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1. 1. The effect of integrated conservation and development programs in protected areas on human wellbeing : an empirical analysis of Brazil’s bolsa floresta programme

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Elan Swartz; [2015]
   Keywords : additionality; Amazon; Brazil; conservation reserves; economics; human-wellbeing; ICDP; impact evaluation; matching; program evaluation;

   Abstract : Considering the current debate over which strategies are most effective in promoting environmental and human welfare in protected areas, we focus on Integrated Conservation and Development Programs, an approach which seeks to find ‘win-win’ outcomes by supporting environmentally sustainable and profitable income generating sources. Counter, the predominant literature, we measure program effectiveness in terms of human welfare, accounted for by relative changes in household income and asset growth. READ MORE