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With an estimated loss of up to 20 million ha of forest over the past decade, deforestation in Indonesia has come to …
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This paper explores the causes of deforestation and biodiversity loss in Guatemala and is organized into 4 parts. First …, an overview about deforestation in Guatemala from 1950-2000 is provided, and the relationship between deforestation and … biodiversity loss is explored. Secondly, some underlying causes of deforestation are examined. While caution is needed about many …
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those who bear the costs of deforestation, either by travelling long distances, or by buying all their firewood, are more …
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, however, has the expected effect of increasing agricultural land use and the rate of deforestation. Furthermore, our out of …
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This paper explores the causes of deforestation and biodiversity loss in Guatemala and is organized into 4 parts. First …, an overview about deforestation in Guatemala from 1950-2000 is provided, and the relationship between deforestation and … biodiversity loss is explored. Secondly, some underlying causes of deforestation are examined. While caution is needed about many …
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This paper explores the causes of deforestation and biodiversity loss in Guatemala and is organized into 4 parts. First …, an overview about deforestation in Guatemala from 1950-2000 is provided, and the relationship between deforestation and … biodiversity loss is explored. Secondly, some underlying causes of deforestation are examined. While caution is needed about many …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407693
’s forests. This report examines the available evidence on the impacts of the crisis on deforestation and land use in the … sectors. (c) The primary mechanism through which deforestation trends are likely to have been affected is through changes in … source of concern. (d) There is little evidence to support the more alarmist fears of vastly accelerated deforestation …
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Bangladeshi agriculture has undergone a substantial intensification. Continued and accelerated agricultural growth will require intensification to continue. There has been rising concern, however, that intensive agriculture may not be sustainable and that it may be damaging to the environment or...
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This paper uses valuation data from Quotable Value New Zealand to examine changes in the value of the rural land in New Zealand between 1989 and 2003. The value of rural land reflects the profitability of agriculture as well as the returns to alternative land uses, and has a large impact on the...
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Planners wish to avoid a lawsuit by the developer over their cost estimates of the public works required by his project. To avoid a suit, they can offer him his choice of several sets of conditions that would attach to land-use permits. In computer simulations of five such short- and long-term...
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