Résultats de la recherche

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   The IMF funding deforestation: how International Monetary Fund loans and policies are responsible for global forest loss

   janvier, 2001

   Honduras, Chili, Ukraine, Indonésie, Kirghizistan, Ghana, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Guyana, Bélarus, République centrafricaine, Nicaragua, Tadjikistan, Turkménistan, Madagascar, Ouzbékistan, Cameroun, République-Unie de Tanzanie, Équateur, Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, Fédération de Russie, Arménie, Brésil, Océanie, Afrique sub-saharienne, Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Asie orientale

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   Régimes forestiers

   environnement

   déboisement

   Report which alleges that International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans and policies have caused extensive deforestation in each of the 15 countries of Africa, Latin America, and Asia studied.This forest loss, the author claims, has occurred both directly and indirectly through:the IMF's promotion of foreign investment in natural resource sectorsausterity measures that cut spending on environmental programsprograms that have unwittingly worsened the conditions of povertythe IMF.s insistence upon export-oriented economic growth.The report finds that:IMF induced cuts have impeded:Promotion of resp

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   Rights-based approaches to forest conservation

   janvier, 2008

   République-Unie de Tanzanie, Inde, Libéria, Guatemala, Colombie

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   Régimes forestiers

   environnement

   conservation des forêts

   In context of the recent emergence of the debate on rights-based approaches (RBA) to conservation, this paper provides a collaborative piece of work on the constitution of RBA’s and some of the key issues surrounding them. It also looks at some examples from countries where there is a need for RBA’s.

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   Roads, lands, markets, and deforestation: a spatial model of land use in Belize

   janvier, 1995

   Belize, Amérique latine et Caraïbes

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   Régimes forestiers

   environnement

   terre

   utilisation des terres

   tenure foncière

   déboisement

   Will intensifying the road network around market areas produce greater economic returns and less environmental damage than extending the road network into new areas?Rural roads promote economic development but also facilitate deforestation. To explore the trade-offs between development and environmental damage posed by road building, Chomitz and Gray develop and estimate a spatially explicit model of land use.

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   Environmental and socioeconomic impacts of Mexico's payments for ecosystem services program

   janvier, 2014

   Mexique

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   Régimes forestiers

   déboisement

   changement climatique

   environnement

   This document summarizes current findings from an evaluation of Mexico’s National Payments for Hydrological Services from 2003-2010.  Th evaluation seeks to understand the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of the program, with the goal of extracting lessons learned and identifying room for possible future improvement.

   Findings: an analysis of program selection criteria and the characteristics of lands enrolled suggests the program has met the dual goals of targeting funds to areas of ecological and social priority. Specifically:

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   Deforestation and Land Use on the Evolving Frontier: An Empirical Assessment [in Nicaragua]

   janvier, 1999

   Nicaragua, Amérique latine et Caraïbes

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   Régimes forestiers

   foresterie

   terre

   utilisation des terres

   tenure foncière

   environnement

   déboisement

   évaluation

   The advance of the agricultural frontier constitutes the biggest source of deforestation in Central America today. This conversion of tropical forests into agricultural land and pasture is the direct result of individual land use decisions. This paper presents a simple analytical model of household land use, followed by an econometric analysis of household survey data from the Río San Juan region of Nicaragua in order to test for consistency with the model.