Over the past two decades, ecotourism has emerged as an important conservation strategy, especially in the Tropics where a diversity of species and habitats are threatened by traditional forms of development. However, questions remain about the sustainability of ecotourism in terms of...

This study first evaluates the pledges under the Copenhagen Accord using the DNE21+ model. Our estimates for the 2020 pledges fall collectively within the range of 46,700–49,100Mt CO2-eq. Our study also finds the efforts arising from the current 2020 pledges have wide-ranging implications in...

Simulation models can help to identify the whole-farm economic and biophysical impacts of smallholder farmers altering their farming systems. Incorporating long-term climate-induced variability in crop and livestock production enables the implications for agricultural household income and risk...

(WP06/02 Clave pdf) The increasing complexity of a manufacturer´s environment is driving the evolution of the industrial management mindset towards a new post-industrial management paradigm. More and more it is becoming critical for a manufacturer´s competitiveness and survival to...