Roldan Muradian
Biographic Data
| ID | 110746 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roldan Muradian |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roldan |
| FAMILY NAME | Muradian |
| SIGNATURE | MURADIAN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade Federal Fluminense |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5995-6483 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 45 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 352 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 44 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
Innovations and Dilemmas in Global Forest Governance - The Tortuous Pathway toward a Deforestation-free World: Introduction to the Special Issue
Will the EU deforestation-free products regulation (Eudr) reduce tropical forest loss? Insights from three producer countries
Business-as-usual trends will largely miss 2030 global conservation targets
To address climate change and global biodiversity loss, the world must hit three important international conservation targets by 2030: protect 30% of terrestrial and marine areas, halt and reverse forest loss, and restore 350 Mha of degraded and deforested landscapes. Here, we (1) provide estimates of the gaps between these globally agreed targets and business-as-usual trends; (2) identify examples of rapid past trend-shifts towards achieving the…
Diverse values of nature for sustainability
Twenty-five years since foundational publications on valuing ecosystem services for human well-being 1,2 , addressing the global biodiversity crisis 3 still implies confronting barriers to incorporating nature’s diverse values into decision-making. These barriers include powerful interests supported by current norms and legal rules such as property rights, which determine whose values and which values of nature are acted on. A better understandin…
What can methods for assessing worldviews and broad values tell us about socio-environmental conflicts
Transformative governance of biodiversity: Insights for sustainable development
While there is much debate on transformative change among academics and policymakers, the discussion on how to govern such change is still in its infancy. This article argues that transformative governance is needed to enable the transformative change necessary for achieving global sustainability goals. Based on a literature review, the article unpacks this concept of transformative governance. It is: integrative, to ensure local solutions also h…
Beyond ecosystem services and nature's contributions: Is it time to leave utilitarian environmentalism behind
The Nature's Contributions to People (NCP) approach, developed as theoretical backdrop for the assessments of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), aims to provide a more inclusive discourse in sustainability science, while addressing some of the limitations of the ecosystem services (ES) framework. Some critical initial reactions to the NCP approach have revolved around the costs of departi…
Ecological economics in the age of fear
Reply to: In defence of simplified PES designs
Frugality as a choice vs. frugality as a social condition. Is de-growth doomed to be a Eurocentric project
From principles to practice in paying for nature’s services
A typology of elementary forms of human-nature relations: A Contribution to the Valuation Debate
Ecosystem services, social interdependencies, and collective action: A Conceptual Framework
Barnaud, C., E. Corbera, R. Muradian, N. Salliou, C. Sirami, A. Vialatte, J.-P. Choisis, N. Dendoncker, R. Mathevet, C. Moreau, V. Reyes-García, M. Boada, M. Deconchat, C. Cibien, S. Garnier, R. Maneja, and M. Antona. 2018. Ecosystem services, social interdependencies, and collective action: a conceptual framework. Ecology and Society 23(1):15. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09848-230115
Cooperative membership and dairy performance among smallholders in Ethiopia
Vers une prise en compte de la diversité des arrangements institutionnels et des pratiques dans l’analyse des paiements pour services environnementaux
Vers une prise en compte de la diversit des arrangements institutionnels et des pratiques dans l'analyse des paiements pour services environnementaux
Handbook of Ecological Economics
This Handbook provides an overview of major current debates, trends and perspectives in ecological economics. It covers a wide range of issues, such as the foundations of ecological economics, deliberative methods, the de-growth movement, ecological macroeconomics, social metabolism, environmental governance, consumer studies, knowledge systems and new experimental approaches. Written by leading authors in their respective areas of specialisation…
In markets we trust? Setting the boundaries of Market-Based Instruments in ecosystem services governance
From market failures to collective action dilemmas: Reframing environmental governance challenges in Latin America and beyond
New Trends Confronting Old Structures or Old Threats Frustrating New Hopes? Eclac'sCompacts for Equality
