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Updates from Environment for Development, a global network of researchers solving the world’s most urgent environmental and development challenges.
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Newsletter from EfD
August 2021
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Dear friend of Environment for Development,
Our centers and collaboratives are indeed bustling with activity. There is much more going on than can be summarized in a monthly newsletter, so make sure to follow us on our social media (see at the bottom of this newsletter!) so you don't miss any exciting news!
In this newsletter, you will read about interesting research on topics such as the impact of behavioral sciences, salmon farming, clean energy and energy poverty, bus fares, deforestation, and mangrove forests. You will also find news about how EfD researchers work with high-level policymakers.
You get this newsletter because we believe that you share our passion for the environment and development! It provides you with the latest news and research from our network.
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Have behavioral sciences delivered on their promise to influence environmental policy?
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Maria Alejandra Velez and Lina Moros have studied the impact of behavioral sciences on environmental policy and decision-making. Photo: EfD.
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After four decades of refining the understanding of the decision-making process, it's now time to evaluate the impact of behavioral sciences on environmental policy and decision-making. In the publication, Have behavioral sciences delivered on their promise to influence environmental policy and conservation practice? EfD researchers Maria Alejandra Velez and Lina Moros discuss lessons learned, empirical findings of programs and policies, and avenues for further research. A must-read for anyone who is interested in behavioral science and environmental policies!
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Minister of Environment pledges to work with EfD Nigeria on a natural capital accounts project
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Muhammad Mahmood Abubakar (6th from left ) and EfD Nigeria team led by Nnaemeka Chukwuone (5th from the right) after their meeting in Abuja on the NCA project for Nigeria. Photo: Inya Agha Egwu
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Mahmood Abubakar Muhammad, Nigeria's Minister of Environment, will partner with REPRC-EfD Nigeria, to develop Natural Capital Accounts (NCA) for the country.
The government's commitment to introducing NCA could mean a leap forward for sustainable development in the country. Read about EfD Nigeria's work to achieve this!
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Study shows salmon farming had positive effect on income equality in Chile
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Aquaculture in Chile. Photo: INCAR center
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EfD researcher Jorge Dresdner, with co-authors Roberto Cárdenas and Adams Ceballos, have studied the effects of the salmon aquaculture industry on income distribution in coastal communities in Chile. They found interesting results!
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How does a transition to renewable energy affect development and energy poverty?
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Photo: Los Muertos Crew, Pexels
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Energy poverty harms development factors, such as income, education, life expectancy, employment, and mobile phone subscriptions. What difference does a transition to renewable energy make? And what if that energy is more costly? EfD researchers Philip Kofi Adom, Franklin Amuakwa-Mensah, and their co-authors Mawunyo Prosper Agradi and Aimable Nsabimana have looked into these interesting connections in their publication Energy poverty, development outcomes, and transition to green energy. Check it out!
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EfD Tanzania and Prime Minister attended the Research and Innovation Week at UDSM
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Martin Chegere (right) talking about a research project. Photo: Salvatory Macha
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The Tanzanian Prime Minister, Kassim Majaliwa, as well as other high-level officials and stakeholders, attended the sixth University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) Research and Innovation Week. Their participation signaled the importance of research for the country’s economic growth. EfD researchers who attended the event and presented their research were Razack Lokina, Remidius Ruhinduka, Martin Chegere, and Onesmo Selejio.
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"We need to revise the current flat bus fares"
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Buses in Bogotá, Columbia. Photo: Alejobar Pixabay.
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Increases in bus fares have different effects on different income groups - those with low incomes have no choice but to take the bus even with rising rates, but people with higher incomes can choose the car instead. EfD researchers Santiago Gomez and Jorge Alexander Bonilla, with their co-authors Luis A. Guzman and Carlos Beltran have studied fare elasticities and present their findings in the publication BRT fare elasticities from smartcard data: Spatial and time-of-the-day differences. According to them, it's time to start discussing the flat fares and to consider differential fares to make public transportation affordable and reduce the burden on vulnerable groups. Read the interesting report!
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Research project on Payment for Ecosystem Services aims at fighting deforestation
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Photo: Marianela Argüello L. EfD Central America
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Roger Madrigal, Director of EfD Central America, will coordinate a five-year research project on Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES). The purpose is to develop PES-models to tackle forest degradation and deforestation, particularly in the Global South. Read about this interesting project!
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How effective is mangrove management decentralization in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
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The EfD researchers did a survey as a part of their study. Photo: Truong Dan Thuy.
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Does a devolution policy of forestland management help conserve forests? Does giving land use right as a property right or as per contract work better? A recent EfD publication titled “Does the devolution of forest management help conserve mangrove in the Mekong Delta of Viet Nam?”, by Truong Dang Thuy, Vo Quoc Tuan, and Pham Khanh Nam, examined 96 communes and 600 households in six Mekong Delta provinces in Vietnam to address these questions.
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Guide on market-based tools for environmental management in Asia is now published
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This comprehensive report from the Asian Development Bank highlights trends in air quality, water, and waste management and identifies how introducing and scaling up market-based policy instruments may help achieve environmental goals.
More than a dozen EfD researchers were involved in the writing of this report. It includes three separate systematic reviews, a lot of local fact-finding efforts, seven case studies, and many workshops. This highly useful publication is now available online, to download a free digital version or to order a paperback copy!
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In memoriam - Professor Gardner Brown
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Professor Gardner Brown. Photo: EfD
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Professor Gardner Brown passed away in his home on August 9th, 2021, surrounded by his family.
Gardner was one of the great pioneers of environmental economics. He was an important contributor to the development of this discipline. He was the academic godfather of EfD and was part of the inaugural trip to the African centers as EfD was founded in 2007.
The world has lost a brilliant and colorful scholar, environmental economics has lost one of its great pioneers, and EfD has lost an intellectual leader, mentor, and a dear friend.
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EfD Annual Meeting 2021: Call for papers - deadline August 31!
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The virtual research conference of Environment for Development (EfD) is organized by EfD Global Hub, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Time: November 15-20, 2021 14:00-17:00 CET
Due to COVID-19 related travel restrictions, this year’s meeting will be virtual. Mark your calendars!
And click below to download the call for papers. Please submit your manuscript online via Editorial Express, by August 31, 2021.
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Senior Researcher in development economics
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The Nordic Africa Institute is a knowledge hub for research, policy advice, and documentation on modern Africa, based in Uppsala, Sweden.
The Senior Researcher will lead academic activities and other intellectual engagement, including empirical research, webinars, and policy dialogue.
Deadline: Sept 3, 2021.
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Call for Papers: NENRE-EfD Chile
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The Seventh Annual Meeting of the EfD Chile "Research Nucleus on Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (NENRE)", will take place on October 14-15.
Deadline, call for papers:
Sept 16, 2021.
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