Social capital
Peruvian City Pledges to Ramp Up Freshwater Conservation Efforts
Project-Level Insights for Landscape Level PES (Payment for Ecosystem Services)
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Article Over the last 10 years, there has been a significant increase in private and public sector interest to explore payments for ecosystem services (PES), in order to assign value to ecosystem services, and thus promote better land use practices. We recently investigated how PES schemes are faring in meeting the goals of safeguarding ecosystem services, while also benefiting local livelihoods.
It’s Wild! Taking a Market Approach to Land Management
Accidental Conservation: Cocoa + Forest Restoration in Madagascar
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Article Eighty-five percent of the flora and fauna in Madagascar’s celebrated forests is endemic — it exists nowhere else on Earth.
MIGA Backs Sustainable Bamboo Plantation in Nicaragua
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Article Project creates jobs, improves land, mitigates effects of climate change
REDD+: What is needed to make it work for the poor?
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Article While REDD+ is aimed at reducing emissions from forests, its effectiveness will depend on how much the benefits trickle down to those living closest to the forest. These same rural households are also best placed to provide local evidence of what works and what doesn’t, to influence decisions on REDD+ architecture at the national and international level.
Building Leadership Capacity in Conservation workshop at ICCB 2013
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Training Interested in becoming a more effective conservation leader? The Society for Conservation Biology will host a 2-day "Building Leadership Capacity in Conservation" workshop at the 2013 International Congress for Conservation Biology in Baltimore. This highly interactive workshop is for 25 conservation professionals from around the world, tailored to the unique needs of conservation scientists and practitioners at any stage in their career.
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Society for Conservation Biology Community-based Conservation and a Utopic Vision in Montana
The Rocky Mountain West with its vast expanse of open spaces and abundant natural resources has always held the allure of being a place for utopic visions. It was here where the manifest destiny of a young nation unfolded (embodying the positives and negatives of the ideology of the early American nation-state) and a national culture was formed that embraced the image of the vast, natural landscape as a national icon. Europe had cathedrals. America had a utopic vision of the West.
An African Account of Ecosystem Service Provision
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Article A recent article in the journal Ecosystem
