This issue focuses on the lessons learned by protected area project managers, both within and outside the World Bank, regarding the issues related to incentives for participatory conservation. Participatory...
Despite their value, environmental services are often lost as land users typically receive no compensation for the services their land generates for others and therefore have no economic reason to take...
Despite their value, environmental services are often lost as land users typically receive no compensation for the services their land generates for others and therefore have no economic reason to take...
Drylands occur on all continents and are estimated to cover some 61 million square kilometers or just over 47 percent of the earth's land surface. For some time the World Bank has been assisting many of...
This update summarizes the efforts of the World Bank Group (WBG) since 1988 to support the efforts of client countries and partners to conserve and sustainably manage biodiversity. The portfolio update...
This note questions why sustainable development models are not being adopted widely, for, only few examples of sustainable, Amazon frontier resource management, can be identified, with barely, few extractive...