Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis is the premier organization for practitioners and all those who are interested in cost-benefit analysis. It is based in the US and has its own journal. The society organizes several important meetings and events throughout the year. Bengt Kriström has been elected to the Board of Directors 2018-2021.
Land-use changes, political conflict, wildlife conflicts, population growth and climate change are some of the issues pastoralists in Kenya are faced with. CERE researcher Göran Bostedt returns to Kenya for a workshop on land tenure reform and focus group meetings with pastoralists. (click on headline to read more)
In many places, notably in rural areas in countries in economic transition, wood is the only affordable source of energy for heating and cooking. Despite its importance, wood energy is often under-used or misused, resulting in air pollution and the degradation of forest resources.
CERE’s Runar Brännlund comments on the report “Greenwash - An analysis of the efficiency of Swedish environmental taxes”. Since the report was released in Swedish it has frequently been used in debate articles around Sweden and it is now available in English. Main conclusions from the report show that developed forceful and effective tools for reducing global emissions of greenhouse gases are already in place. Runar therefore finds it somewhat of a mystery why relatively complicated and obvious ineffective additional instruments are put into place, read his comment.
Skogsindustrin och forskare ska tillsammans i forskningsprogrammet Mistra Digital Forest digitalisera skogsbruket. Genom smart digitalisering planerar programmet att forska hur skogen kan nyttjas mer effektivt med ökad skonsamhet. Skogsindustrierna kommer att stå värd för programmet som under de fyra inledande åren erhåller 58 miljoner kronor.
