G-ENV · Former PhD student
Thesis: Payments for environmental services for biodiversity protection: assessment of conservation contracts and other direct conservation incentives in eastern Madagascar
Defended on 3 May 2010
Doctoral research
Payments for environmental services for biodiversity protection in eastern Madagascar.
Summary
The thesis evaluates local payments-for-environmental-services schemes in Madagascar through the combined lenses of effectiveness and equity. It examines the limits of conservation contracts and the trade-offs that can arise between environmental performance and social justice.