Books in the Environment for Development series

Forest tenure reforms are occurring in many developing countries around the world. These reforms typically include devolution of forest lands to local people and communities. This book explains the importance and implications of these reforms for the livelihoods of often poor villagers, local environmental quality and climate change.

The high incidence of poverty and the need for increased agricultural productivity remain acute in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. This book addresses the land markets and their implications for poverty, equity, and efficiency across various African countries.

"This rigorously researched book describes the status of biodiversity in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), the main threats to this biodiversity, and the drivers of these threats. It identifies and the main conservation policies being used, and proposes five specific lines of practical action for conserving LAC biodiversity"--

Challenges the conventional wisdom that gasoline taxation, an important instrument of climate policy, has a disproportionately detrimental effect on poor people. This book states that while there may be some slight regressivity in some high-income countries, as a general rule, fuel taxation is a progressive policy in low income countries.

The purpose of this book is to document the effects of climate change on agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa and to discuss strategies for adaptation to hotter weather and less predictable rainfall.

Forest tenure reforms are occurring in many developing countries around the world. These reforms typically include devolution of forest lands to local people and communities. This book explains the importance and implications of these reforms for the livelihoods of often poor villagers, local environmental quality and climate change.

The purpose of this book is to document the effects of climate change on agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa and to discuss strategies for adaptation to hotter weather and less predictable rainfall.

This volume provides an overview of the political economy of coal in diverse country contexts.