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On 24 August 1998 the Treasurer referred the implementation of Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) by Commonwealth departments and agencies to the Commission for inquiry and report within nine months of receipt of the reference.
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environment will suffer because the credits will not reflect truly additional carbon storage. This paper considers the nature of …
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has been a great diversity of effects across and within countries, depending on the extent and nature of the impact of … converting additional forest land. The extremely high level of threats to East Asian forests that existed even prior to the …. These conclusions indicate that the main policy priorities remain those of improving the management of the region’s forest …
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, the forestry industry and forest profitability; discussion of land-use decision making, including the central question of … what influences conversion of farmland to forestry; and forest carbon ecology. Part II moves on to normative analysis of …
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One argument against forest reservation is that people want forest reserve resources and would not deliberately destroy … it. In contrast, the basic assumption underlying forest reservation in Nigeria is that local communities cannot conserve … status of households have significant effects on the probability of households having a formal access to forest reserves …
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How has forest reserves in Enugu State faired given the sustainability- threatening signals surrounding it? Using the … of these forest reserves. Among other problems, this study reveals that Enugu State looses, on the average, about 2 ….01 hectares of forest reserve trees per annum. This calls for a total overhaul and improvement in the conservation and management …
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This paper tackles the complex issue of how to include regenerating indigenous forest in a domestic carbon credit …
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To help explain some of the issues and examine the potential environmental impacts (positive and/or negative) of selected tax arrangements, the Productivity Commission sought advice from Robert Douglas, a specialist in the field. This consultant’s report makes a contribution to understanding...
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This paper explores the causes of deforestation and biodiversity loss in Guatemala and is organized into 4 parts. First … biodiversity loss is explored. Secondly, some underlying causes of deforestation are examined. While caution is needed about many … capital formation should be regarded as a key elements of a development strategy that tries to combine biodiversity …
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This paper explores the causes of deforestation and biodiversity loss in Guatemala and is organized into 4 parts. First … biodiversity loss is explored. Secondly, some underlying causes of deforestation are examined. While caution is needed about many … capital formation should be regarded as a key elements of a development strategy that tries to combine biodiversity …
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