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Land Use Change and Ecosystem Valuation in North Georgia

Ngugi, Daniel; Mullen, Jeffrey D.; Bergstrom, John C. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2009

This study seeks to forecast land use change in a North Georgia ecosystem, and estimate the economic value of the … ecosystem using benefit transfer techniques. We forecast land use change based on a structural time series model and a simple …. Conservation efforts are likely to cost less than the cost of defensive behavior or ecosystem restoration. …

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Adaptation to Climate Change: Land Use and Livestock Management Change in the U.S.

Mu, Jianhong H.; McCarl, Bruce A. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2011

Replaced with revised version of paper 01/26/11

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Water Conservation Policy Alternatives for the Ogallala Aquifer in the Texas Panhandle

Taylor, Robert H.; Almas, Lal K.; Lust, David G. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2009

The continued decline in the availability of water from the Ogallala Aquifer has led to an increased interest in conservation policies designed to extend the life of the aquifer to sustain rural economies in the Texas Panhandle. This study evaluates the effectiveness of five policies in terms of...

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Potential Economic Impacts of the Managed Haying and Grazing Provision of CRP

Dickson, Amanda; Dicks, Michael R. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2008

According to the Executive Order 12866, a qualitative and quantitative assessment for any Federal mandate resulting in annual expenditures of $100 million or more is required. This study determines how many of the approximately 34.5 million acres of CRP land is brought back in economic use, how...

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Exploring tax-based payment approach for forest carbon sequestration

Lee, Juhee; Cho, Seong-Hoon; Kim, Taeyoung; Yu, Tun-Hsiang - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2015

turn increases accumulation of carbon in the forest ecosystem. Second, our finding suggests that annualized cost of …

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Household Willingness to Pay for Playa Restoration

Williams, Ryan B.; Mitchell, Donna M.; Neill, Clinton L.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2015

Playas are small wetlands, averaging 14 acres in area, which periodically fill with rainwater and evaporate, and are not connected to any other body of surface water. On the Texas High Plains, the roughly 17,000 existing playas are a source of recharge for the Ogallala aquifer and the greatest...

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Climate Change Adaptation via U.S. Land Use Transitions: A Spatial Econometric Analysis

Cho, Sung Ju; McCarl, Bruce A.; Wu, Ximing - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2015

Climate change, coupled with biofuels development and other factors may well be changing US land usage patterns. We use a spatial econometric approach to estimate the drivers of US land use transitions in recent years. We consider transitions between six major land uses: agricultural land,...

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Spatial irrigation management to sustain groundwater and economic returns

Kovacs, Kent; Mattia, Mancini; Christopher, Henry; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2015

Expanding irrigated agriculture and drought in the Lower Mississippi River Basin have led to large-scale withdrawals of groundwater and a consequent decline in the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer. Conserving the aquifer, while at the same time providing for economic growth, is a...

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The Economic Value of Wetlands as Storm Buffers

Boutwell, Luke; Westra, John - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2015

-economic conditions and storm intensity allows the estimation of the value of wetlands for their protective ecosystem services under …

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Effects of size of protected areas on ecological and economic effectiveness

Cho, Seong-Hoon; Kim, Taeyoung; Armsworth, Paul R. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2015

This research analyzes how the size of protected areas influences the ecological and economic effectiveness through a return-on-investment in conservation (ROI) to help conservation organizations prioritize protected areas. Using the case study, we focus on whether the size variation has...

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