How reasonable is a water bill?
A recent study which surveyed 2075 households randomly in Ho Chi Minh City has discovered some results which are new and unexpected about the reasonableness on monthly water bills.
Connectivity at a cost: Economic dynamics of restoring habitat connectivity
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Both in the United States and in Europe there is ongoing work on reversing habitat fragmentation and the attendant loss in biodiversity in river systems caused by hydropower and other developments. Fish ladders and other measures are being introduced to restore the connectivity in river systems. In this paper, we set up a theoretical model to investigate what the conditions are for such an investment to be socially profitable.
EfD research used as a roadmap to eliminate plastic pollution
The Global Plastics Action Partnership (GPAP) is a major public-private partnership aimed at tackling global plastics pollution. It’s now is drawing on EfD expertise as it creates a roadmap for how to
EfD helps revolutionize the way governments value nature
In March 2021, the United Nations Statistical Commission took a major step toward moving beyond traditional measures of economic well-being by officially approving a framework for ecosystem accounting
Input efficiency as a solution to externalities – A randomized controlled trial
Economic valuation of forest ecosystem services in Kenya
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Implications for Participatory Forest Management and Payments to Communities for Ecosystem Services
- Communities living near Kenya’s forests place a monetary value on conservation.
- Mountain forests are the source of rivers that provide water for agriculture and other “ecosystem services” such as flood control and water purification.
- It is possible for downstream communities that benefit from these ecosystem services to pay the upstream communities to conserve the forests.
How educating kids may help turn the tide on ocean plastics
Plastic pollution in the ocean is a severe problem for Chile. Meet César Salazar, Associate Professor at Universidad del Bio-Bio, Chile, and a senior researcher at EfD Chile. He has been part of a
Estimating discount rates for environmental goods: Are People’s responses inadequate to frequency of payments?
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Most stated preference studies estimate discount rates using a split-sample approach. Each sample faces a different payment frequency (for instance, 1, 5, 10) together with a randomly assigned bid vector; both the frequency of payments and the bid are fixed for a specific individual. This paper evaluates whether allowing respondents to choose their preferred payment frequency affects the estimated discount rate.
EFFECTS OF FISH ATTRIBUTES ON LANDING PRICE IN SELECTED DISTRICTS ALONG LAKE VICTORIA, TANZANIA
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Studies around Lake Victoria documented various challenges hindering higher landing prices among artisanal fishers associated with varying attributes of fish. However, determination of the effects of fish attributes on landing price, which is potential to the wellbeing of fishermen, remains undisclosed during the landing of the fish harvest to the landing sites. This paper employed cross-section data from 300 fishermen to examine the effects of fish attributes on fish prices of the selected fish species.