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Contribution of cork oak plantations installed after 1990 in Portugal to the Kyoto commitments and to the landowners economy

Coelho, Marta Baptista; Paulo, Joana Amaral; Palma, … - In: Forest Policy and Economics 17 (2012) C, pp. 59-68

for cork production but also for the carbon sequestered by these slow growing forests that won't be harvested for wood … protocol. Additionally, due to the increasing values of initial density in new cork plantations, cork oak forests will produce …

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On insurance as a tool for securing forest restoration after wildfires

Barreal, Jesús; Loureiro, Maria L.; Picos, Juan - In: Forest Policy and Economics 42 (2014) C, pp. 15-23

Quick recovery of the affected areas after a wildfire is important in order to restore the production of the various ecosystem services. We develop a theoretical valuation model that contains a forest insurance policy, in order to protect the landowner against total or partial losses caused by...

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The impact of contracts on organic honey producers' incomes in southwestern Ethiopia

Girma, Jony; Gardebroek, Cornelis - In: Forest Policy and Economics 50 (2015) C, pp. 259-268

illustrate the potential of contract supply of forest product for sustainable management of forests. …

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Assessing forest governance from a ‘Triple G’ perspective: Government, governance, governmentality⁎⁎This article belongs to the Special Issue: Assessing Forest Governance.

Arts, Bas - In: Forest Policy and Economics 49 (2014) C, pp. 17-22

This paper aims to assess the emergence of the concept of forest governance in the field of forest policy analysis. This assessment is mainly theoretical in nature. The various meanings and main criticisms of forest governance will be dealt with. In so doing, the paper applies the so-called...

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Air quality enhancement zones in Taiwan: A carbon reduction benefit assessment

Wang, Yi-Chung; Lin, Jiunn-Cheng - In: Forest Policy and Economics 23 (2012) C, pp. 40-45

over 504 such zones. In addition to providing urban forests and green spaces, tree growth in AQEZs can sequester …

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Carbon sequestration through afforestation under uncertainty

Lewandrowski, Jan; Kim, C.S.; Aillery, Marcel - In: Forest Policy and Economics 38 (2014) C, pp. 90-96

Economic studies have demonstrated that agricultural landowners could mitigate significant quantities of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through afforestation. The associated carbon, however, must remain stored in soils or biomass for several decades to achieve substantial mitigation benefits....

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Optimal rotation age for carbon sequestration and biodiversity conservation in Vietnam

Nghiem, Nhung - In: Forest Policy and Economics 38 (2014) C, pp. 56-64

economic gains and biodiversity conservation benefits in planted tropical forests. A forest-level model was developed that … biodiversity (as per the population density of birds). The model was applied to Eucalyptus urophylla planted forests in Yen Bai … for carbon sequestration and biodiversity benefits in planted forests. …

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Policy coherence in climate change mitigation: An ecosystem service approach to forests as carbon sinks and bioenergy sources

Makkonen, Marika; Huttunen, Suvi; Primmer, Eeva; Repo, Anna - In: Forest Policy and Economics 50 (2015) C, pp. 153-162

means to use forests for climate change mitigation. In particular, we focus on the interactions that different policy …

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California's regulatory forest carbon market: Viability for northeast landowners

Kerchner, Charles D.; Keeton, William S. - In: Forest Policy and Economics 50 (2015) C, pp. 70-81

Carbon markets have the potential to reward landowners for improved forest management and forest conservation. To date, the Over the Counter (OTC) voluntary market represents the greatest opportunity for forest landowners to participate in carbon transactions. However, lack of a consistent...

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Is enrichment planting worth its costs? A financial cost–benefit analysis

Keefe, K.; Alavalapati, J.A.A.; Pinheiro, C. - In: Forest Policy and Economics 23 (2012) C, pp. 10-16

A strategy for enhancing natural forests' economic value is to increase their concentration of economically important …

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