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Using conjoint analysis to estimate farmers' preferences for cattle traits in West Africa

Tano, Kouadio; Faminow, Merle D.; Kamuanga, Mulumba; … - 2002

This paper estimates the preferences of farmers for cattle traits in southern Burkina Faso using Conjoint analysis, a survey-based system for measuring preferences for multiple-attribute goods. Here the technique is used in the context of a West African country where literacy is low, where...

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Management Challenges for Multiple-Species Boreal Forests

Crépin, Anne Sophie - 2003

traditionally used in forestry economics reflect. This essay analyses some challenges of accounting for such complexity. When forest …

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Does breed matter to cattle farmers and buyers? Evidence from West Arica

Jabbar, M. A.; Diedhiou, M. L. - 2001

World agriculture is based on a small number of animal species and a decreasing number of breeds within each species. Several breeds of West African shorthorn cattle (Bos taurus brachyceros) are now at high risk of extinction due to interbreeding. The West African shorthorn breeds are...

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Institutions and forest management: A case study from Swat, Pakistan

Kruseman, Gideon; Pellegrini, Lorenzo - 2008

Deforestation in the North western part of Pakistan is a long standing problem. The Forestry Department, as formal … further reform the Forestry Department, the question is whether organizational reform is the answer. We think there are more …

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REDD in the carbon market: a general equilibrium analysis

Bosello, Francesco; Eboli, Fabio; Parrado, Ramiro; … - 2010

Deforestation is a major source of CO2 emissions, accounting for around 17% of total annual anthropogenic carbon release. While the cost estimates of reducing deforestation rates vary considerably depending on model assumptions, it is widely accepted that emissions reductions from avoided...

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The economic and environmental effects of an EU ban on illegal logging imports: Insights from a CGE assessment

Bosello, Francesco; Parrado, Ramiro; Rosa, Renato - 2010

Illegal logging is widely recognized as a major economic problem and one of the causes of environmental degradation. Increasing awareness of its negative effects has fostered a wide range of proposals to combat it by major international conservation groups and political organizations. Following...

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Afforestation and timber management compliance strategies in climate policy: A computable general equilibrium analysis

Michetti, Melania; Nunes Rosa, Renato - 2011

This paper analyzes the role of afforestation-reforestation and timber management activities, and their major and secondary economic effects in stabilizing climate during the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. In particular, with a Computable General Equilibrium framework, the ICES...

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Carbon Storage and Bioenergy: Using Forests for Climate Mitigation

Favero, Alice; Mendelsohn, Robert; Sohngen, Brent - 2016

The carbon mitigation literature has separately considered using forests to store carbon and as a source of bioenergy. In this paper, we look at both options to reach a 2°C mitigation target. This paper combines the global forest model, GTM, with the IAM WITCH model to study the optimal use of...

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A Review of Recent Studies on Cost Effectiveness of GHG Mitigation Measures in the European Agro-Forestry Sector

Giupponi, Carlo; Bosello, Francesco; Povellato, Andrea - 2007

affecting agriculture and forestry: they are strongly dependent on climate phenomena, but also contribute to climate evolution … forestry sectors. The specific focus is on European Countries. Different methodological approaches, research questions … addressed and results are examined. The main finding is that agriculture and forestry can potentially provide GHG reduction at a …

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The Kyoto Protocol and the Effect of Existing and Planned Measures in the Agricultural and Forestry Sector in the EU25

Giupponi, Carlo; Bosello, Francesco; Buchner, Barbara; … - 2007

Agricultural and forestry activities cover the majority of the EU territory: in particular agriculture is the main lad … between 30 and 60 %, whereas forestry is the second. The role of agriculture as both a source of and as a sink of greenhouse … conditions in Europe. The effectiveness of the policy measures adopted so far in the agro-forestry sector to meet the Kyoto …

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