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Economic Analysis of Forest Management in Pakistan - A Case Study of Changa Mange and Muree Forest
Abidi, Ali; Ifrah, Syeda; Noor, Junaid - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
wallichiana (from Murree forest) are the species included in this study. Estimation of NPV (Net present value) and IRR (Internal … one year delay in revenue is also calculated. The results show that NPV decreases with increase in interest rate and delay …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108428
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Socio-Economic Context of Saving Biodiversity
Gul, Rjaz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
resource generation and consumption. Preservation of biodiversity without sustainability could impact the overall economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108266
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Medicinal and Aromatic Plants for Enhancing Farm Income: The Case of Bihar
Singh, K.M.; Kumar, Abhay; Singh, R.K.P.; Kumar, Ujjwal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) provide opportunities for developing a variety of safe and cost effective, prophylactic, and curative medicines for a number of maladies. It is estimated that the primary health care of over 80 per cent of the world’s population still depends on plant based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259087
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Estimating the costs of REDD at the country level
Pagiola, Stefano; Bosquet, Benoit - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Individual countries considering participating in a Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) mechanism need information on what it would cost them to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and how to actually deliver those emissions reductions....
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Economic Valuation Of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs)
Adepoju, Adenike Adebusola; Salau, Adekunle Sheu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
The paper reviewed the methods in use for the economic valuation of Non-timber forest products. In the main, three methods are used. They are direct market price, indirect market price and non-market estimates. No method is superior to the other but appropriate method of valuation depends on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005617118
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Free and open source software underpinning the european forest data centre
Rodriguez Aseretto, Dario; Di Leo, Margherita; de Rigo, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Excerpt: Worldwide, governments are growingly focusing on free and open source software (FOSS) as a move toward transparency and the freedom to run, copy, study, change and improve the software. The European Commission (EC) is also supporting the development of FOSS [...]. In addition to the...
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Sustainability indicators and the shadow price of natural capital
Sato, Masayuki; Phim, Runsinarith; Managi, Shunsuke - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
This paper investigates the effect of shadow price regarding weak sustainability indicators based on the genuine … resources, we estimate the non-market value and shadow price of forest, which are further used in deriving sustainability … indicators measurement. The results show the importance of shadow pricing of natural capital to reflect weak sustainability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011195669
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Assessing the role of economic instruments in a policy mix for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services provision: a review of some methodological challenges
Barton, D.N.; Rusch, G.; May, P.; Ring, I.; Unnerstall, H. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In this paper we review a number of methodological challenges of evaluating and designing economic instruments aimed at biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services provision in the context of an existing policy mix. In the context of the EU 2010 goal of halting biodiversity loss,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005668417
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Payments for Environmental Services in Costa Rica
Pagiola, Stefano - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Costa Rica pioneered the use of the payments for environmental services (PES) approach in developing countries by establishing a formal, country-wide program of payments, the PSA program. The PSA program has worked hard to develop mechanisms to charge the users of environmental services for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790089
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Social Capital and Network Externalities: Evidence from Gender Sensitive JFM Programme in West Bengal
Das, Nimai; Sarker, Debnarayan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This empirical exercise examines the impact of network externalities of social capital in a gender sensitive planning on Joint Forest Management Programme in West Bengal. One impact is that the pre-existing traditional characteristics of community solidarity, mutual trust and coordinated actions...
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