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Mitigation potential and cost in tropical forestry - relative role for agroforestry
Makundi, Willy R.; Sathaye, Jayant A. - 2009
forestland for other uses such as agriculture and pasture. By using data on estimated carbon sequestration, emission avoidance … and potential area currently engaged in agriculture, but they pose unique challenges for carbon and cost accounting due to …
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Impacts of Native Vegetation and Biodiversity Regulations
Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004
Australian, state and territory regimes came under review for the Commission’s inquiry into native vegetation and biodiversity regulations. The Commission’s preliminary findings were released for public comment in December 2003. It found that the cost of farm regulations could be reduced if...
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Land use, biodiversity, and sustainability
Endres, Alfred; Radke, Volker - In: Journal of Economics 70 (1999) 1, pp. 1-16
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The role of human development on deforestation in Africa: a modelling-based approach
Asongu, Simplice A.; Jingwa, Brian A. - In: International Journal of Green Economics 6 (2012) 4, pp. 317-330
net loss of forests was 0.19% every year between 1990 and 2007. Human development, which involves life expectancy …
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From colonization to “environmental soy”: A case study of environmental and socio-economic valuation in the Amazon soy frontier
Steward, Corrina - In: Agriculture and Human Values 24 (2007) 1, pp. 107-122
the Brazilian Amazon. The settlement history of the region contributes directly to the way in which soy agriculture is … Amazon forests, and the small farmers, or colonos, who are now being bought out by soy agribusiness are also rooted in this … the area, field research was conducted on the role of primary and secondary forests for soy production. Research also …
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MODELING BIOENERGY, LAND USE, AND GHG EMISSIONS WITH FASOMGHG: MODEL OVERVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF STORAGE COST IMPLICATIONS
BEACH, ROBERT H.; ZHANG, YUQUAN W.; MCCARL, BRUCE A. - In: Climate Change Economics (CCE) 03 (2012) 03, pp. 1250012-1
production has important implications for the forest and agriculture sectors, land use, trade, and net greenhouse gas (GHG …
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Transferable Development Rights and Forest Protection: An Exploratory Analysis
Chomitz, Kenneth M. - In: International Regional Science Review 27 (2004) 3, pp. 348-373
As agricultural frontiers expand, and habitats contract, potential conflicts between conservation and development goals increase. Transferable development rights (TDR) programs offer a means of minimizingthe opportunitycosts (in foregoneagricultural rents) of protectinga desired quantity of...
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Technical Change in Agriculture and Deforestation in Tropical Asia: An Analytical Framework
Jayasuriya, Sisira Kumara - Department of Economics and Finance, La Trobe Business … - 2000
enhancing technical changes in agriculture such as the Green Revolution in cereal grains. This paper presents an analytical …
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Special Issue On Estimation Of Baselines And Leakage In CarbonMitigation Forestry Projects
Sathaye, Jayant A.; Andrasko, Kenneth - 2009
There is a growing acceptance that the environmentalbenefits of forests extend beyond traditional ecological benefits …
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Comprehensive mitigation assessment process (COMAP) - Description and instruction manual
Makundi, Willy; Sathaye, Jayant - 2008
In order to prepare policies and plans to reduce GHG emissions, national policy-makers need information on the costs and benefits of different mitigation options in addition to their carbon implications. Policy-makers must weigh the costs, benefits, and impacts of climate change mitigation and...
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