p4ges - Can Paying 4 Global Ecosystem Services reduce poverty?
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We have produced a booklet in two versions - Malagasy and English to explain our research results (these are for viewing onscreen).
If you wish to print the booklet then the correct versions are here Malagasy and English
We are producing a set of non-technical summaries of p4ges research papers.
Presentations from the final policy event of the p4ges project (Jan 2017)
This presentation was delivered at the close event of p4ges on January 27th 2017.
At our academic conference on the 19th January 2017 there were the following three presentations
Alex Rasoamanana presented this poster, 'Assessing input and output from swidden agriculture in a resource-poor-setting', at the EcoSumit conference in Montpellier (August 2016).
Alex Rasoamanana of the p4ges team gave this presentation, 'Distributive equity in a protected area safeguard project in Madagascar' (ppt), at the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (Dec 2016 in Cancun, Mexico) as part of an IEED organised side event on conservation and equity.
Some of the p4ges team recently organised a side event at the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (Dec 2016 in Cancun, Mexico). View the presentations given.
Presentation by Julia Jones on the links between poverty and conservation in Madagascar
Presentations from the Conference on the Costs and Social Impacts of Forest Conservation in Madagascar.
Social safeguards for REDD + have they reached their target?- Rina Mandimbiniaina (Essa-Forêts researcher working on the socio-economic component of p4ges)
Estimating the local costs of forest conservation using choice experiments - Sarobidy Rakotonarivo (doctoral student at Bangor University and University of Copenhagen)
The bitter and the sweet. Social impacts of ecological compensation and biodiversity offset - Cécile Bidaud (Associate researcher at the University of Bangor and p4ges project and ESPA Fellow)
Presentations by p4ges delegates at ESPA Science Conference, London November 2015
Presentation by Dr Kate Schreckenberg at FLARE Conference 2015
Presentation by Prof Julia Jones at International Congress of Conservation Biology, France, July 2015.
Can REDD+ social safeguards reach the ‘right’ people?
Poster presentation by Julia Jones Can REDD+ social safeguards reach the ‘right’ people?
Given on behalf of p4ges colleagues from Bangor University and the University of Antananarivo at the Paris meeting (7-10th July 2015) Our Common Future Under Climate Change
Click here for the poster
Presentation by Maafaka Ravelona about the hydrological team’s work given to regional stakeholders before a field visit at Mitsinjo, March 2015.
Presentation by Bruno Ramamonjisoa and Julia Jones to World Bank team, Antananarivo, November 2014.
Poster presentation of project
Presented at Ecosystem Services Partnership meeting in Costa Rica on 9-12 August 2014
Posters
Poster for World Environment Day in Madagascar
p4ges Malagasy
A Malagasy-language local explanation of the p4ges project.
Brochure
Brochure produced for project launch in Antananarivo, Madagascar on November 9th 2013
These training materials were delivered at our training event for using the policy support tools Water World and Co$ting Nature on 23rd of January 2017
Research Ethics Training Workshops Scenarios
Scenarios that were discussed as part of a research ethics training workshop for the p4ges team.
ESSA
Materials for the academic publishing workshop at ESSA May 22nd 2014
Andriamananjara, A. Hewson, J., Razakamanarivo, H., Andrisoa, R.H., Ranaivoson, N., Ramboatiana, N., Razafindrakoto, M., Ramifehiarivo, N., Razafimanantsoa, M-P., Rabeharisoa, L., Ramananantoandro, T., Rasolohery, A., Rabetokotany, N., Razafimbelo, T. (2016) Land cover impacts on aboveground and soil carbon stocks in Malagasy rainforest. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 233,1-15 Read more
Andriamananjara, A., Ranaivoson, N., Razafimbelo., Hewson, J., Ramifehiarivo, N., Rasolohery, A., Andrisoa, R.H., Razafindrakoto, M.A., Razafimanantsoa, M.P., Rabetokotany, N., Razakamanarivo, H. (2017) Towards a better understanding of soil organic carbon variation in Madagascar. European Journal of Soil Science. 10.1111/ejss.12473
Bidaud, C., Ranjatson, P., Schreckenberg, K., Jones, J.P.G. (2016) The sweet and the bitter: Intertwined positive and negative social impacts of a biodiversity offset. Conservation and Society Read more
Bidaud, C., Schreckenberg, K. & Jones, J.P.G. (2018) The local costs of biodiversity offsets: comparing standards, policy and practice. Land Use Policy. Read more
Ghimire, C.P., Bruijnzeel, L.A., Lubczynski, M.W., Ravelona, M., Zwartendijk, B.W., van Meerveld, H.J. (2017) Measurement and modelling of rainfall interception by two differently aged secondary forests in upland Eastern Madagascar. Journal of Hydrology Read more
Ghimire, C.P., Bruijnzeel, L.A., Lubczynski, M.W., Zwartendijk, B.W, Odongo, V.O., Ravelona, M., van Meerveld, H.J. (2018) Transpiration and stomatal conductance in a young secondary tropical montane forest: contrasts between native trees and invasive understorey shrubs. Tree Physiology. Read more
Harvey, C. Rambeloson, A.M., Andrianjohaninarivo, T., Andriamaro, L., Rasolohery, A., Ramanahadray, S., Randrianarisoa, J., Christie, M., Siwicka, E., Remoundou, K., MacKinnonl J.L. (in press) Local perceptions of the livelihood and conservation outcomes of small-scale livelihood projects: a case study from Madagascar. Society and Natural Resources.
