Paraguay Extends Its Zero Deforestation Law
Thursday, November 20th, 2008From WWF: Paraguay moves closer towards zero net deforestation Paraguay’s Congress has today unanimously voted to extend the country’s “Zero Deforestation Law” by another five years. The law, which came into force in December 2004 and was effective in slashing deforestation rates massively, was due to expire at end 2008. Three commissions — Energy and […]
Does Payment for Watershed Services Work in LAC?
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008An innovative and increasingly popular policy option in the deforestation and water resources management fields in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is the so-called payment for environment services (PES) approach. But as these IIED reports show, as it has been applied so far to watershed management does not always bring the hoped-for environmental benefits. […]