Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2021) Tara Slough, Daniel Rubenson, Ro’ee Levy, Francisco Alpizar Rodriguez, María Bernedo del Carpio, Mark T. Buntaine, Darin Christensen, Alicia Cooperman, Sabrina Eisenbarth, Paul J. Ferraro, Louis Graham, Alexandra C. Hartman, Jacob Kopas, Sasha McLarty, Anouk S. Rigterink, Cyrus Samii, Brigitte Seim, Johannes Urpelainen, and Bing Zhang. Abstract Pervasive overuse and degradation of common pool resources (CPRs) is a global concern. To sustainably manageContinueContinue reading “Adoption of community monitoring improves common pool resource management across contexts”
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Large-scale collective action to avoid an Amazon tipping point – key actors and interventions
Current Research in Environmental Sustainability (2021) Mairon G. Bastos Lima, Niklas Harring, Sverker C. Jagers, Åsa Löfgren, U. Martin Persson, Martin Sjöstedt, Bengt Brülde, David Langlet, Will Steffen, Francisco Alpízar. Abstract The destruction of the Amazon is a major global environmental issue, not only because of greenhouse gas emissions or direct impacts on biodiversity and livelihoods, butContinueContinue reading “Large-scale collective action to avoid an Amazon tipping point – key actors and interventions”
Perceptions of Extreme Weather Events and Adaptation Decisions
A Case Study of Maize and Bean Farmers in Guatemala and Honduras Extreme Events and Climate Change: A Multidisciplinary Approach (2021) Milagro Saborío-Rodríguez, Francisco Alpízar, Leyla Aguilar-Solano, M. Ruth Martínez-Rodríguez, Raffaele Vignola, Bárbara Viguera, Celia A. Harvey. Abstract Although there is growing recognition that extreme weather events pose significant challenges to Central American agriculture, littleContinueContinue reading “Perceptions of Extreme Weather Events and Adaptation Decisions”
Mainstreaming of Natural Capital and Biodiversity into Planning and Decision-Making: Cases from Latin America and the Caribbean
IDB (2020) Alpízar, Francisco; Madrigal, Róger; Alvarado, Irene; Brenes Vega, Esteban; Camhi, Ashley;Maldonado, Jorge Higinio; Marco, Jorge; Martínez, Alejandra; Pacay, Eduardo; Watson, Gregory. Abstract The Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region enjoys an exuberant natural wealth; with 16 percent of the planets land, the region is home to 40 percent of the worlds biological diversity. This report investigates and provides a goodContinueContinue reading “Mainstreaming of Natural Capital and Biodiversity into Planning and Decision-Making: Cases from Latin America and the Caribbean”
Funding Inclusive Green Transition through Greenhouse Gas Pricing
ifo Institut (2020) Thomas Sterner, Richard T. Carson, Marc Hafstead, Peter Howard, Sverker Carlsson Jagers, Gunnar Köhlin, Ian Parry, Ryan Rafaty, E. Somanatan, Jan Christoph Steckel, Dale Whittington, Francisco Alpizar, Stefan Ambec, Claudia Aravena, Jorge Bonilla, Reza Che Daniels, Jorge Garcia, Niklas Harring, Kanishka Kacker, Suzi Kerr, Haileselassie Medhin, Pham Khanh Nam, German Romero, OlofContinueContinue reading “Funding Inclusive Green Transition through Greenhouse Gas Pricing”
A framework for selecting and designing policies to reduce marine plastic pollution in developing countries
Environmental Science and Policy. (2020) F.Alpizar, F.Carlsson, G.Lanza, B.Carney, R.C.Daniels, M.Jaime, T.Ho, Z.Nie, C.Salazar, B.Tibesigwa, S.Wahdera. Abstract The polluting of marine ecosystems with plastics is both a global and a local problem with potentially severe consequences for wildlife, economic activity, and human health. It is a problem that originates in countries’ inability to adequately manageContinueContinue reading “A framework for selecting and designing policies to reduce marine plastic pollution in developing countries”
Mining conflict in the Dominican Republic: the case of Loma Miranda
Resources Policy (2020) Víctor Gómez- Valenzuela, Francisco Alpízar, Solhanlle Bonilla, Carol Franco-Billini Abstract This paper assesses the willingness to pay (WTP) of the Dominican Republican society for a restoration and conservation program in Loma Miranda, an area rich in natural resources that is also proposed as a mining exploitation site. Loma Miranda is located inContinueContinue reading “Mining conflict in the Dominican Republic: the case of Loma Miranda”
Results of the contingent valuation to estimate the environmental impacts caused by rock-ash discharge
Ciencia, Economía y Negocios (2020) Víctor Gómez-Valenzuela, Francisco Alpízar. Abstract This paper shows the results of a contingent valuation exercise carried out to assess the environmental impacts caused by the disposal of 56,000 tons of rock ash in the Dominican Republic in 2003 and 2004. In March 2007, the Dominican government and AES Corporation reached aContinueContinue reading “Results of the contingent valuation to estimate the environmental impacts caused by rock-ash discharge”
Determinants of food insecurity among smallholder farmer households in Central America: recurrent versus extreme weather-driven events
Regional Environmental Change (2020) Francisco Alpízar, Milagro Saborío-Rodríguez, M. Ruth Martínez-Rodríguez, Bárbara Viguera, Raffaele Vignola, Tabaré Capitán & Celia A. Harvey. Abstract To ensure food security among rural communities under a changing climate, policymakers need information on the prevalence and determinants of food insecurity, the role of extreme weather events in exacerbating food insecurity, and the strategies that farmers use to copeContinueContinue reading “Determinants of food insecurity among smallholder farmer households in Central America: recurrent versus extreme weather-driven events”
The environmental effects of poverty programs and the poverty effects ofenvironmental programs
World Development (2019) Francisco Alpizar, Paul J. Ferraro. Abstract For decades, government agencies and nongovernmental organizations have invested in programs aimed at alleviating poverty and those aimed at protecting the environment. Whether these investments mutually reinforce each other or act in opposition has been widely debated by scholars. Studies that have tried to resolve this debate sufferContinueContinue reading “The environmental effects of poverty programs and the poverty effects ofenvironmental programs”
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