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Forest Carbon Supply in Nepal : Evidence from a Choice Experiment
Dissanayake, Sahan - 2018
This paper uses a choice experiment conducted in Nepal during 2013 to estimate household-level willingness to … Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation pilots in Nepal, this study finds that relatively little emission … Nepal and likely other countries. The study finds that average and median values of payment required for agreement to reduce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012907705
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Community Managed Forest Groups and Preferences for REDD Contract Attributes : A Choice Experiment Survey of Communities in Nepal
Dissanayake, Sahan - 2017
communities. This paper uses a choice experiment survey of rural communities in Nepal to understand respondents? preferences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971539
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Women in Forestry in India
de Melo, Martha - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012746931
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The Effect of Nonbinding Agreements on Cooperation Among Forest User Groups in Nepal and Ethiopia
Dannenberg, Astrid - 2017
Nepal with long histories of social interdependence. These countries are also characterized by a high degree of collectivism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971538
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Cooperative Behavior and Common Pool Resources : Experimental Evidence from Community Forest User Groups in Nepal
Bluffstone, Randall A. - 2017
This paper examines whether cooperative behavior by respondents measured as contributions in a one-shot public goods game correlates with reported pro-forest collective action behaviors. All the outcomes analyzed are costly in terms of time, land, or money. The study finds significant evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971540
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Does Collective Action Sequester Carbon? The Case of the Nepal Community Forestry Program
Bluffstone, Randall A. - 2017
quality. Forest user group collective action is identified through membership in the Nepal Community Forestry Programme …This paper estimate the effects of collective action in Nepal?s community forests on four ecological measures of forest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971537
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Potential Forest Loss and Biodiversity Risks from Road Improvement in Lao PDR
Danyo, Stephen - 2018
This paper develops and applies a spatial econometric model that links road upgrading to forest clearing and biodiversity loss in the Lao People's Democratic Republic. The paper uses 500-meter cells to estimate the relationship between the rate of forest clearing in a cell and its distance to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912072
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Climate Change Impacts and Mitigation in the Developing World : An Integrated Assessment of the Agriculture and Forestry Sectors
Havlík, Petr - 2017
This paper conducts an integrated assessment of climate change impacts and climate mitigation on agricultural commodity markets and food availability in low- and middle-income countries. The analysis uses the partial equilibrium model GLOBIOM to generate scenarios to 2080. The findings show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012970677
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Incentive Contracts for Environmental Services and Their Potential in REDD
Fortmann, Lea - 2017
agricultural and forestry related projects that have been proposed or are being used in practice and discusses the various …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973347
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Understanding Options for Public-Private Partnerships in Infrastructure : Sorting Out the Forest from the Trees: Bot, Dbfo, Dcmf, Concession, Lease
Delmon, Jeff - 2017
This paper provides a methodology for categorizing public-private partnerships in infrastructure, based on the following key characteristics: whether the project involves new or existing business, the nature of the private sector?s construction obligations, the need for the private sector to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976733