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Simple Myths and Basic Maths about Greening Irrigation
Gómez, Carlos M.; Pérez-Blanco, C. Dionisio - 2015
Greening the economy is mostly about improving water governance and not only about putting the existing resource saving technical alternatives into practice. Focusing on the second and forgetting the first risks finishing with a highly efficient use of water services at the level of each...
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Can numerical models estimate indirect land-use change?
Brunelle, Thierry; Dumas, Patrice - 2012
Motivated by the conclusions from various modelling studies, modifications to the bioenergy sector regulations are under way in Europe and in the USA to account for emissions from indirect land-use change (ILUC). Despite their influence on the policy-making, evaluations of the capacity of...
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Measuring the Economic Value of Two Habitat Defragmentation Policy Scenarios for the Veluwe, The Netherlands
Nunes, Paulo A.L.D.; van der Heide, C. Martijn; van den … - 2005
This paper offers an economic value assessment of a nature protection programme in the Veluwe. This programme involves two defragmentation scenarios: the first scenario connects the central part of the Veluwe with the IJssel river forelands in a north-eastern direction, while the second scenario...
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Predicting the Deforestation–Trend Under Different Carbon–Prices
Kindermann, Georg E.; Obersteiner, Michael; … - 2007
Background: Global carbon stocks in forest biomass are decreasing by 1.1 Gt of carbon annually, owing to continued deforestation and forest degradation. Deforestation emissions are partly offset by forest expansion and increases in growing stock primarily in the extra-tropical north. Innovative...
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Designing a Decision Support System for Marine Reserves Management: An Economic Analysis for the Dutch North Sea
Ruijs, Arjan; Ding, Hongyu; van Ierland, Ekko C. - 2007
dispersal of fish and considers both the economic returns from fisheries and the ecological value of marine biodiversity. A …
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Biodiversity valuation in developing countries: a focus on small island developing states (SIDS)
Teelucksingh, Sonja S.; Nunes, Paulo A. L. D. - 2010
greater understanding of the significant role of biodiversity in rural communities of developing countries who depend most on … input of biodiversity in developing countries to the provision of the ecosystem goods and services (EGS) that are essential … a necessary tool for achieving this objective. However, valuing biodiversity in a developing country context can be an …
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A hybrid approach to the valuation of climate change effects on ecosystem services: evidence from the European forests
Ding, Helen; Silvestri, Silvia; Chiabai, Aline; Nunes, … - 2010
In this paper we present a systematic attempt to assess economic value of climate change impact on forest ecosystems and human welfare. In the present study, climate change impacts are downscaled to the different European countries, which in turn constitute the elements of our analysis. First,...
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Valuation of linkages between climate change, biodiversity and productivity of European agro-ecosystems
Palatnik, Ruslana Rachel; Nunes, Paulo Augusto … - 2010
productivity. However, this is not the only channel for climatic change to affect agro-systems. Biodiversity is subject to climatic … fluctuations and in turn may alter land productivity too. Firstly, biodiversity is an input into agro-ecosystems. Secondly …, biodiversity supports the functioning of these systems (e.g. the balancing of the nutrient cycle). Thirdly, agro-systems also host …
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Economic valuation of forest ecosystem services: Methodology and monetary estimates
Chiabai, Aline; Travisi, C. M.; Ding, H.; Markandya, A.; … - 2009
By using ad hoc value transfer protocols, this paper offers a methodological contribution and provides accurate per hectare estimates of the economic value of some selected ecosystem services for all forest biomes in the world, identified following the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment taxonomy...
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Carbon Sequestration with Reforestations and Biodiversity-Scenic Values
Caparrós, A.; Cerdá, E.; Ovando, P.; Campos, P. - 2007
values, carbon sequestration and biodiversity or scenic values. We solve the model qualitatively with general functions and … sequestration may have negative impacts on biodiversity-scenic values. To evaluate the practical relevance, we compare …
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