This article report is a condensed version of “The On-Site and Downstream Costs of Soil Erosion,” PIDS Technical Report 87-04 of the Upland Resource Policy Program. It estimates the economic costs arising from indiscriminate exploitation of the uplands. It also offers a practical methodology...

This paper focuses on issues surrounding the management of Philippine commercial forests as it deals with forest destruction and renewal problems. Likewise, the economics of commercial forest management for both natural forests and tree plantations is highlighted. Policy implications are...

This paper explores three aspects of sustainability in upland and coastal resources: the depreciation of natural capital upon which upland farmers and artisanal fishermen depend, the factors affecting the economic sustainability of resource extraction from forests, upland soils and fishery...

This article documents the following objective: the processes through which pilot agro-forestation development projects (AFDPs) implementors seek to achieve their objective, the mechanisms through which AFDPs may be expected to produce an impact on the areas of concern and the interrelationships...

This article is prepared for the Upland Policy Conference on March 14, 1988. It analyzes the private perspective of upland resource management mechanisms by drawing from the salient findings of studies on commercial forestry, reforestation and communal tree farming conducted under PIDS/IDRC...

This paper summarizes a sampling of planning tools to provide ideas on how multiple objectives for watershed management may be tackled. It also explores the mechanisms for allocation with due emphasis on avenues for resolving conflicts. Future directions for subsequent work are suggested.

The Central Visayas Regional Project Central Visayas Regional Project (CVRP) is a region-based rural development effort aimed at improving both the resource base and the living standards of small-scale upland farmers, nearshore fishermen and marginal forest dwellers through a community-based...

This paper provides a systematic investigation of agricultural systems practiced in the uplands by starting with a formal treatment of the shifting cultivation problem. The optimum rate of use of forested land from society’s viewpoint and from the individual uplander’s viewpoint, given...

Central to this study is the question of how benefits and costs from using a potentially renewable resource such as forests could be optimized for Philippine economic growth. This issue is better understood through a study of policies affecting forest management and their impact on physical...