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traditionally used in forestry economics reflect. This essay analyses some challenges of accounting for such complexity. When forest … forest's initial state. For some initial states, two different strategies may yield the same welfare. If whole stand …
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hectare estimates of the economic value of some selected ecosystem services for all forest biomes in the world, identified …
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Method. With the .first method forest surface increases more, but using mainly eucalyptus. With the second, additional …
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Data from a large-scale contingent valuation study are used to investigate the effects of forest attributes on … willingness to pay for forest recreation in Ireland. In particular, the presence of a nature reserve in the forest is found to …
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Coral reefs may naturally flip between coral-dominated and algae-dominated states, when species' stocks trespass some threshold levels. This essay uses a stylized model of a coral reef to show how fishing may induce flips towards more algae-dominated states. Threshold effects have consequences...
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In this study we estimate the passive use value of forest in different ecological zones in the Mediterranean region. We … hectare for each country. The total annual amount of passive use value of the Mediterranean forest is about one billion … international dollars. The estimated passive use value of the forest from this study can be used to account for the social welfare …
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and shaped the role of land use, land-use change and forestry dynamics (LULUCF), making it an issue of global importance … modelling of land use and its changes. An additional focus is placed on the representation of forest-carbon sequestration within …
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a Computable General Equilibrium framework, the ICES model, it is inferred how forest carbon sequestration fits within …
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Deforestation is a major source of CO2 emissions, accounting for around 17% of total annual anthropogenic carbon release. While the cost estimates of reducing deforestation rates vary considerably depending on model assumptions, it is widely accepted that emissions reductions from avoided...
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IAMs with the complex dynamic structure of forests and forest supply is a daunting intertemporal task. This study examines … the market for woody biomass by combining the integrated assessment model WITCH with the global dynamic forestry model GTM … biomass program. Forest area will expand by 70-95% leading to increased storage of 685-1,279 GtCO2 in forest by 2100. Overall …
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