BASIS CRSP Biodiversity Conservation Activities 1 What is

BASIS CRSP Biodiversity Conservation Activities 1. What is the BASIS CRSP 2. Property Rights and Environmental Services and Poverty in Indonesia 3. Policy Conference on Payment for Environmental Services

What is the BASIS CRSP? Ø A social science research network designed to improve the life of the rural poor through research dedicated to enhancing access to resources and to enhancing the access to the markets needed to permit people to make better use of the resources that they have Ø Current research projects include: • Poverty traps and productive social safety nets • Credit reporting bureaus & access to capital Ø Policy outreach confernces including upcoming (12 -13 June) DC symposium ‘Evaluating the Impact of innovations in Rural Finance’

Property Rights and Environmental Services and Poverty in Indonesia Ø Watershed encroachment in Lampung province, Sumatra Ø Community Forestry (HKm) Program—conditional grant of secure tenure as incentive for environmental stewardship Ø Challenges in Smallholder Areas • Transactions costs • Monitoring • Inequity Ø Primary Research Questions • Effectiveness • Distribution

Policy Conference on Payment for Environmental Services Ø Common problems in the design of Payment for Environmental Services (PES) in smallholder environments Ø Goal is to derive best practice and mechanism innovation Ø Regional differences in PES emphasis • Latin America: watersheds • Africa: wildlife protection • Asia: forests Ø Two-stage conference design • Regional conferences • Meta-participants • DC-based summary event