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This paper develops an econometric model to explore the determinants of land use choices for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The model is not just capable of representing land use choices using large aggregation categories, but it also allocates agricultural area to the country relevant...
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forestland for the expansion of carbon sinks, focusing on how changes in forestland ownership affect deforestation and … urbanization and how subsequent changes in deforestation and urbanization affect GHG emissions, using South Korea as a case study …
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Climate change and agriculture influence each other. The effects of climate change on agriculture seem to be predominantly negative, although studies show a large variation in impacts between crops and regions. To compensate for these effects, agriculture can either intensify or expand in area;...
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This paper discusses structure, impact, costs, and efficiency of renewable energy supply in the eight largest advanced economies (the G-7 plus Spain), with focus on Germany. Renewables production costs are compared to benefits, defined as reductions in net carbon emissions; technological...
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more preserved during the last decades with a much lower deforestation rate. At the same time, the region remains one of … the least developed in the world. We use the partial equilibrium model GLOBIOM for the global agricultural, forestry and … multiply deforestation by three. In contrast, a global agreement on reduction of total emissions from deforestation could …
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The need for a global agreement to the problem of tropical deforestation has led to the REDD (Reducing Emissions from … Deforestation and Degradation) scheme, which proposes that the developed countries pay developing countries for CO<sub>2</sub …> emissions saved through avoided deforestation and forest degradation. The remaining issue is specifying the rules defining …
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Carbon Emissions from Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon …
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world. Specifically, humans currently are using resources at an unsustainable level. Groundwater depletion and overuse of … major problems include deforestation, with the annual forest clearing globally estimated to be an area the size of New York … preservation of the world for future generations. Copyright Population Association of America 2013 …
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