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| Introduction
Research Grants have been awarded for the first round of applications to four studies on NRA in Eastern and Southern Africa. The successful proposals were to receive the research grant amount of US $10 000 each. New proposals will be considered continuously. Accepted Proposals
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| 1. | Correcting Measures of National Income for Natural Resources Values: A Case Study of Waste Treatment and Water Purification Services of Wetlands to Uganda’s Gross Domestic Product |
| Team Leader: | Wandera Abubaker
Action for sustainable Development Environment and Development Bureau Kampala, UGANDA |
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| Objective: | The priniciple objective of the sutdy is to demonstrate that forests and wetlands can be treated similarly to capital in the national accounts of Uganda. |
| 2. | Natural Resource Accounting in South African Fisheries |
| Team Leaders: | T Hutton
Fisheries Centre Cape Town SOUTH AFRICA And U R Sumaila Michelsen Institute Bergen NORWAY |
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| Objective: | The priniciple objective of the study is to construct the monetary and physical accounts for the West Coast deep water hake fishery and provide a model for future fisheries assessments. |
| 3. | Towards Natural Resource Accounting in Tanzania: a Study on the Contribution of Natural Forests to National Income |
| Team Leaders: | W N Mkanta
Department of Statistics University of Dar es Salaam TANZANIA And M M B Chimtembo National Bureau of Statistics |
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| Objective: | The principle objective of the study is the valuation of non-marketed forest resources and proposing means for generation of modified national accounts that would cover the full value of forest resource production and consumption. |
| 4. | Introducing Natural Capital Depletion in the SNA |
| Team Leaders: | R Mabugu &
M Chitiga
Department of Economics University of Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE |
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| Objective: | The principle objective of the study is to provide macro-economic policy makers with the data necessary to incorporate environmental concerns into macro-economic policy in a systematic way. |
| The above four research projects have been completed and four new research grants have been awarded for the second round of applications to four studies on NRA in Eastern and Southern Africa. The following are accepted proposals for year two of RANESA Research Grants: |
| 1. | Fisheries Accounting for Lake Nyasa |
| Team Leader: | Kassim Kulindwa
Economic Research Bureau University of Dar es Salaam TANZANIA |
| 2. | Energy Accounts for Botswana |
| Team Leader: | Jonah Tlhalefang
Department of Economics University of Sheffield UNITED KINGDOM |
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| Objective: | The principle objective of the study is to enhance the national economic accounts for Botswana by constructing and incorporating energy and emission accounts and use them to analyse policy questions related to optimal energy resources use and development. |
| 3. | Accounting for the Ecological Impacts of Inter-basin Water Transfers: a SAM Approach to Modeling the Economy Wide Effects of the Lesotho Highlands Water Transfer Scheme |
| Team Leader: | Mampiti Matete
Department of Agricultural Economics University of Pretoria SOUTH AFRICA |
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| Objective: | The principle objective of the study is to develop a general methodology that can be applied to integrating environmental sustainability aspects into economic development planning in the case of exploiting water resources through transfers. |
| 4. | Managing Water Resources for Sustainable Development: The Case of Mauritius |
| Team Leader: | Daneswar Poonyth
Department of Agricultural Economics University of Pretoria SOUTH AFRICA |
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| Objective: | The principle objective of the study is to develop a physical water resource account for Mauritius, and to explore the components that make up the demand for water. |
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