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Technology Transfer from Publicly Funded Research for Improved Water Management: Analysis and Australian Examples

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 1999

Considerable public funding is provided for research and development intended to improve the management and use of shared natural resources, such as water. In Australia the Land and Water Research and Development Corporation (LWRRDC) and Environment Australia are significant providers of such...

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Conserving and Planting Trees on Farms: Lessons from Australian Cases

Tisdell, Clement A. - In: Review of Marketing and Agricultural Economics 53 (1985) 03

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Economic Policy Instruments and Environmental Sustainability: A Second Look at Marketable or Tradeable Pollution or Environmental-Use Permits

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 1997

There has been a recent tendency to extol tradeable or marketable pollution permits or similar permits to use or exploit some natural resources, such as fish. They are often seen as a very effective way of maintaining environmental conditions in a desired way. However, considerable care is...

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Conflicts over Natural Resources and the Environment: Economics and Security

Wilson, Clevo; Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2003

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Conflicts over natural resources and the environment: Economics and Security

Wilson, Clevo; Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2003

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Bangladesh's Performance and the Millennium Development Goals: A Sketch of Progress

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2006

Provides a sketch of Bangladesh’s socio-economic performance in the light of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals. After providing some background on these goals and on Bangladesh, this article considers trends in the incidence of poverty and hunger in Bangladesh, access to education and...

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Poverty and Social Deprivation in Botswana: A Rural Case Study

Moepeng, Pelotshweu T.; Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2006

Poverty and social deprivation in Botswana are rising in rural areas while they are declining in urban towns and villages. Revenue from diamond mining is thought to have made a significant contribution to reducing poverty levels in cities and urban villages. However, the benefits from diamond...

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Valuation of Tourism's Natural Resources

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2003

Discusses the implications of the economic valuation of natural resources used for tourism and relates this valuation to the concept of total economic valuation. It demonstrates how applications of the concept of total economic valuation can be supportive of the conservation of natural resources...

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Globalisation, WTO and Sustainable Development

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2000

globalisation (involving of liberalisation of international trade and investment) on the state of the environment and sustainable … pursued by GATT-WTO in relation to the environment and sustainable development. These appear to be based on orthodox … environment and for sustainable development. The Rio Declaration, Agenda 21 and the Winnipeg Principles have had little or no …

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Poverty, Political Failure and the Use of Open Access Resources in Developing Countries

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2006

. A model is presented in which the long-run equilibrium involves a subsistence level of income which may be at or near a …

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