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Economics of multifunctional forestry in the Sámi people homeland region
Parkatti, Vesa-Pekka; Tahvonen, Olli - 2020
We study forestry in the Sámi people homeland region to understand an ongoing conflict between conventional forest … husbandry, and a flexible optimization between rotation forestry (cf. clearcuts) and forestry that maintains continuous forest … cover. We show that the profitability of conventional forestry is based on utilizing existing forest stands, an outcome that …
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Examining the predictors of school exclusion for Māori and Pākehā learners
Agnew, Steve; Coupé, Tom; Hingston, Cassia - 2024
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014631165
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Predictors of school exclusion as a disciplinary measure in New Zealand : a Maori, Pacific Peoples and Pakeha comparison
Agnew, Steve; Coupé, Tom; Hingston, Cassia-Rose - 2022
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Stakeholder-driven design and appraisal in hydroelectric projects : a participatory gaming approach
Kelsey, John M.; Kadivar, Steve - 2020
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Racial and ethnic inequality in Latin America
Telles, Edward E.; Bailey, Stanley R.; Davoudpour, Shahin; … - 2023
This chapter examines socioeconomic inequality in Latin America through the lens of race and ethnicity. We primarily use national census data from the International Public Use Micro Data Sample (IPUMS). Since censuses use inconsistent measures of race and ethnicity, we also draw on two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014540625
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Droughts, women and indigenous people in Chile : assessing the impacts on income and employment
Pérez Silva, Rodrigo; Castillo, Mayarí; Cazzuffi, Chiara - 2023
Climate change is a pressing issue, affecting the lives of all people across the world. However, poorer and excluded communities are usually more affected, especially in low-income countries. Among them, women but particularly indigenous groups in rural areas seem to bear the bulk of the impacts...
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The benefits of titling indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon : a stated preference approach
Blackman, Allen; Dissanayake, Sahan; Cruz, Adan Martinez; … - 2022
We conduct a discrete choice experiment with leaders of a random sample of 164 Peruvian indigenous communities (ICs) - to our knowledge, the first use of rigorous stated preference methods to analyze land titling. We find that: (i) on average, IC leaders are willing to pay US$35,000-45,000 for a...
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Trees and greenhouse : the costs of sequestering Australian transport emissions
Motha, Joe (agent) - 1996
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European forests and carbon sequestration services: an economic assessment of climate change impacts
Ding, Helen; Nunes, Paulo A. L. D.; Teelucksingh, Sonja - 2010
This paper reports an original economic valuation of the impact of climate change on the provision of forest regulating services in Europe. To the authors’ knowledge the current paper represents the first systematic attempt to estimate human well-being losses with respect to changes in...
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008728741