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Ecosystem services are the functions performed by ecosystems that lead to desirable environmental outcomes, such as air and water purification, drought and flood mitigation, and climate stabilisation. Markets rarely exist for them. This study examines how newly defined property rights have been...
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This papers examines the activities and operations of the first publicly listed company in Australia with wildlife conservation as its primary goal. Earth Sanctuaries Ltd (ESL) is the first publicly listed company in Australia with wildlife conservation as its primary goal. Its focus to date is...
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biodiversity regulations. The Commission’s preliminary findings were released for public comment in December 2003. It found that … Vegetation and Biodiversity Regulations, and Government’s response was released in August. In its final assessment, the … Commission maintained that state native vegetation and biodiversity regulations were imposing significant and unnecessary costs …
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There is an established theoretical and empirical case-study literature arguing that environmental pressure groups have a real impact on pollution levels. Our original contribution to this literature is to provide the first systematic quantitative test of the strength of environmental...
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. Counter-intuitively, we further discover that lobbying for regulation is to be expected where the incumbent firm is relatively … of protection. Strategic lobbying by such firms for a price-capping regulatory regime is, under certain conditions, one … possible for the profit of the incumbent to be greater under regulation which deters entry than under unregulated duopoly …
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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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Australia may not ensure adequate biodiversity protection. „h There is therefore merit in considering complementary approaches …
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. Portfolio theory is not currently brought into discussions on biodiversity issues, and that is regrettable. The way in which …Loss of biodiversity is regarded as one of the key problems affecting the environment. In order to demonstrate the … significance of biodiversity, the value of individual species or ecosystems today is generally determined in science and practice …
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