This study examined the efficiency of programs supporting the conservation of forest resources and services through direct payments to land owners; or payments for environmental services (PES). The analysis is based on a sample of farms receiving and not receiving PES in the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Results indicate that payments have limited immediate effects on forest conservation in the region. Conservation impacts are indirect and realized with considerable lag because they are mostly achieved through land use decisions affecting non forest land cover.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2005Latin America and the Caribbean, Costa Rica
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Applying a Rights Perspective
Journal Articles & BooksJanuary, 2011Asia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, IndiaThis report brings together four studies that evaluate regulatory initiatives with implications for forest-dependent communities from a rights-based perspective. These are: The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 – India; Regulatory initiatives and selected outcomes of judicial processes in Malaysia; The Community Forest Act (2007) – Thailand; and The Indigenous People’s Rights Act (1997) – Philippines. Each study covers law making, content and implementation.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksOctober, 2021Panama
Meeting sustainable development goals requires policies that account for interrelatedness in social and environmental issues such as land tenure and deforestation. This work takes advantage of a nationwide titling campaign in Panama to explore the effect of private titling on forest cover across a heterogeneous landscape covering all stages of forest transition and diverse tenure arrangements.
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Library ResourcePeer-reviewed publicationNovember, 2013Global
Quantification of global forest change has been lacking despite the recognized importance of forest ecosystem services. In this study, Earth observation satellite data were used to map global forest loss (2.3 million square kilometers) and gain (0.8 million square kilometers) from 2000 to 2012 at a spatial resolution of 30 meters. The tropics were the only climate domain to exhibit a trend, with forest loss increasing by 2101 square kilometers per year.
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Library ResourcePeer-reviewed publicationOctober, 2020Vietnam
Land-use planning is an important policy instrument for governing landscapes to achieve multifunctionality in rural areas. This paper presents a case study conducted in Na Nhan commune in the northwest montane region of Vietnam to assess land-use strategies toward multiple ecosystem services, through integrated land-use planning.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2012Middle Africa
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2012Middle Africa
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2012Middle Africa
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2013Zambia, Eastern Africa
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2014Indonesia, South-Eastern Asia
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