Case Studies
Challenges to Establishing Payments for Ecosystem Services in Gabon: A Case study of the Mbé River Basin
WCS is working with the Government of Gabon on a new Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) initiative to secure long-term protection of the high conservation value of the Mbé watershed in Gabon.
Community-Based Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) Sport Hunting in the Petén, Guatemala
Case study of a community-based payment for ecosystem (PES)/trophy hunting scheme for conservation in Guatemala.
Conservation of Sulawesis Endangered Mascot - the Maleo - through Conservation Incentive Agreements
the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) established the Maleo Conservation Project in northern Sulawesi in 2001.
Developing Alternative Frameworks for Community-based Conservation: Piloting Payments for Environmental Services (PES) in Tanzania's Simanjiro Plains
Case study on piloting payments for environmental services (PES) in the Simanjiro Plains, Tanzania - The Simanjiro plains provide a key wet season dispersal area for wildebeest and zebra migrating from northern Tanzania’s Tarangire National Park.
Elephant Pepper: Establishing Conservation-Focused Business
This case study examines the development of a commercial product at the intersection of biodiversity conservation, economic development and improvement in the livelihoods of poor African farmers.
Finding the Linkages between Wildlife Management and Household Food Consumption in the Uplands of Lao People’s Democratic Republic: A Case Study from the Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protected Area (LAO)
Case study on wildlife hunting and human nutrition in Nam Et-Phou Louey (NEPL) National Protected Area, Lao PDR.
Finding the Linkages between Wildlife Management and Household Food Consumption in the Uplands of Lao People’s Democratic Republic: A Case Study from the Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protected Area
Case study on wildlife hunting and human nutrition in Nam Et-Phou Louey (NEPL) National Protected Area, Lao PDR.
Finding the Linkages between Wildlife Management and Household Food Consumption in the Uplands of Lao People’s Democratic Republic: A Case Study from the Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protected Area - Summary Verison (LAO)
Case study on wildlife hunting and human nutrition in Nam Et-Phou Louey (NEPL) National Protected Area, Lao PDR (summary version).
Finding the Linkages between Wildlife Management and Household Food Consumption in the Uplands of Lao People’s Democratic Republic: A Case Study from the Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protected Area - Summary Version
Case study on wildlife hunting and human nutrition in Nam Et-Phou Louey (NEPL) National Protected Area, Lao PDR (summary version).
Forest Carbon Financing for Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Change Mitigation and Improved Livelihoods: the Makira Forest Protected Area, Madagascar
Case study of the forest carbon project in Makira Forest, Madagascar.
Impacts of Payments for Ecosystem Services on Deforestation in Mexico: Preliminary Lessons for REDD
Tenure Brief, NO.
Improving Poultry Production for Sustainability in the Ruaha Landscape, Tanzania
Shortages in protein availability are a well-known problem in village economies, especially in Africa, and the neurological and nutritional importance of animal-source protein is increasingly being recognized.
Lessons about Land Tenure, Forest Governance and REDD+ Featured Jan 10, 2012
This volume of case studies comprises one of two main publications resulting from the Oct.
Lessons Learned, Opportunities and Innovations in Human Wildlife Conflict Compensation and Insurance Schemes
This short discussion paper presents some of the lessons learned, opportunities and innovations of compensation and insurance schemes, with the hopes of assisting conservation managers with the choice of management tools appropriate to their context .
Lessons on Land Tenure, Governance and REDD+. Case Studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America.
An edited set of case studies based on presentations at the LTC/Translinks sponsored Workshop in October 2011.
Leveling the Playing Field: The Effects of Institutional Controls on Common Pool Resource Extraction
In this study a simple behavioral game was used to measure the response of groups of Cambodian farmers to a range of different policy interventions in a CPR dilemma, including enforcement, provision of individual and communal incentives, and opportunities for collective action .
Participatory Land Use Zoning in Okapi Wildlife Reserve, Democratic Republic of Congo
This case study describes a practical but rigorous approach to zoning that was piloted in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve (OWR), a protected area in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Participatory Wildlife and Natural Resource Assessment with Herder Communities in Eastern Mongolia
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) strives to support the sustainable management of natural resources and conserve wildlife by further developing natural resource stewardship in community-managed areas on the grasslands of Mongolia’s Eastern Steppe.
Payment for Ecosystem Services: Developing Forest Carbon Projects in Nepal
This case study identifies the potential for forest carbon projects in Nepal; summarizes the eligibility requirements under the various carbon markets and registries - Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS), Clean Development Mechanism (CDM, and Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA); and provides a specific case example from Dolakha District in Nepal.
Surui Carbon Fund-Brazil (English and Portuguese)
New mechanisms of assigning economic value to natural resources, with the objective of keeping the forest standing in order to produce environmental services, have spurred the development of the Surui Carbon Project.
