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ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT
Resources for the Future research addresses the challenges of sensibly managing forest, fishery, water, and other natural resources, integrating economic and ecological information to evaluate alternative ecosystem management and conservation strategies in the United States and around the world. In the 1960’s, groundbreaking work at RFF created the analytical framework for thinking about natural and biological resources as more than just raw materials to be extracted for production.
Today, RFF scholars are taking on the challenge of how to properly measure, value, and protect these other benefits. Recent efforts have concentrated on finding economically meaningful definitions of ecosystem services; developing and testing techniques for their valuation using surveys; and providing research-driven recommendations to improve the performance of programs that provide payments for ecosystem services |
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| PUBLICATIONS | | The Bioeconomics of Conservation Agriculture and Soil Carbon Sequestration in Developing Countries | | Wisdom Akpalu, Anders Ekbom | | RFF Discussion Paper EfD 10-07 | October 2010 | | | | Determinants of Performance of Drinking-Water Community Organizations: A Comparative Analysis of Case Studies in Rural Costa Rica | | Róger Madrigal, Francisco Alpízar, Achim Schlüter | | RFF Discussion Paper EfD 10-03 | February 2010 | | | | Household Tree Planting in Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia: Tree Species, Purposes, and Determinants | | Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Alemu Mekonnen, Menale Kassie, Gunnar Kohlin | | RFF Discussion Paper EfD 10-01 | January 2010 | | | | Adaptation of Forests to Climate Change: Some Estimates | | Roger A. Sedjo | | RFF Discussion Paper 10-06 | January 2010 | | | | Does Trade Help or Hinder the Conservation of Natural Resources? | | Carolyn Fischer | | Review of Environmental Economics and Policy | Winter 2010 | Vol. 4, No. 1 | pp. 103-121 | | | | Forest Measurement and Monitoring: Technical Capacity and “How Good Is Good Enough?” | | Molly K. Macauley, Daniel Morris, Roger A. Sedjo, Kate Farley, Brent L. Sohngen | | RFF Report | December 2009 | | | | View All Related Publications |
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| EVENTS | | New Directions for Managing Our Ecosystems | | Wednesday, May 06, 2009 | | Adapting to a Changing Climate: Reforming Institutions and Managing for Extremes | | Wednesday, April 01, 2009 | | Reconsidering "Conservation Reconsidered": A 40-Year Legacy | | Wednesday, October 03, 2007 | | Societal, Environmental Implications of Alt. Agricultural Futures | | Friday, June 15, 2007 | | Resolving Natural Resource Conflicts: RFF First Wednesday Seminar | | Wednesday, May 02, 2007 | | View All Related Events |
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| RELATED SUBTOPICS | | Biodiversity, Deforestation, Ecological valuation, Ecosystem services, Endangered species, Environmental accounting, Forestry, Invasive species, Marine reserves, Oceans, Wetlands, Wildlife |
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