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Is it possible to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in pastoral ecosystems of the tropics?
Reid, Robin; Thornton, Philip; McCrabb, Graeme; Kruska, … - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 6 (2004) 1, pp. 91-109
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Population, Land Use and Deforestation in the Pan Amazon Basin: a Comparison of Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú and Venezuela
Perz, Stephen; Aramburú, Carlos; Bremner, Jason - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 7 (2005) 1, pp. 23-49
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Opportunity cost of environmental preservation: the case of the Brazilian Legal Amazon
Chagas, André Luis Squarize; Andrade, Luiza Cardoso de - Departamento de Economia, Faculdade de Economia, … - 2014
deforestation processes. A recurrent discussion involves what to do to reduce the deforestation process. A compensation to no-deforestation …
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Effects of Protected Areas on Forest Cover Change and Local Communities
Miranda, Juan Jose; Corral, Leonardo; Blackman, Allen; … - 2014
Protected areas are a cornerstone of forest conservation in developing countries. Yet we know little about their effects on forest cover change or the socioeconomic status of local communities, and even less about the relationship between these effects. This paper assesses whether “win-win”...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959428
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Effects of Protected Areas on Forest Cover Change and Local Communities: Evidence from the Peruvian Amazon
Miranda, Juan Jose; Corral, Leonardo; Blackman, Allen; … - 2014
Protected areas are a cornerstone of forest conservation in developing countries. Yet we know little about their effects on forest cover change or the socioeconomic status of local communities, and even less about the relationship between these effects. This paper assesses whether “win-win”...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959432
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DEFORESTATION AND ASSET ACCUMULATION AMONG SMALL SCALE FARMERS
Takasaki, Yoshito - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2000
This paper explores deforestation and asset accumulation among small scale farmers in tropical forests. In a two … accumulation options may or may not change the impacts of policy measures on deforestation, depending on labor market conditions …
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DETERMINANTES DA ADOÇÃO DE SISTEMAS DE USO DA TERRA EM PÓLOS DE PRODUÇÃO AGROPECUÁRIA NO ESTADO DO ACRE, AMAZÔNIA BRASILEIRA
Santos, Jair Carvalho Dos; Braga, Marcelo Jose; Homma, … - Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural - SOBER - 2008
.---------------------------------------------The expansion of agricultural and cattle production has been considered the main cause of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. The … decision taking about land use system is a decisive element for levels of deforestation and factors related to household … forest portion followed by larger levels of deforestation. …
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CERTIFICATION SCHEMES FOR BIOFUEL SUSTAINABILITY WILL NOT WORK
Ogg, Clayton W. - In: Choices 26 (2011) 4
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INSTITUIÇÕES AMBIENTAIS E DESMATAMENTO NA AMAZÔNIA LEGAL BRASILEIRA: UMA ANÁLISE EXPLORATÓRIA EM NÍVEL DE MUNICÍPIO
Araujo, Paulo Thadeu M.; Melo, Andrea S.S.A. - Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural - SOBER - 2008
presented in this work represents itself as part of a study that attempts to understand the deforestation of Amazonia Legal … deforestation during the process of economic development of respective states of the region. This development is based, above all … growth is strongly related to a large portion of the increase in the rate of deforestation in the Amazon region observed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009277033
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The Economics of Endangered Species
Innes, Robert; Frisvold, George - In: Annual Review of Resource Economics 1 (2009) 1, pp. 485-512
Because habitat conversion is the greatest threat to species, this article focuses on economic incentives for private land users to protect habitat. Habitat protection policies that fail to account for private incentives often have unintended negative consequences. Private incentives for habitat...
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