Willingness to Pay for Watershed Protection by Domestic Water Users in...
Over the years, policy makers have explored various mechanisms, which address environmental management and poverty alleviation. Payments for environmental services (PES) is a relatively new concept...
View ArticlePoverty and resource dependence in rural India
Previous studies of rural households in developing countries have tended to find that the dependence of these households on common-pool resources declines with income. This study of households in...
View ArticleRI government reduces area of forests protected by moratorium
The government issued a new version of a forest map, revising down the size of primary forests and conservation areas in the forest moratorium to 55 million hectares. The new map, posted on the...
View ArticleHabitat cleared in carbon sink forest
A forest in Oddar Meanchey province is facing environmental “disaster” after thousands of people destroyed up to 1,000 hectares of natural habitat, putting revenues from a carbon credit scheme worth...
View ArticleMineral mining surge threatens India's forests
BHUBANESWAR, India (AlertNet) - India faces a tough choice between preserving its forests and digging up the valuable minerals that lie beneath them. Nowhere is this more obvious than in Orissa State...
View ArticleIndigenous Indonesians slam forest scheme
INDIGENOUS peoples of Indonesian Borneo have demanded a halt to an Australian-backed forest conservation scheme, saying they are trampling their rights and robbing their lands. The Central Kalimantan...
View ArticleNew research centre for environmental and water sustainability
A new S$120 million research centre at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) will harness the powers of micro-organisms for environmental and water sustainability. The Singapore Centre on...
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Coral Triangle - The Amazon of the Seas - is at Risk
The Coral Triangle covers 5.7 million square kilometers of ocean waters in Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste. The area is considered as the...
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The Coral Triangle Book: A Photo Essay
The Coral Triangle is a 272-page book that showcases the people, places, and marine ecosystems that make this region truly remarkable. Published by ADB and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the...
View ArticleEvent: Sustainable Forest Management in Central Africa (22-23 May 2013,...
As part of its 20th anniversary celebrations, CIFOR is organizing with its partners a two-day policy and science conference entitled Sustainable forest management in Central Africa: Yesterday, today...
View ArticleThe Limits of the Earth, Part 1: Problems
This is part one of a two-part series on the limits of human economic growth on planet Earth. Part one details some of the environmental and natural resource challenges we’re up against. Read more:...
View ArticleA scientific treasure hunt to find — and save — nature’s ‘capital’
At Conservation International (CI), we like to say, “People need nature to thrive.” But behind that statement are countless questions revealing a more complicated reality: Where is the nature that...
View ArticleAssuming women's representation in carbon forestry projects
The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to...
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