This economic analysis report is structured around two arguments. Firstly, natural resources and ecosystem services in particular have significant contribution to economic growth and poverty reduction. Secondly, failure to manage natural resources, conserve and protect the ecosystem will result in costs of degradation that will compromise medium and long term sustainable development. An ecosystem services approach has been used which is capable of capturing aspects of the environment and natural resources that are usually neglected either because they do not have market values or they cannot readily be quantified. The approach is supported by Case Studies of Rugezi Wetlands and Gishwati Forest.
The objective of the present assessment is to determine to what extent the Rubaya green village demonstration project has been successful in raising the well-being of the beneficiaries while, at the same time, ensuring the sustainable use of natural resources and social cohesion. The project efficiency was determined to be high, leading to benefits surpassing the costs by 15% to 35%. The potential net benefits to Rwanda, the report found, justify the replication of the Rubaya green village demonstration project and to make the case for the Government and development partners to invest in the widespread replication of the project.
This report captures Poverty-Environment Initiative's 2016 achievements, as we gather the fruits of a more than decade-long effort to sow environmental sustainability into the field of development. It graphically highlights the work of the joint UNDP–UN Environment Programme global programme to improve climate resilience of the poorest and to effectively implement pro-poor environment practices and a just transition to a green economy and presents the kernel of a more effective means to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
This study concerns as to how to best bring development in ways that would reduce poverty, save natural environment and bring social justice. It explores the following questions: “What are specific areas of inter-linkages among the issues of gender equality, rural poverty, and environmental degradation in the Kyrgyz Republic?” “What are gender implications for sustainable livelihoods in rural Kyrgyzstan?”, and “What are gender-differentiated impacts of environmental degradation in Kyrgyzstan”
The report presents findings of the economic analysis for the Pro-poor Economic Growth and Environmentally Sustainable Development Project, which is a joint venture between the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).