Jones, J.P.G., Mandimbiniaina, R., Kelly, R., Ranjatson, P., Rakotojoelina, B., Schreckenberg, K., Poudyal, M. (2018) Human migration to the forest frontier: implications for land use change and conservation management, Geo: Geography and the Environment. Read more
MacKinnon, J., Andriamaro, L., Rambeloson, A.M., Razafindrazakasoa, M., Harvey, C.A. (2018) Costs of delivering benefits to local communities as part of REDD+ programs: an analysis from Madagascar. Environmental Conservation. Read more
Poudyal, M., Ramamonjisoa, B.S., Hockley, N.J., Rakotonarivo, S.O., Gibbons, J.M., Mandimbiniaina, R., Rasoamanana, A., Jones, J.P.G. (2016) Can REDD+ social safeguards reach the ‘right’ people? Lessons from Madagascar. Global Environmental Change. Read more
Rafidimanantsoa, H.P., Poudyal., M., Ramamonjisoa, B., Jones, J.P.G. (2018) Mind the gap: the use of research in protected area management in Madagascar. Madagascar Conservation and Development. Read more
Rakotonarivo, O.S. Jacobsen, J.B., Poudyal, M., Rasoamanana, A., Hockley, N. (2017) Estimating the welfare impacts of forest conservation when property right are contested. Land Use Policy.
Rakotonarivo, O.S., Jacobsen, J.B., Larsen, H.O., Jones, P.G.J, Nielsen, M.S., Ramamonjisoa, B.S., Mandimbiniaina, R. R., Hockley, N. (2017) Qualitative and quantitative evidence on the true local welfare costs of forest conservation in Madagascar: Are discrete choice experiments a valid ex-ante tool? World Development. Read more
Rakotonarivo, O.S., Schaafsma M. & Hockley, N. (2016) A systematic review of the reliability and validity of discrete choice experiments in valuing non-market environmental goods. Journal of Environmental Management 183, 98–109 Read more
Ramifehiarivo, N., Brossard, M., Grinand, C., Andriamananjara, A., Razafimbelo, T., Rasolohery, A., Razafimahatratra, H., Seyler, F., Ranaivoson, N., Rabenarivo, M., Albrecht, A., Razafindrabe, F., Razakamanarivo, H., 2017. Mapping soil organic carbon on a national scale: Towards an improved and updated map of Madagascar. Read more
Rasolofoson, R.A., Ferraro, P.J., Jenkins, C.N., Jones, J.P.G. (2015) Effectiveness of Community Forest Management at reducing deforestation in Madagascar. Biological Conservation 184: 271-278 Read more
Rasolofoson, R.A., Nielsen, M.R., Jones J.P.G. (2018). The potential of the Global Person Generated Index (GPGI) for evaluating the perceived impact of conservation interventions on subjective well-being. World Development. Read more
Rasolofoson, R.A., P.J. Ferraro, G. Ruta, M.S Rasamoelina, P.L Randriankolona, H.O. Larsen and J.P.G Jones (2016) Impacts of Community Forest Management on human economic well-being across Madagascar. Conservation Letters. Read more
Razafimbelo, T., Rasolohery, A., Razafimahatratra, H., Seyler, F., Ranaivoson, N., Rabenarivo, M., Albrecht, A., Razafindrabe, F., Razakamanarivo, H., 2016. Mapping soil organic carbon on a national scale: Towards an improved and updated map of Madagascar. Read more
Razafindrakoto, M., Andriamananjara, A., Razafimbelo, T., Hewson, J., Andrisoa, R.H., Jones, J.P.G., van Meerveld, H.J.I., Cameron, A., Ranaivoson, N., Ramifehiarivo, N., Ramboatiana, N., Razafinarivo, R.N.T., Ramananantoandro, T., Rasolohery, A., Razafimanantsoa, M.P., Jourdan, C., Saint-André, L., Rajoelison, G., Razakamanarivo, R., (2017), Organic carbon stocks in all pools following land cover change in rainforest of Madagascar. In Soil Management and Climate Change: Effects on Organic Carbon, Nitrogen Dynamics and Greenhouse Gas Emissions. edited by Muñoz, A. and Zornoza R.
St. John, F.A.V., Brockington, D., Bunnefeld, N., Duffy, R., Homewood, K., Jones, J.P.G., Keane, A., Milner-Gulland, E.J., Nuno, A., Razafimanahaka, J. (2016) Assuring anonymity at the individual level may not be sufficient to protect research participants from harm. Biological Conservation. Read more
Tabor, K., Jones, K., Hewson, J., Rasolohery, A., Rambeloson, A., Andrianjoaninarivo, T., Harvey, C. Evaluating the effectiveness of conservation investments in reducing deforestation and fires in Ankeniheny-Zahemena Corridor, Madagascar. Read more.
Zwartendijk, B.W., van Meerveld, H.J., Ghimire, C.P., Bruijnzeel, L.A., Ravelona, M., Jones, J.P.G. (2017) Rebuilding ecosystem functioning after deforestation: Soil infiltration capacity and preferential flow pathways under different land uses in Eastern Madagascar. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. Read more
We are putting all our data online in public archives to ensure our data can be as widely used as possible. Much of our data is already public.