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Conserving Forest Wildlife and Other Ecosystem Services: Opportunity Costs and The Valuation of Alternative Logging Regimes

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2012

Ecosystems supply a wide variety of valued commodities, including ecological services. Valuing these commodities and determining the implications of their valuation for the optimal management of ecosystems is challenging. This paper considers the optimal spatial use of forest ecosystems given...

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Managing Forests for Sustainable Economic Development: Optimal Use and Conservation of Forests

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2010

The conservation of natural forests contributes significantly to the goal of achieving sustainable economic development …. There is, however, growing concern that natural forests (which provide tangible and intangible economic benefits to …, determining the socially optimal level of conservation and use of forests is a challenging task. From a human point of view, it is …

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Turning Water into Carbon: Carbon sequestration vs. Water Flow in the Murray Darling Basin

Schrobback, Peggy; Adamson, David; Quiggin, John - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2009

Large scale forest plantations in the Murray-Darling Basin may be embraced as a carbon sequestration mechanism under a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. However, increased tree plantation will be associated with reduced inflows to river systems because of increased transpiration, interception...

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Global Warming and the Future of Pacific Island Countries

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2007

This article briefly outlines the cause of global warming, its trends and consequences as indicated by the International Panel on Climate Change. Sea-level rise is one consequence of particular concern to Pacific island states. It also reviews the views of economists about connections between...

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