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Methods for modeling public policy and investment impacts on the economy, natural capital and ecosystem services
Banerjee, Onil; Crossman, Neville; Vargas, Renato; … - 2020
The year 2020 is a critical year for sustainable development policy and practice with the review and renewal of various international commitments including the Sustainable Development Goals, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Paris Agreement. The post-2020 agenda needs to be informed...
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The value of biodiversity in economic decision making : applying the IEEM+ESM approach to conservation strategies in Colombia
Banerjee, Onil; Cicowiez, Martín; Malek, Žiga; … - 2020
In this paper we evaluate the economic, natural capital and ecosystem services impacts of strategies for conserving Colombias rich natural capital endowment. Specifically, we consider Government program proposals for establishing Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES), implementing more...
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A global land use and biomass approach to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, fossil fuel use and to preserve biodiversity
Riedacker, Arthur (contributor) - 2007
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Assessing the effectiveness of tradable landuse rights for biodiversity conservation : an application to Canada's boreal mixedwood forest
Weber, Marian L. - 2004
Ecological reserve networks are an important strategy for conserving biodiversity. One approach to selecting reserves … value, minimizing the cost of the reserve network. The configuration of the reserve network as well as the biodiversity … improve biodiversity outcomes. The appropriateness of this approach for regional planning is discussed in light of key …
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Spatial policies and land use patterns : optimal and market allocations
Kyriakopoulou, Efthymia; Xepapadeas, Anastasios - 2014
We study the optimal and equilibrium distribution of industrial and residential land in a given region. The trade-off between the agglomeration and dispersion forces, in the form of pollution from stationary forces, environmental policy, production externalities, and commuting costs, determines...
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An equilibrium model of habitat conservation under uncertainty and irreversibility
Di Corato, Luca; Moretto, Michele; Vergalli, Sergio - 2010
In this paper stochastic dynamic programming is used to investigate habitat conservation by a multitude of landholders under uncertainty about the value of environmental services and irreversible development. We study land conversion under competition on the market for agricultural products when...
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Mapping of forest biodiversity values : a plural perspective
Ojea, Elena; Nunes, Paulo A. L. D.; Loureiro, Maria - 2009
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment is built on a conceptual framework that links biodiversity to the services … aims to highlight the mapping of biodiversity indicators and assesses their respective role on the valuation exercise. Our … results show that biodiversity loss is having an effect on forest ecosystem values. In addition, these effects reveal to be …
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A bug's life : competition among species towards the environment
Bella, Giovanni (contributor) - 2007
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Bio-ecological diversity vs. socio-economic diversity : a comparison of existing measures
Maignan, Carole; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Pinelli, Dino - 2003
about biodiversity: the diversity of organisms that inhabit a given area. Concepts of species diversity such as alpha … are combined into a single sample) have been developed (Whittaker, 1960). Biodiversity is more complex than just the … by biodiversity indices such as Simpson's Diversity Indices, Species Richness Index, Shannon Weaver Diversity Indices …
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