"A tradable development rights (TDR) program focusing on biodiversity conservation faces a crucial problem defining … range of biodiversity conserved but could increase the opportunity cost of conservation. The issue is relevant to Brazil … the Infrastructure and Environment Team, Development Research Group--is part of a larger effort in the group to understand …

Nationally implemented protected area measures for biodiversity conservation generate cross-border externalities. For … internalizing these externalities at the international level, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) has been established as a …