Umeå
Initiatives around the world have been implemented to compensate tropical forest owners for not engaging in deforestation or degradation. Empirical evidence points to the potential for financial compensation to prevent deforestation but research on its role in reducing degradation is largely missing.
During this talk I will discuss results from a project conducted in the Ecuadorian Amazon basin to elucidate the linkages between financial compensation and degradation of tropical forests, and the prospects for management to protect their rich ecological structure.
Speaker is Francisco X Aguilar Cabezas, Professor at the Department of Forest Economics, SLU.
The lecture is part of Worth knowing a series of lunch lectures open to everyone. The lectures last around 30 minutes and we offer vegetarian soup and bread on a first come, first served basis.
The lecture series is a collaboration between SLU's environmental monitoring and assessment, the Faculty of Forest Sciences and the SLU University Library.
pernilla.christensen@slu.se, +46 90-786 85 27, +46 70-633 73 86
ulla.ahlgren@slu.se, +46 90-786 82 81, +46 70-662 31 07
olof.bergvall@slu.se, +46 90-786 82 11, +46 72-236 29 15
linn.ottosson.malmros@slu.se, +46 90-786 83 41, +46 73-662 86 56