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Ecosystem functions of oil palm plantations : A review
Dislich, Claudia; Keyel, Alexander C.; Salecker, Jan; … - 2015
Oil palm plantations have expanded rapidly in the last decades. This large-scale land-use change has had great impacts on both the areas converted to oil palm and their surroundings. Howev-er, research on the impacts of oil palm agriculture is scattered and patchy, and no clear overview ex-ists....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325626
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Economic analysis, sustainability and environmental commons
Musu, Ignazio - 2013
issues: climate change and biodiversity. Involvement of governments and a reference framework provided by intergovernmental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010223360
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Aid, environment, and climate change in Africa : the case of Senegal
Ngaido, Tidiane - 2014
The paper reviews the dynamics of the financing baseed its analysis on the rich dataset of AidData ranging over 1993-2010, with around 9,077 observations on projects funded in Senegal by various multilateral as well as bilateral donors. The study started in the same year as the establishment of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010228736
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Nature conservation in Polish agriculture under conditions of EU membership
Kociszewski, Karol - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 13 (2013) 1, pp. 73-86
organic farming does not involve requirements referring to biodiversity. There are some deficiencies in biodiversity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010247713
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Nature conservation in Polish agriculture under conditions of EU membership
Kociszewski, Karol - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 14 (2014) 1, pp. 75-88
biodiversity. There are some deficiencies in biodiversity protection standards within domestic regulations of cross-compliance. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010378898
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Analysis of the situation and the importance of forestry in the context of sustainable development in Serbia
Mijalović, Nada - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 337-341). 2015
This paper presents the analysis of situation of forests in Serbia. The data to be presented are related to the parameters of the situation of forests in Serbia in the last five years, according to official statistics. The aim was to draw attention to the status of forests in Serbia and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011456941
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Are diverse ecosystems more valuable? : a conceptual framework for economic valuation of biodiversity
Bartkowski, Bartosz - 2016
Biodiversity is an important environmental public good. However, the literature suggests that it is not clear how its … biodiversity value from the ecological and economic literatures and combines them to a comprehensive and consistent framework. It … is argued that biodiversity is the main carrier of insurance value, option value and spill-over value, and also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011504676
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Differences and similarities between ecological and economic models for biodiversity conservation
Drechsler, Martin; Grimma, Volker; Myšiak, Jaroslav; … - 2005
. To understand these differences, 60 models addressing issues relevant to biodiversity conservation have been selected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010466983
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Estimating optimal conservation in agricultural landscapes when costs and benefits of conservation measures are heterogeneous in space and over time
Wätzold, Frank; Lienhoop, Nele; Drechsler, Martin; … - 2006
Designing agri-environmental schemes targeted at conservation poses the key question of how many financial resources should be allocated to address a particular aim such as the conservation of an endangered species. Economists can contribute to an answer by estimating the 'optimal level of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010467659
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Spatial differentiation of compensation payments for biodiversity enhancing land-use measures
Wätzold, Frank; Drechsler, Martin - 2002
Given that both the costs and the benefits of biodiversity-enhancing land-use measures are subject to spatial variation … with uniform payments for biodiversity-enhancing land-use measures to be assessed. A simple ecologicaleconomic model is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010467682