Social Equity Matters in Payments for Ecosystem Services
Although conservation efforts have sometimes succeeded in meeting environmental goals at the expense of equity considerations, the changing context of conservation and a growing body of evidence increasingly suggest that equity considerations should be integrated into conservation planning and implementation. However, this approach is often perceived to be at odds with the prevailing focus on economic efficiency that characterizes many payment fo…
The demise of a new conservation and development policy? Exploring the tensions of the Yasuní ITT initiative
Payments for ecosystem services and the fatal attraction of win‐win solutions
In this commentary we critically discuss the suitability of payments for ecosystem services and the most important challenges they face. While such instruments can play a role in improving environmental governance, we argue that over‐reliance on payments as win‐win solutions might lead to ineffective outcomes, similar to earlier experience with integrated conservation and development projects. Our objective is to raise awareness, particularly amo…
The Institutional Dimension of “Market-Based Instruments” for Governing Ecosystem Services: Introduction to the Special Issue
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Payments for Ecosystem Services as Incentives for Collective Action
The design and thriving of payments for ecosystem services (PES) have occurred as a response to the relative failure of integrated strategies for reconciling conservation and development. The most widespread definition of PES conceives these payments as markets to solve environmental externalities. This article analyzes the limitations of this “Coasean” approach using insights from transaction costs economics, and it pleads for looking at PES wit…
Can Big Push Interventions Take Small-Scale Farmers out of Poverty? Insights from the Sauri Millennium Village in Kenya
International Capital Versus Local Population: The Environmental Conflict of the Tambogrande Mining Project, Peru
We characterize a social clash over a gold mining project in terms of perception of environmental risks, preferred decision-making mechanism, trust in experts and government institutions, and fairness in the distribution of burdens and benefits. The results reveal that 85% of the local population were against the project. Disagreement between experts, the local population, and the mining company, distrust in institutions, and the lack of a partic…
Governing the coffee chain: The role of voluntary regulatory Systems
A typology of elementary forms of human-nature relations: A Contribution to the Valuation Debate
Cooperative membership and dairy performance among smallholders in Ethiopia
Beyond ecosystem services and nature's contributions: Is it time to leave utilitarian environmentalism behind
The Nature's Contributions to People (NCP) approach, developed as theoretical backdrop for the assessments of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), aims to provide a more inclusive discourse in sustainability science, while addressing some of the limitations of the ecosystem services (ES) framework. Some critical initial reactions to the NCP approach have revolved around the costs of departi…
Transformative governance of biodiversity: Insights for sustainable development
While there is much debate on transformative change among academics and policymakers, the discussion on how to govern such change is still in its infancy. This article argues that transformative governance is needed to enable the transformative change necessary for achieving global sustainability goals. Based on a literature review, the article unpacks this concept of transformative governance. It is: integrative, to ensure local solutions also h…
From principles to practice in paying for nature’s services
Hegemonic transitions and global shifts in social metabolism: Implications for resource-rich countries. Introduction to the special section
Payments for Ecosystem Services as Incentives for Collective Action
The design and thriving of payments for ecosystem services (PES) have occurred as a response to the relative failure of integrated strategies for reconciling conservation and development. The most widespread definition of PES conceives these payments as markets to solve environmental externalities. This article analyzes the limitations of this “Coasean” approach using insights from transaction costs economics, and it pleads for looking at PES wit…
The Institutional Dimension of “Market-Based Instruments” for Governing Ecosystem Services: Introduction to the Special Issue
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SouthNorth Materials Flow: History and Environmental Repercussions
The current literature on the relationship between income and environmental quality is dominated by a notion of an inverted 'U'-shaped curve between both variables. However, a key variable is missing in this kind of study: the extra-territorial environmental effects of national economies. International trade of raw materials may be a good proxy to estimate these 'environmental load displacement' effects. The present work tries to elucidate some p…
