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This dissertation is anchored in the disruptive impact of China’s resource-based economic expansion over the last two … decades. Whilst the country’s economic growth follows traditional patterns of development, the size of China’s population … reversal of commodity exporting countries’ terms of trade are a result of China’s non-marginal impact of consumption. This …
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have shown that China led the West in 1500, and maybe as late as 1750, then fell dramatically behind. It was the …
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available, China is widely expected as the world’s number one host country of clean development mechanism (CDM) projects. But …, making this potential a reality represents a significant challenge for China, because there has been a general lack of …. This has raised great concern about China’s ability to compete internationally for CDM projects and exploit fully its CDM …
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This paper examines the effects of deforestation on the welfare of rural communities in the Congo Basin. Using moment conditions of agricultural and forest exploitations, findings indicate deforestation significantly improves welfare both at overall-rural and agricultural household per capita...
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Recent distressing trends in climate change, population explosion and deforestation inspired this paper, which completes existing literature by providing empirical justification to hypothetical initiatives on the impact of population growth on forest sustainability in Africa. Using three moment...
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agriculture sub-sectors towards the economic growth only forestry showed insignificant relationship with GDP. Another objective is … performance regarding in this sector while fisheries and forestry have minimal contribution because of many reasons, major reasons …
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In the administration of forestry units’ activity, economic information offers the necessary elements in what concerns …
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Metropolitanate of Muntenia and Dobrogea, own agricultural, horticulture and forestry land. The agricultural and horticultural lands …
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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,...
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