Sara Lindström, student at Department of Earth Science at University of Gothenburg, has written her student thesis about small scale farmers impact on the natural forest cover extent in Sri Lanka.
Lisa Axelsson and Maria Franzén studied the master's programme Industrial Ecology. Their master's thesis addressed cultivation of Jatropha, an oil-crop used for producing biodiesel. The thesis identified the barriers farmers face in cultivation and assessed the environmental and socioeconomic impact.
Jörgen Pettersson has studied Environmental Science with a specialisation in Environmental Economics. He has worked as a research assistant within Focali.
Here you can find his masterthesis "Payments for Environmental Services in the Campohermoso watershed - Measuring opportunity costs and identifying determinants"
Protected forests in Tanzania do not have more carbon or biodiversity than unprotected forests according to results from a study made by Lina Hammarstrand and
Andreas Särnberger.
