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A global analysis of the cost-efficiency of forest carbon sequestration
Grafton, R. Quentin - 2021
This paper proposes a ranking of the countries where forest carbon sequestration is the most cost-efficient among 166 countries for which data are available. Taking into account the main cost factors leads to a more nuanced ranking of the countries to be favoured for cost-efficient forest carbon...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012801167
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Tender instruments: programme participation and impact in australian conservation tenders, grants and volunteer organisations
Brown, Zachary; Alvarez, Bastien; Johnstone, Nick - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2015
A striking variety of policy instruments are used in Victoria, Australia to achieve conservation objectives. These include highly active voluntary programmes, a variety of conservation grants, and a reverse auction for the provision of ecosystem services, known as EcoTender. An open question...
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Identifying and assessing subsidies and other incentives harmful to biodiversity : A comparative review of existing national-level assessments and insights for good practice
Matthews, Alan - 2022
Despite calls for the reform of incentives, including subsidies, harmful to biodiversity, including under the … national level which are harmful for biodiversity or the environment more broadly. This paper begins with a brief literature … review on subsidies harmful to biodiversity, followed by a detailed review and comparison of the existing national level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013523701
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Climate mitigation co-benefits from sustainable nutrient management in agriculture : Incentives and opportunities
Andersen, Mikael Skou - 2021
Nitrogen management policies introduced in the past decades by some OECD countries have succeeded in reducing excess nitrogen use by farmers, but half of global mineral fertiliser use is still lost for crops. While about half of OECD countries have nutrient surpluses of between 25-50 kg N per...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012801171
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Greening Household Behaviour and Food
Millock, Katrin - 2014
This report focuses on households’ behaviour in relation to food consumption. It presents the results of follow-up econometric analysis of the 2011 OECD Survey on Environmental Policy and Individual Behaviour Change (EPIC). This report complements the overview of the survey data provided in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012447260
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Greening Household Behaviour and Food
Millock, Katrin - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2014
l’étude des dépenses réalisées et du consentement à payer (CAP) pour acquérir des aliments biologiques ou étiquetés …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276632
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Promoting Biodiversity Co-Benefits in REDD
Karousakis, Katia - 2009
This report examines how biodiversity co-benefits in REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation …) can be enhanced, both at the design and implementation level. It discusses potential biodiversity implications of … examining how the creation of additional biodiversity-specific incentives could be used to complement a REDD mechanism, so as to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444419
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Medium-term Management of Green Budget: The Case of Ukraine
Petkova, Nelly - 2011
The purpose of this study is to examine the medium-term budget planning process in Ukraine and the extent to which this approach is used within the environmental sector. It aims to assist the Ukrainian government to integrate environmental programmes more effectively into overall programming,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444556
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Integrating Public Environmental Expenditure within Multi-year Budgetary Frameworks
Petkova, Nelly - 2009
Medium-term approaches to budgeting are now common in OECD countries and are being adopted increasingly by developing countries. This reflects a realisation that the annual approach to budget making actually undermines budgetary performance, contributing to fiscal instability and, perhaps even...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445151
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The Role of National Ecosystem Assessments in Influencing Policy Making
Wilson, Lucy; Secades, Cristina; Narloff, Ulf; … - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2014
An ecosystem assessment is a social process through which the findings of science concerning the causes of ecosystem change, their consequences for human well-bring, and the management and policy options are evaluated. Ecosystem assessments can play an important role in synthesising and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276621