Protecting forests and biodiversity: Are investments in eco-friendly production activities the best way to protect endangered ecosystems and enhance rural livelihoods?

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dc.contributor.authorFerraro, Paul J.en
dc.contributor.authorSimpson, R. Daviden
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:19:52Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:19:52Zen
dc.date.issued2005en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractA debate has been raging in recent years among conservation practitioners and advocates. What are the most effective mechanisms for preserving the imperiled forest habitats that shelter most of the world's terrestrial biodiversity? In the past few decades most money has been going into "indirect" interventions such as "Integrated Conservation and Development Programs". While no one could object to efforts to achieve such worthy goals, several authors suggest that more "direct" approaches - payments in exchange for conservation performance - would better achieve conservation objectives. We argue here that direct incentives might better achieve both conservation and development objectives. While the problems facing both conservation practitioners and development specialists are indeed daunting, we feel that the arguments for direct approaches are compelling both as conceptual propositions and as practical policy advice.en
dc.description.notesPES-1 (Payments for Environmental Services Associate Award)en
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dc.identifier2483en
dc.identifier.citationForests, Trees and Livelihoods 15(2): 167-181en
dc.identifier.issn1472-8028en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66983en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherAB Academic Publishersen
dc.relation.urihttp://epp.gsu.edu/pferraro/docs/FTL2005.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2005 A B Academic Publishersen
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dc.subjectRural developmenten
dc.subjectEcosystem managementen
dc.subjectBiodiversityen
dc.subjectEconomic policyen
dc.subjectPayments for environmental servicesen
dc.subjectLivelihoodsen
dc.subjectConservationen
dc.subjectEconomic impactsen
dc.subjectForestsen
dc.subjectDirect paymentsen
dc.subjectIndirect interventionen
dc.titleProtecting forests and biodiversity: Are investments in eco-friendly production activities the best way to protect endangered ecosystems and enhance rural livelihoods?en
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