In this paper we extend Lizzeri's simple model of information transmission through certification intermediaries. A …

One argument against forest reservation is that people want forest reserve resources and would not deliberately destroy … it. In contrast, the basic assumption underlying forest reservation in Nigeria is that local communities cannot conserve … status of households have significant effects on the probability of households having a formal access to forest reserves …

How has forest reserves in Enugu State faired given the sustainability- threatening signals surrounding it? Using the … of these forest reserves. Among other problems, this study reveals that Enugu State looses, on the average, about 2 ….01 hectares of forest reserve trees per annum. This calls for a total overhaul and improvement in the conservation and management …

, the forestry industry and forest profitability; discussion of land-use decision making, including the central question of … what influences conversion of farmland to forestry; and forest carbon ecology. Part II moves on to normative analysis of …

converting additional forest land. The extremely high level of threats to East Asian forests that existed even prior to the …. These conclusions indicate that the main policy priorities remain those of improving the management of the region’s forest …

This paper tackles the complex issue of how to include regenerating indigenous forest in a domestic carbon credit …

good governance (using latent variable approach) and a financial decentralisation index. Panel data is employed to explore … if better quality of institutional arrangements (of governance and more financial decentralisation) lead to better …