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Design of Studies for Development of BPA Fish and Wildlife Mitigation Accounting Policy Phase II, Volume I, 1985-1988 Summary Report.
Kneese, Allen V. - 2008
As the mitigation prescribed by the Regional Act proceeds, the incremental costs of corrective measures to lessen the environmental impacts of the hydroelectric system are expected to increase and difficult questions to arise about the costs, effectiveness, and justification of alternative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435605
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Empirical Accounting of Adaptation to Environmental Change: Organizational Competencies and Biodiversity in Finnish Forest Management
Primmer, Eeva; Wolf, Steven A. - 2009
"Integration of biodiversity conservation into economic utilization of natural resources has become a central response … for biodiversity conservation. We analyze the scale, scope, and distribution of the resources and competencies that … well as distinct roles for public and private-sector organizations. Beyond identification of differences in conservation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468323
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Ecological-economic modeling for biodiversity management: Potential, pitfalls, and prospects
Watzold, F.; Drechsler, M.; Armstrong, C. W.; … - 2006
disciplines cannot be found. Preconditions for a successful model-based integration of ecology and economics include (1) an in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447883
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A theory for optimal monitoring of marine reserves
Gerber, L. R.; Beger, M.; McCarthy, M. A.; Possingham, H. P. - 2005
Monitoring of marine reserves has traditionally focused on the task of rejecting the null hypothesis that marine reserves have no impact on the population and community structure of harvested populations. We consider the role of monitoring of marine reserves to gain information needed for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447944
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Social Role-Play Games Vs Individual Perceptions of Conservation and PES Agreements for Maintaining Rubber Agroforests in Jambi (Sumatra), Indonesia
Villamor, Grace B.; van Noordwijk, Meine - 2011
informed consent. We assessed the perceptions and behavior of rubber agroforest farmers under existing conservation agreements … for environmental services (PES). Results revealed a strong conservation belief system and social norms in the research …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468334
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Fundacion Maquipucuna: an entrepreneurial Ecuadorian non-profit organisation
Ratten, Vanessa - 2011
The purpose of this paper is to describe Fundacion Maquipucuna's community-based entrepreneurship activities. Fundacion Maquipucuna is a unique non-profit organisation in the Choco-Andes region of Ecuador. An ethnographic study and review of the literature is conducted to analyse the cacao,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009484004
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Access Mapping and Chains: The Woodcraft Curio Market around Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Matose, Frank - 2006
"The paper uses commodity chain analysis to examine the transformation of access and control in woodcraft markets around Victoria Falls in the context of changing policies in the last two decades. The mushrooming of a transnational market for curios has begun to transform the use and management...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468421
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Conservation and prudent management are the key to the preservation of the environment: The case of water resources, and the Indian situation
Roy, K. C.; Tisdell, C. A. - 1999
declining supply can no longer satisfy the demand. Hence, without conservation and prudent management of resources the … the growing need of the rising population be satisfied? Conservation of fresh water can be achieved to some extent by … reducing the demand by imposing a price/or raising the prevailing price on the use of water. However, while conservation can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448519
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Development Of Regional Climate Mitigation Baseline For A DominantAgro-Ecological Zone Of Karnataka, India
Sudha, P.; Shubhashree, D.; Khan, H.; Hedge, G.T.; … - 2009
Setting a baseline for carbon stock changes in forest andland use sector mitigation projects is an essential step for assessingadditionality of the project. There are two approaches for settingbaselines namely, project-specific and regional baseline. This paperpresents the methodology adopted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436035
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Carbon mitigation potential and costs of forestry options in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, the Philippines and Tanzania
Sathaye, J.; Makundi, W.; Andrasko, K.; Boer, R.; … - 2009
This paper summarizes studies of carbon (C) mitigation potential and costs of about 40 forestry options in seven …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437412