Haripriya Gundimeda

TL;DR: The first public product of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is its Conceptual Framework as discussed by the authors, which will underpin all IPBES functions and provide structure and comparability to the syntheses that will produce at different spatial scales, on different themes, and in different regions.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight and illustrate the approach adopted by TEEB: namely to show how economic concepts and tools can help equip society with the means to incorporate the values of nature into decision making at all levels.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the linear approximate Almost Ideal Demand System (LA-AIDS) using micro data of more than 100,000 households sampled across India and expanded the LA-AIDS model by specifying the intercept as a linear function of household characteristics.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present tools for evaluating and assessing ecosystem services in policy making in the context of local development, and propose a framework for considering the benefits of nature for local development.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the potential implications of the Land use change and forestry (LUCF) projects to the rural livelihoods in India and concluded that for CDM to be sustainable and result in sustainable development of the local people, three important criteria should be satisfied: (1) Integrating the energy substitution possibilities in the objectives of carbon sequestration; (2) Management of the CPR lands by the rural poor through proper design of the rules for sustenance of user groups; and (3) Ensuring that the maximum revenue from carbon sequestrators is channelled