcels. We estimate…
9 November 2012 | Peer Reviewed | Central AmericaEco-certification of coffee, timber and other high-value agricultural commodities is increasingly widespread. In principle, it can improve commodity producers' environmental performance, even in…
9 November 2012 | Peer Reviewed | Central AmericaThe paper discusses the application of Elinor Ostrom’s Social Ecological Systems (SES) framework, using as example a community organization in Costa Rica, which collectively extracts turtle eggs. The…
8 November 2012 | Peer Reviewed | Central AmericaWhy are some communities effective at providing safe drinking water, while others fail? In many rural communities around the world, villagers contest the policy prescription that all drinking water…
8 November 2012 | Policy Brief | Central AmericaThis Brief presents a framework that can be used to assess the potential impact of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) schemes. Factors that determines the impact of PES are discussed such as…
2 November 2012 | Policy Brief | Central America, SwedenProtecting forests, biodiversity, and the climate: predicting policy impact to improve policy choice
We argue for integrating the consideration of location in policy planning in three ways, in order to help to predict policy impacts on deforestation and, thereby, improve policy choices. Policies must…
6 October 2012 | Peer Reviewed | Central AmericaCosta Rica has shown how a small developing country can reverse environmental degradation and one of the highest deforestation rates in Latin America. Key to its achievement has been the country’s PES…
23 July 2012 | Policy Brief | Central AmericaOrganic grain producers exhibited a diversity of motivations, including profit and stewardship. The objective of this research is to identify and quantify the motivations for organic grain farming in…
10 May 2012 | Peer Reviewed | Central AmericaResultados de estudio económico y línea base de las actividades de los funcionarios en el Parque Nacional Corcovado y Marino Ballena El objetivo general del estudio es obtener la estructura de precios…
18 April 2012 | Policy Brief | Central America