Too poor to be green consumers? A field experiment on revealed preferences for firewood in rural Guatemala
The demise of a new conservation and development policy? Exploring the tensions of the Yasuní ITT initiative
Ecosystem services, social interdependencies, and collective action: A Conceptual Framework
Barnaud, C., E. Corbera, R. Muradian, N. Salliou, C. Sirami, A. Vialatte, J.-P. Choisis, N. Dendoncker, R. Mathevet, C. Moreau, V. Reyes-García, M. Boada, M. Deconchat, C. Cibien, S. Garnier, R. Maneja, and M. Antona. 2018. Ecosystem services, social interdependencies, and collective action: a conceptual framework. Ecology and Society 23(1):15. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09848-230115
Can Big Push Interventions Take Small-Scale Farmers out of Poverty? Insights from the Sauri Millennium Village in Kenya
Confronting or Complementing? A Case Study on NGO–State Relations from Kerala, India
NGOs have, of late, found some of their traditional domains, such as provision of micro-credit and participatory development, coinciding with or being taken away by the state. How do they position themselves and retain relevance vis-a-vis the state in the changed scenario? Tracing the trajectory of interventions of a local NGO in Kerala, India, this article shows that NGOs exhibit ‘multiple identities’—selective collaboration, gap-filling and pos…
What can methods for assessing worldviews and broad values tell us about socio-environmental conflicts
Vers une prise en compte de la diversité des arrangements institutionnels et des pratiques dans l’analyse des paiements pour services environnementaux
Vers une prise en compte de la diversit des arrangements institutionnels et des pratiques dans l'analyse des paiements pour services environnementaux
South–North Materials Flow: History and Environmental Repercussions
Resilient and Resourceful: A Case Study on How the Poor Cope in Kerala, India
In the backdrop of the popularization of social capital, it has become fashionable in development circles to highlight the resilience of the poor in the midst of stresses and shocks as well as their resourcefulness. Expressing scepticism, this article argues that social capital is a 'conditional' resource for the poor, availability of which is dependent on the presence of a 'critical mass' of other resources. The State plays a pivotal role in cre…
Multidimensional Poverty and Identification of Poor Households: A Case from Kerala, India
In this paper we compare and contrast the view on poverty of lay people, who are affected by the policies, with that of academics and policy‐makers. Drawing from fieldwork in a village in Kerala, India, and applying the ‘participatory numbers’ approach, we devise a ‘local method’ to identify poor households, based on the villagers’ poverty criteria. The local method is then compared with the official methods used by the national and the state gov…
Business-as-usual trends will largely miss 2030 global conservation targets
To address climate change and global biodiversity loss, the world must hit three important international conservation targets by 2030: protect 30% of terrestrial and marine areas, halt and reverse forest loss, and restore 350 Mha of degraded and deforested landscapes. Here, we (1) provide estimates of the gaps between these globally agreed targets and business-as-usual trends; (2) identify examples of rapid past trend-shifts towards achieving the…
New Trends Confronting Old Structures or Old Threats Frustrating New Hopes? Eclac'sCompacts for Equality
Trade and the environment: From a ‘Southern’ perspective
Ecological thresholds: A survey
SouthNorth Materials Flow: History and Environmental Repercussions
The current literature on the relationship between income and environmental quality is dominated by a notion of an inverted 'U'-shaped curve between both variables. However, a key variable is missing in this kind of study: the extra-territorial environmental effects of national economies. International trade of raw materials may be a good proxy to estimate these 'environmental load displacement' effects. The present work tries to elucidate some p…
South–North Materials Flow: History and Environmental Repercussions
Embodied pollution in trade: Estimating the ‘environmental load displacement’ of industrialised countries
International Capital Versus Local Population: The Environmental Conflict of the Tambogrande Mining Project, Peru
We characterize a social clash over a gold mining project in terms of perception of environmental risks, preferred decision-making mechanism, trust in experts and government institutions, and fairness in the distribution of burdens and benefits. The results reveal that 85% of the local population were against the project. Disagreement between experts, the local population, and the mining company, distrust in institutions, and the lack of a partic…
Making Global Trade Work for People
Governing the coffee chain: The role of voluntary regulatory Systems
