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Farm Pesticide, Rice Production, and Human Health

Huang, Jikun; Qiao, Fangbin; Zhang, Linxiu; Rozelle, Scott - Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia … - 2000

Pesticides of various kinds have been used on a large scale in China since the 1950s to protect crops from damages inflicted by insects and diseases. Annual pesticide production reached more than 500,000 metric tons after the mid-1990s (Huang et al., 2000). China was the second largest pesticide...

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Economic Analysis of Rice Straw Management Alternatives and Understanding Farmers' Choices

Launio, Cheryll C.; Constancio A. Asis, Jr.; Manalili, … - Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia … - 2013

The negative effects of open-field rice straw burning on the environment and human health are well documented in local and international literature. Farmers have thus been encouraged to refrain from burning rice straw and adopt more environment- and human-friendly rice straw management...

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To Burn or not to Burn: Making the Burning of Chocolate Hills of Bohol, Philippines Carbon Neutral

Bantayan, Nathaniel T.; Calderon, Margaret M; Pulhin, … - Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia … - 2013

the Chocolate Hills Natural Monument (CHNM) in Bohol, Philippines. The current scheme of burning to maintain the grass …

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Are Metro Manila Households Willing to Pay for Cleaner Public Transpor

Francisco, Jamil Paolo S. - Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia … - 2011

To address the problem of air pollution in Metro Manila, the study proposes a jeepney buy-back program through which the current fleet of diesel jeepneys would be replaced with zero-emission electric vehicles. Households are made to pay for the program through a surcharge on top of their monthly...

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Reversion Of Disused Fishpond Lease Agreement Areas To Mangrove Forests In Region VI, Philippines

Ferrer, Alice Joan G.; Hopanda, Jinky C.; Orquejo, … - Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia … - 2011

), Philippines to mangrove forests. The rehabilitation and restoration of mangrove areas are important given the substantial decline …

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Exploring the Forestry Carbon Finance Potential for an Indigenous Cultural Community in the Philippines

Calderon, Margaret M; Bantayan, Nathaniel T. - Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia … - 2013

Philippines. Specifically, it assessed the global potential of forestry carbon finance; reviewed the legal and policy environments … of forestry carbon projects in the Philippines; and evaluated the feasibility of a forestry carbon project in an Ayta … Philippines, two such projects have passed the voluntary carbon market standard, and there are efforts to develop projects under …

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Linking Climate Change, Rice Yield and Migration: The Philippine Experience

Bordey, Flordeliza H.; Launio, Cheryll C.; Quilang, … - Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia … - 2013

the Philippines. Results show that climate change effects such as increasing night time temperature and extreme rainfall …

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Adaptive Capacity of Households, Community Organizations and Institutions for Extreme Climate Events in the Philippines

Penalba, Linda M; Elazegui, Dulce D. - Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia … - 2011

Tropical cyclone is the most commonly occurring natural hazard in the Philippines causing billions of pesos worth in …

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Seeing Through The Smoke: Choosing The Best Options For Pollution Clean-Up In The Philippines

Orbetta, Elvira M.; Carlito M. Rufo, Jr; Indab, Anabeth L. - Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia … - 2000

Pollution from power stations is a growing problem in many developing nations. The Philippines is no exception and many …

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Pollution Tax for Controlling Emissions from the Manufacturing and Power Generation Sectors: Metro Manila

Corpuz, Catherine Frances J. - Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia … - 1999

Dasgupta and Maler (1991) ruefully observed: "The fact that for such a long while environmental and development economics have had little to say to each other is a reflection of these academic disciplines; it does not at all reflect the world as we should know it." Fortunately for us,...

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