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A dynamic approach to PES pricing and finance for interlinked ecosystem services: Watershed conservation and groundwater management

Roumasset, James; Wada, Christopher A. - In: Ecological Economics 87 (2013) C, pp. 24-33

A theory of payment for ecosystem services (PES) pricing consistent with dynamic efficiency and sustainable income requires optimized shadow prices. Since ecosystem services are generally interdependent, this requires joint optimization across multiple resource stocks. We develop such a theory...

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When ignorance is not bliss: Pest control decisions involving beneficial insects

Grogan, Kelly A. - In: Ecological Economics 107 (2014) C, pp. 104-113

Recent survey data revealed that many California citrus growers did not know whether or not important beneficial insects were found on their fields while other growers were relying heavily or even entirely on these insects for pest control. Some pesticides are toxic both to the targeted pest and...

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Dynamite in the EKC tunnel? Inconsistencies in resource stock analysis under the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis

Mills Busa, Julianne H. - In: Ecological Economics 94 (2013) C, pp. 116-126

EKC analyses. Despite general linear modeling results showing that wealthy countries drive deforestation in poorer …

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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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Additional CO2 emissions from land use change — Forest conservation as a precondition for sustainable production of second generation bioenergy

Popp, Alexander; Krause, Michael; Dietrich, Jan Philipp; … - In: Ecological Economics 74 (2012) C, pp. 64-70

In the past, deforestation, mainly driven by the conversion of natural forests to agricultural land, contributed up to …

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Stakeholders' incentives for land-use change and REDD+: The case of Indonesia

Irawan, Silvia; Tacconi, Luca; Ring, Irene - In: Ecological Economics 87 (2013) C, pp. 75-83

The opportunity costs of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) accruing to different … deforestation is conducted. The three major land-use activities considered are commercial logging, timber and oil palm plantation …

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REDD and forest transition: Tunneling through the environmental Kuznets curve

Culas, Richard J. - In: Ecological Economics 79 (2012) C, pp. 44-51

International attention is focused on finding ways to reduce emissions from deforestation because of the emerging … concerns over climate change. However the causes of deforestation are rooted in current economic and development paradigms. The … causes of deforestation also vary across different geographical regions and have implications for the forest transition …

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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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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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