Immigration and the environment: Underlying values and scope of analysis
Migration, globalization and the environment—introduction to the special issue
Environmental Sustainability: A Consumption Approach edited by Raghbendra Jha and K. V. Bhanu Murthy
Too poor to be green consumers? A field experiment on revealed preferences for firewood in rural Guatemala
Multidimensional Poverty and Identification of Poor Households: A Case from Kerala, India
In this paper we compare and contrast the view on poverty of lay people, who are affected by the policies, with that of academics and policy‐makers. Drawing from fieldwork in a village in Kerala, India, and applying the ‘participatory numbers’ approach, we devise a ‘local method’ to identify poor households, based on the villagers’ poverty criteria. The local method is then compared with the official methods used by the national and the state gov…
Exploring the links between equity and efficiency in payments for environmental services: A conceptual approach
Reconciling theory and practice: An alternative conceptual framework for understanding payments for environmental services
Confronting or Complementing? A Case Study on NGO–State Relations from Kerala, India
NGOs have, of late, found some of their traditional domains, such as provision of micro-credit and participatory development, coinciding with or being taken away by the state. How do they position themselves and retain relevance vis-a-vis the state in the changed scenario? Tracing the trajectory of interventions of a local NGO in Kerala, India, this article shows that NGOs exhibit ‘multiple identities’—selective collaboration, gap-filling and pos…
Resilient and Resourceful: A Case Study on How the Poor Cope in Kerala, India
In the backdrop of the popularization of social capital, it has become fashionable in development circles to highlight the resilience of the poor in the midst of stresses and shocks as well as their resourcefulness. Expressing scepticism, this article argues that social capital is a 'conditional' resource for the poor, availability of which is dependent on the presence of a 'critical mass' of other resources. The State plays a pivotal role in cre…
Towards a unified scheme for environmental and social protection: Learning from PES and CCT experiences in developing countries
Between markets and hierarchies: The challenge of governing ecosystem services
The spread of the ecosystem services framework has been accompanied by the promotion of market-based policy instruments for environmental governance. In this paper we clarify the rationale, policy goals and governance challenges of the ecosystem services framework. After systematizing the limitations of market-based policy tools for enhancing the provision of ecosystem services, we argue that hybrid regimes are more suitable (compared to pure mar…
Hegemonic transitions and global shifts in social metabolism: Implications for resource-rich countries. Introduction to the special section
Payments for ecosystem services and the fatal attraction of win‐win solutions
In this commentary we critically discuss the suitability of payments for ecosystem services and the most important challenges they face. While such instruments can play a role in improving environmental governance, we argue that over‐reliance on payments as win‐win solutions might lead to ineffective outcomes, similar to earlier experience with integrated conservation and development projects. Our objective is to raise awareness, particularly amo…
The Institutional Dimension of “Market-Based Instruments” for Governing Ecosystem Services: Introduction to the Special Issue
Item does not contain fulltext
Payments for Ecosystem Services as Incentives for Collective Action
The design and thriving of payments for ecosystem services (PES) have occurred as a response to the relative failure of integrated strategies for reconciling conservation and development. The most widespread definition of PES conceives these payments as markets to solve environmental externalities. This article analyzes the limitations of this “Coasean” approach using insights from transaction costs economics, and it pleads for looking at PES wit…
Can Big Push Interventions Take Small-Scale Farmers out of Poverty? Insights from the Sauri Millennium Village in Kenya
Social Equity Matters in Payments for Ecosystem Services
Although conservation efforts have sometimes succeeded in meeting environmental goals at the expense of equity considerations, the changing context of conservation and a growing body of evidence increasingly suggest that equity considerations should be integrated into conservation planning and implementation. However, this approach is often perceived to be at odds with the prevailing focus on economic efficiency that characterizes many payment fo…
Economics (32 works) · Political science (25 works) · Business (20 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (20 works) · Ecology (17 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Geography (13 works) · Computer Science (11 works) · Ecosystem services (11 works) · Finance (11 works)