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Climate change and coconut plantations in India: Impacts and potential adaptation gains

Naresh Kumar, S.; Aggarwal, P.K. - In: Agricultural Systems 117 (2013) C, pp. 45-54

The assessment of impact of climate change on coconut, a plantation crop, is challenging. However, the development of a simulation model (InfoCrop-COCONUT) has enabled the process. We present the first simulation analysis of the potential impacts of climate change on coconut productivity in...

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Towards global voluntary standards: Questioning the effectiveness in attaining conservation goals

Ruysschaert, Denis; Salles, Denis - In: Ecological Economics 107 (2014) C, pp. 438-446

Global voluntary agreements, such as the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), have emerged as alternatives to apparent State failure to enforce law. This research questions how effective RSPO is in attaining its claimed conservation goals especially regarding orangutans, as this is central...

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Benefits and costs of deforestation by smallholders: Implications for forest conservation and climate policy

Cacho, Oscar J.; Milne, Sarah; Gonzalez, Ricardo; … - In: Ecological Economics 107 (2014) C, pp. 321-332

Deforestation is a leading cause of biodiversity loss and an important source of global carbon emissions. This means … that there are important synergies between climate policy and conservation policy. The highest rates of deforestation occur … deforestation such as REDD+. Deforestation is often accompanied by fires that release large amounts of carbon dioxide. These …

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Conservation through intensification? The effects of plantations on natural forests

Heilmayr, Robert - In: Ecological Economics 105 (2014) C, pp. 204-210

The rapid growth in plantation forestry over the past two decades attests to the sector's importance in meeting rising global demand for timber, fuel and fiber. However, plantation forests differ dramatically from natural forests in the types of ecosystem services they can provide. As a result,...

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Strict versus mixed-use protected areas: Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve

Blackman, Allen - In: Ecological Economics 112 (2015) C, pp. 14-24

Although protected areas, or “parks”, are among the leading policy tools used to stem tropical deforestation, rigorous … relatively little deforestation—have only recently begun to appear. Important open questions concern the link between the …, mixed-use protection in this park has been more effective in stemming deforestation than strict protection because of the …

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Economic dynamics and forest clearing: A spatial econometric analysis for Indonesia

Wheeler, David; Hammer, Dan; Kraft, Robin; Dasgupta, Susmita - In: Ecological Economics 85 (2013) C, pp. 85-96

This paper uses a large panel database to investigate the determinants of forest clearing in Indonesian kabupatens since 2005. Our study incorporates short-run changes in prices and demands for palm oil and wood products, as well as the exchange rate, the real interest rate, land-use zoning,...

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Sustainability of the Dry Forest in Androy: A Viability Analysis

Andrés-Domenech, Pablo; Saint-Pierre, Patrick; Smala … - In: Ecological Economics 104 (2014) C, pp. 33-49

We investigate the dynamic effect that the Tandroy's unsustainable practices have on the forest. The Tandroy people live in Androy, a region located in the southern part of Madagascar. They are mainly an agricultural and cattle herding society whose subsistence relies on the slash-and-burn...

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Assessing sustainable forest management under REDD+: A community-based labour perspective

Bottazzi, Patrick; Cattaneo, Andrea; Rocha, David Crespo; … - In: Ecological Economics 93 (2013) C, pp. 94-103

Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation plus (REDD+) encourages economic support for reducing … deforestation and conserving or increasing existing forest carbon stocks. The way in which incentives are structured affects trade …

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The short-run and long-run effects of corruption control and political stability on forest cover

Galinato, Gregmar I.; Galinato, Suzette P. - In: Ecological Economics 89 (2013) C, pp. 153-161

This article examines how governance, particularly corruption control and political stability, affects deforestation … stability on deforestation in South American and Asian countries using data from 1990 to 2003 where converting forest land into …

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Is the Environmental Kuznets Curve for deforestation a threatened theory? A meta-analysis of the literature

Choumert, Johanna; Combes Motel, Pascale; Dakpo, Hervé K. - In: Ecological Economics 90 (2013) C, pp. 19-28

Although widely studied, deforestation remains a common research topic. The relationship between economic development … and deforestation is still in question. This paper presents a meta-analysis of Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) studies … for deforestation. Using 69 studies, offering 547 estimations, we shed light on why EKC results differ. We investigate the …

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