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The Conservation versus Production Trade-Off : Does Livestock Intensification Increase Deforestation? The Case of the Brazilian Amazon
Vale, Petterson - 2015
More cattle, less deforestation? Land use intensification in the Amazon is an unexpected phenomenon. Theories of hollow … rising land productivity of cattle increase deforestation? I use secondary data and spatial econometrics to look for evidence … of a positive relation between cattle intensification and deforestation (‘rebound effect'). The reduced-form model I …
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Deforestation Rate in the Long-Run : The Case of Brazil
Di Corato, Luca; Moretto, Michele; Vergalli, Sergio - 2017
In this article we study the long-run average rate of forest conversion in Brazil. Deforestation results from the … be used in our model. The object of our simulation is Brazil and 27 states. Our aim is to compute under several scenarios … benefits plays a relevant role in deterring deforestation. We find that these benefits, if growing at a sufficiently high rate …
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A Modelling Framework for Addressing the Synergies Between Global Conventions Through Land Use Changes : Carbon Sequestration, Biodiversity Conservation, Prevention of Land Degrada...
Ponce-Hernandez, Raul - 2015
This paper proposed a methodological framework for the assessment of carbon stocks and the development and identification of land use, land use change and land management scenarios, whereby enhancing carbon sequestration synergistically increases biodiversity, the prevention of land degradation...
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Environmental Security and its Implications for China’s Foreign Relations
Zhang, ZhongXiang; Mochizuki, Junko - 2014
China’s emerging standing in the world demands a major rethinking of its diplomatic strategies. Given its population size, geographical scale, economic power and military presence, China is poised to play a larger political role in the twenty-first century, and is thus perceived by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014183495
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Municipal Waste Production, Economic Drivers, and 'New' Waste Policies : Ekc Evidence from Italian Regional and Provincial Panel Data
Mazzanti, Massimiliano - 2012
This paper provides empirical evidence on delinking and Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) for municipal waste production in Italy. First, methodological issues and literature on delinking and EKC for waste are critically re-examined. Secondly, we analyse two very disaggregated panel datasets on...
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Waste Generation, Incineration and Landfill Diversion : De-Coupling Trends, Socio-Economic Drivers and Policy Effectiveness in the EU
Mazzanti, Massimiliano - 2009
Waste generation and waste disposal are issues that are becoming increasingly prominent in the environmental arena both from a policy perspective and in the context of delinking analysis. Waste generation is still increasing proportionally with income, and economic and environmental costs...
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Can the Paris Deal Boost SDGs Achievement? An Assessment of Climate Mitigation Co-Benefits or Side-Effects on Poverty and Inequality
Campagnolo, Lorenza - 2017
The paper analyses the synergies and trade-offs between emission reduction policies and sustainable development objectives. Specifically, it provides an ex-ante assessment that the impacts of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), submitted under the Paris Agreement, will have on the...
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Burden of Climate Change on Malaria Mortality
Dasgupta, Shouro - 2017
In 2015, an estimated 429,000 deaths and 212 million cases of malaria occurred worldwide, while 70% of the deaths occurred in children under five years old. Changes in climatic exposure such as temperature and precipitation makes malaria one of the most climate sensitive outcomes. Using a global...
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Embedding Landfill Diversion in Economic, Geographical and Policy Settings Panel Based Evidence from Italy
Mazzanti, Massimiliano; Montini, Anna; Nicolli, Francesco - 2008
This paper analyses the process of delinking for landfilling trends embedding the dynamics in a frame where economic, geographical and policy variables enter the arena We aim at investigating in depth what main drivers may be responsible for such a phenomenon, and whether differences may be...
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