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historiographic importance. The story begins with Abraham Wald’s behaviorist approach to statistics and culminates with Leonard J …
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Meta-analysis has increasingly been used to synthesise the environmental valuation literature, but only a few test the use of these analyses for benefit transfer. These are typically based on national studies only. However, meta-analyses of valuation studies across countries are a potentially...
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choice of multi-functional forest policies. The application of methods valuing such benefits is in its infancy in transition … estimating annual and per trip forest recreation values in Poland using the Travel Cost (TC) and Contingent Valuation (CV …) methods. Two in-person interview surveys of forest recreation behaviour were carried out. The first was administered onsite in …
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incomes. The major proportion of the honey comes from forest beekeeping. In Kaffa and Sheka Zones, honey harvesting is done by …
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(ten impacts: agriculture, energy, river floods, droughts, forest fires, transport infrastructure, coasts, tourism, habitat … suitability of forest tree species and human health). The project integrates biophysical direct climate impacts into a …
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forest provides nontimber services. We introduce a basic two-period model where the private owner manages natural hazards on … his forest thanks to the accumulation of savings on his individual income, or to the adoption of sylvicultural practices …. We show that: 1/ the harvesting rule, in the presence of amenity services and a random growth rate for forest, is smaller …
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climate change on humans and the environment will include increasing stresses on and even collapses of ecosystems …
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ecosystemic approach to education, culture, environment, health, politics, economics and quality of life should develop the …
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environment-friendly sources of energy, in the context of the proposed construction of big hydroelectric dams in the Chilean … Chileans living outside Chile. Their WTP reflects the “existence value” of the natural environment in Patagonia and the … residents are willing to make to protect the natural environment in Patagonia. The estimate from sample 2 will indicate the …
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development environment and long-term alternatives in order to improve the quality of life and eliminate possible impoverishment …
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