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Anantha Kumar Duraiappah
Researcher at United Nations University
Publications - 56
Citations - 10288
Anantha Kumar Duraiappah is an academic researcher from United Nations University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ecosystem services & Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 55 publications receiving 9226 citations. Previous affiliations of Anantha Kumar Duraiappah include VU University Amsterdam & United Nations Environment Programme.
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The Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Science-Policy Interface
TL;DR: Use the experience from past assessments of global biodiversity and ecosystem services change and from the IPCC to ask what the policy-oriented charges in the Busan outcome imply for the science of the assessment process.
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Compensation and Rewards for Environmental Services in the Developing World: Framing Pan-Tropical Analysis and Comparison
Brent Swallow,Mikkel F. Kallesoe,Usman A. Iftikhar,Meine van Noordwijk,Carina Bracer,Sara J. Scherr,K. V. Raju,Susan V. Poats,Anantha Kumar Duraiappah,Benson O. Ochieng,Hein Mallee,Rachael Rumley +11 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review the state of knowledge and practice regarding compensation and rewards for environmental services in the developing world and present a conceptual framework for typifying and characterizing different types of mechanisms that link ecosystem stewards, ecosystem service beneficiaries, and intermediaries.
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Tradeoffs, synergies and traps among ecosystem services in the Lake Victoria basin of East Africa
Brent Swallow,Joseph K. Sang,Joseph K. Sang,Meshack Nyabenge,Daniel K. Bundotich,Anantha Kumar Duraiappah,Thomas Yatich +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, concepts and approaches from the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) were applied in a study of ecosystem service tradeoffs, synergies and traps in two of the river basins that flow into Lake Victoria from Kenya (Yala and Nyando).
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A Vision for Human Well-Being: Transition to Social Sustainability
Deborah Rogers,Anantha Kumar Duraiappah,Daniela Christina Antons,Pablo Muñoz,Xuemei Bai,Michail Fragkias,Heinz Gutscher +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, a redirection towards sustainability and well-being may be the most viable option for further development, and equity considerations are primary in order to have the resources to reduce poverty and increase wellbeing in developing countries.
Poverty and Environmental Degradation: a Literature Review and Analysis
TL;DR: In this paper, a formal structure for analyzing the complex web of factors is formulated and used to review the existing literature on the links between poverty and the degradation of four natural resource sectors.