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Making Grasslands Sustainable in Mongolia: Adapting to Climate and Environmental Change

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013

Climate change threatens grassland ecosystems and herders’ livelihoods in Mongolia. Herders depend on pasture and water resources for their livestock, and are thus among the most vulnerable groups to climate change impacts. However, although climate change impacts on grassland ecosystems are...

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Country Safeguard Systems Regional Workshop Proceedings Towards Common Approaches and Better Results

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012

Australian Agency for International Development, Japan International Cooperation Agency, and the World Bank confirmed their …

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A Tale of Two Communities: Explaining Deforestation in Mexico

Alix-Garcia, Jennifer; de Janvry, Alain; Sadoulet, Elisabeth - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2003

two theories to explain deforestation in communities with and without forestry projects, where the former involves a … not engaged in forestry projects, deforestation is largely related to the ability of the community to induce the formation … experienced leaders. A disturbing result of the analysis is that deforestation is higher when a community engages in forestry …

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A tale of two communities: explaining deforestation in Mexico

Alix-Garcia, Jennifer; de Janvry, Alain; Sadoulet, Elisabeth - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2003

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Spatial variation in benefits and costs, or why pollution isn't always for sale

Berck, Peter; Helfand, Gloria E.; Kim, Hong Jin - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 1999

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Measuring the Effects of Environmental Regulations: The Critical Importance of a Spatially Disaggregated Analysis

Auffhammer, Maximilian; Bento, Antonio M.; Lowe, Scott E. - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2007

We examine the effects of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) on ambient concentrations of PM10 in the United States between 1990 and 2005. Consistent with prior literature, we find that non-attainment designation has no effect on the average monitor in non-attainment counties, after...

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The Clean Development Mechanism and its Controversies

Karp, Larry; Liu, Xuemei - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2000

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has been proposed as a means of reducing the costs of abating greenhouse gasses, and for assisting developing countries. Although the CDM offers apparent environmental benefits, in addition to benefiting both investors and developing country hosts, it has...

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Distributing pollution rights in cap-and-trade programs : are outcomes independent of allocation?

Fowlie, Meredith; Perloff, Jeffrey M - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2008

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Forecasting the path of China's CO2 emissions using province level information

Auffhammer, Maximilian; Carson, Richard Taylor - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2004

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Distributing Pollution Rights in Cap-and-Trade Programs: Are Outcomes Independent of Allocation?

Fowlie, Meredith; Perloff, Jeffrey M. - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2008

According to the Coase theorem, if property rights to pollute are clearly established and emissions permit markets nearly eliminate transaction costs, the permit market equilibrium will be independent of how the permits are initially distributed among â€¦firms. Testing the independence of...

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