Bulletin articles
A report by Edwin C. Perry, Cheryl Potgieter and Urmilla Bob,(1) highlights the links between environmental conflicts and women. The authors join to the growing attention put by women’s movements, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and researchers, among others,on violence against women as well as on the need to examine its links to situations of conflicts
Historically, relations between Mapuche indigenous communities and the forestry industry have been marked by conflict, primarily because of the expansion of industrial tree plantations on lands that are part of the Mapuche territory and the impact of these plantations on the communities’ habitat.
Content of this article:
Introduction
- Box: What is being traded in ‘Ecosystem Service’ Markets?
From PES to ‘offset’ payments for ‘environmental services’
- Different types of PES
- From simple trade to complex financial market transaction
- Spot the differences