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Turner, Nancy J; University of Victoria; nturner@uvic.ca; Gregory, Robin; Decision Research & Value Scope Research, Inc.; rgregory@interchange.ubc.ca; Brooks, Cheryl; Indigenuity Consulting Group; cheryl@indigenuity.ca; Failing, Lee; Compass Resource Management; lfailing@compassrm.com; Satterfield, Terre; University of British Columbia; satterfd@interchange.ubc.ca. |
This paper explores the need for a broader and more inclusive approach to decisions about land and resources, one that recognizes the legitimacy of cultural values and traditional knowledge in environmental decision making and policy. Invisible losses are those not widely recognized or accounted for in decisions about resource planning and decision making in resource- and land-use negotiations precisely because they involve considerations that tend to be ignored by managers and scientists or because they are often indirect or cumulative, resulting from a complex, often cumulative series of events, decisions, choices, or policies. First Nations communities in western North America have experienced many such losses that, together, have resulted in a decline... |
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Insight |
Palavras-chave: First Nations; Decision making; Resource use; Negotiations; Cultural values. |
Ano: 2008 |
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Kovacs, Eszter K.; Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, UK ; ek334@cam.ac.uk; Kumar, Chetan; Global Forest and Climate Change Program, IUCN, Washington, D.C., USA; Chetan.KUMAR@iucn.org; Agarwal, Chetan; Center for Ecology Development and Research, India; chetan_agarwal1@hotmail.com; Adams, William M.; Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, UK; wa12@cam.ac.uk; Hope, Robert A.; School of Geography and Environment and Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Oxford University, UK; robert.hope@ouce.ox.ac.uk; Vira, Bhaskar; Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, UK; University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute (UCCRI); bv101@cam.ac.uk. |
In this paper, we examine the on-the-ground realities of upstream-downstream negotiations and transactions over ecosystem services. We explore the engagement, negotiation, implementation, and postimplementation phases of a “reciprocal water access” (RWA) agreement between village communities and municipal water users at Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India. We aim to highlight how external actors drove the payments for ecosystem services agenda through a series of facilitation and research engagements, which were pivotal to the RWA’s adoption, and how the agreement fared once external agents withdrew. In the postimplementation period, the RWA agreement continues to be upheld by upstream communities amidst evolving, competing... |
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: India; Negotiations; Payments for ecosystem services; Water management. |
Ano: 2016 |
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Beghin, John C.; Diop, Ndiame; Matthey, Holger; Sewadeh, Mirvat. |
We use a new partial-equilibrium, multi-market international model to analyze trade and agricultural policies affecting markets for peanut/groundnut products. The model covers four goods in thirteen countries/regions, including a large set of developing countries. Welfare is evaluated by looking at consumers' equivalent variation, quasi-profits in farming, quasi-profits in crushing, and taxpayers' revenues and outlays implied by distortions. We calibrate the model on recent historical data and current policy information. We analyze several groundnut trade liberalization scenarios in deviation from the recent historical baseline. Trade liberalization in groundnut markets has a strong South-South dimension, opposing India and, to a lesser extent, China to... |
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Distortion; Doha; Groundnuts; Negotiations; Oil; Peanut; Protection; Trade liberalization; Crop Production/Industries; International Relations/Trade. |
Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18329 |
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Kerr, William A.. |
In recent years, governments have negotiated a number of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) that include clauses regarding trade measures that conflict with their WTO obligations. As yet, there has been no formal dispute regarding which obligations should prevail, but the threat of conflict is perceived to be sufficiently grave for the parties to the Doha Ministerial to agree to examine the issue. Those who have strong preferences for environmental amenities have put considerable effort into fostering MEAs and are lobbying hard for them to prevail over the WTO in their areas of competence. The current lack of transparency caused by conflicting rules increases the degree of risk perceived in the international commercial environment. As MEAs allow... |
Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Doha; MEA; Negotiations; Ratification; Trade measures; WTO; International Relations/Trade. |
Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23928 |
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Kerr, William A.. |
Multilateral trade negotiations are, by design, becoming increasingly complex. The current degree of complexity limits the ability to assess the effects of a potential agreement and inhibits the transparency needed to reach an agreement. Despite the considerable recent efforts at capacity building in developing countries, the additional complexity has outstripped the ability to build capacity. This article draws upon New Institutional Economics to examine the effects of complexity on trade negotiations. The conclusion is that the rational decision of many countries may be to opt for no agreement. |
Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Complexity; Credence; Experience; Negotiations; Trade; International Relations/Trade. |
Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9082 |
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Kerr, William A.. |
The NAFTA increasingly looks like a "one-shot" deal with little of the ongoing deepening of economic relationships expected at the time of its negotiation and no provisions for ongoing negotiations. As a result, alternative trading arrangements may provide an opportunity to move the North American trade agenda forward. The FTAA is one alternative. The FTAA, however, is an extremely ambitious undertaking bringing together a large number of very divergent economies in terms of size, stage of economic development, economic performance and economic philosophy. This increases the complexity of negotiations and the probability of failure. The paper outlines the major areas where negotiations are likely to be difficult and provides suggestions regarding what has... |
Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: FTAA; Modalities; NAFTA; Negotiations; Organisation; International Relations/Trade. |
Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23916 |
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Vanzetti, David; Peters, Ralf. |
Proposals for agricultural trade reform put forward by the main protagonists remain far apart, with little sign of convergence. In an attempt to progress the negotiations towards a successful outcome, the chairman of the WTO Committee on Agriculture has proposed a compromise. The alternative proposals by the United States, the European Union and the WTO are analysed with the Agricultural Trade Policy Simulation Model, a static, multi-commodity, multi-region, partial equilibrium trade model. The estimated annual global welfare gains are $26 billion, $12 billion and $17 billion respectively. Least developed countries, as a group, gain from the US proposal but are made worse off under the WTO and EU proposals. Furthermore, in the best case many... |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Trade; Modelling; Negotiations; International Relations/Trade; F13; Q17. |
Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25858 |
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