Deforestation is considered a highly undesirable practice due to the destruction of local biomes and its effects on global warming. Governments around the world are seeking to adopt measures to control this activity and the international trade in wood and derivatives. Brazil, with the second...

Deforestation is considered a highly undesirable practice due to the destruction of local biomes and its effects on global warming. Governments around the world are seeking to adopt measures to control this activity and the international trade in wood and derivatives. Brazil, with the second...

O objetivo deste artigo é avaliar os impactos econômicos no Brasil quando ocorre uma mudança tecnológica no setor de cana-de-açúcar, em função de um aumento da demanda mundial por etanol. O instrumento utilizado para as simulações dos cenários, o GTAP (Global Trade Analysis Project),...

Spanish Abstract: El artículo describe los principales aspectos estructurales e institucionales del comercio justo y una mirada a las implicaciones que tienen las prácticas comerciales para generar beneficios hacia los mercados internacionales, el desarrollo empresarial y el fortalecimiento de...

This paper analyzes the effects of an individual transferable quota (ITQ) system implemented on bycatch on the global harvest level of oligopolistic fisheries. We show that the impact of changes in the total allowable catch (TAC) on the equilibrium harvest level depends on the degree of returns...

This paper presents a brief literature review concerning the costs and benefits of electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles, highlighting their advantages in terms of greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Even though electric and electro-hybrid vehicles must still overcome many cultural and...

This work analyzes the main aspects pluriactive and multifunctional agriculture involving familiar with the territorial dynamics of larger scale, according to regional characteristics under which they operate. It is understood that the notion of multifunctionality analyze the interaction between...

Evaluation is a pillar of results-oriented public management, as necessary input to the decision making process, greater transparency in government actions, control the use of public resources and accountability to society. The evaluation of environmental policies is a relatively new field and...

Apesar de serem reconhecidamente importantes, o valor das perdas de produtos agrícolas é de difícil mensuração a partir dos dados econômicos mundiais. Estudo conduzido pela FAO (Gustavsson et al., 2011) buscou suprir esta deficiência, fornecendo estimativas para grupos de países...

From the negotiations of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, environmental issues become ever more applicants in the international agenda and in the various multilateral agendas, not just as questions of environmental protection, but mainly sustainable development,...