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Wetlands provide many important goods and services to human societies, and generate nonuse values as well. Wetlands are also very sensitive ecosystems that are subject to much stress from human activities. Reducing the stress on wetlands requires a spatial matching between physical planning,...
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Wetlands all over the world have been lost or are threatened in spite of various international agreements and national policies. This is caused by: (1) the public nature of many wetlands products and services; (2) user externalities imposed on other stakeholders; and (3) policy intervention...
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alien animal or plant species. To outline an appropriate policy response, we first use renewal theory to construct a …
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linkages betweeneconomic and ecological systems with a view to a solid exploration ofvaluation issues in biodiversity. Against … and economics. Issues discussed hereare ecosystem management principles, biodiversity indices and modernconcepts such as … ofconservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. For this purpose,the interrelation between biodiversity, resources …
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Using IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2016v2) data, I calculate an expected extinction rate for the coming century that is 759 to 7,582 times the natural background rate. Extinction rates exceed the planetary boundary formulated by Rockström et al. (2009) nearly everywhere (521 out of 538...
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decreases with repetition. Theory predicts that repetition facilitates collusion among sellers in procurement auctions, while …
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Elements of an integrated analysis of a land/water use and nature conservation in De Vechtstreek area are presented. This is a river plane composed of patches of lakes and polders, in the centre of The Netherlands. The attention is focused on the economic dimensions of the research. To this end,...
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interactions between economic and ecological processes, includingprotection of species and biodiversity, sustainable and optimal …-benefit analysis. Recently, the conservation and valuation of biodiversity, and theresilience of ecological and combined ecological … distinction between local and globalcosts and benefits of environmental and biodiversity policies is regarded to have significant …
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