Unsustainable practices in the land use sector contribute to climate change through the
release of greenhouse gases. Payment for environmental services (PESs) provide economic …

This paper investigates the impacts of REDD+ in two pilot sites in the districts of Kilosa and
Kondoa in Tanzania. We pose two questions: First: What are the impacts of REDD+ on …

Payments for Hydrologic Services (PHS) programs are increasingly used as a policy tool to
provide incentives for upstream landowners to adopt land use activities that favor …

Two of the main motives for people to be engaged in the Mexican Payment for
Environmental Services (PES) programme are forest conservation and the income received …

Recent criticisms of, and financial limits on, payment for hydrologic services (PHS) programs
suggest that rigorous, spatially explicit evaluations are urgently needed to improve their …

Around a quarter of all anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions originate from the
agricultural, forest and other land use sector (AFOLU), driven primarily by deforestation …

The conservation of forests in expanding frontier landscapes is critically important to
maintain intact forest ecosystems and support forest dependent communities. To conserve …

Many forest protected areas (PAs) are located in develo** countries, where forests are a
major source of food and fuel. Thus, biodiversity conservation may have unintended …

Evidence from the international research community shows that careful management of
nature results in benefits to people's wellbeing. Poor people especially depend more heavily …

In this chapter, we examine how impact evaluations can contribute to measuring and
understanding the overall effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of forestry programmes …