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This paper considers the nature of preferences for the preservation of biodiversity, and the extent to which … individuals are well-informed about biodiversity. We present evidence that the elicitation of monetary bids to pay for … biodiversity preservation, as required for cost-benefit analysis, fails as a measure of welfare changes due to the prevalence of …
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This essay establishes four propositions. First, the diamond industry has been a positive force for development in southern Africa. Second, jewelry, among the most profitable segments of the industry, is a non-essential luxury, and accordingly, consumer concerns over conflict diamonds pose a...
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This paper draws on the work in Lesotho and Namibia of tracking progress towards cutting poverty in half by 2015, which …
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Resources Management (IWRM) in the Cuvelai-Etosha-Basin, which lies in Central Northern Namibia. The aim here is to improve … infrastructures, whilst investigating the potentials of urban agriculture for Central Northern Namibia. Finally, these potentials are …
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revenue and government expenditure in Namibia. It investigates the causal relationship between government revenue and …
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Namibia is now in its fourth year as an internationally recognised sovereign, independent state, and it is of interest …
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This response document will briefly address concerns about the ethical, legal and methodological flaws with past research informing aspects of present PEPFAR program areas; concerns about adverse consequences of PEPFAR program areas; and concerns about the absence of oversight of the activities...
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This study explores people’s environmental attitudes and motives for putting economic values to marine biodiversity and … values were derived from a referendum, contingent valuation method (CVM) survey for protecting marine biodiversity. Use of … individuals’ opinions about marine biodiversity utility. Pro-environmental behavior or attitudes are associated with higher NEP …
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The Knowledge Flow Paper at hand gives an overview of the economic reasons for the loss of biodiversity and eco …
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represent themselves the standards of the biodiversity for soil invertebrates. The database of the invertebrates’ diversity of … multiannual grasses in a crop rotation system created conditions for the improvement of the invertebrate’s biodiversity in the …
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