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Integrating Economics into Resource and Environmental Management Some Recent Experiences in the Pacific
… drafts of papers and thereby contributed to quality control. Thank you all. IIIIntegrating Economics into … undertaken to advocate for appropriate investment in flood avoidance or mitigation. The case studies highlight not … this paper are three analyses conducted to support DRM in flood management in Samoa and Fiji: • Economic Analysis of a …
Energy, Ecosystems and livelihoods: Understanding linkages in the face of climate change impacts
… as well as gender inequality, means that they have limited control over, and access to environmental and energy … impacts on the surrounding biodiversity. Dam reservoirs flood and fragment ecosystems. They increase the level of … dams are used for hydropower. The majority are used for flood control, irrigation and multi-purpose (WBCSD, 2006). 16 …
A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes
… paper (15 pages). It describes market failures, pollution control, and environmental valuation. It concludes by stating … pollution, water purification, forest carbon storage, and flood damage. … trade-offs between 6 ecosystem services (carbon storage, flood control, forage production, outdoor recreation, crop …
Depend on nature: Ecosystem services supporting human livelihoods
… landscape-scale restoration. • Initiate programmes to control and/or eradicate invasive alien species that threaten … processes • climate regulation • disease regulation • flood regulation • detoxification Cultural Non-material … as a result of selective migration, war, population control programmes, or disease may put additional pressure on …
Poverty, equity and rights in conservation : Technical papers and case studies
… the institutional level. 2.4.3 Unequal social dynamics and control Respect for the existing institutional framework – … the creation of an elitist society where, by virtue of its control over the collective rules, a social minority is able … factors of power and social status because of the control they confer over natural resources, and as such …