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The present thesis deals with carbon sequestration options in the Kyoto Protocol, namely carbon sequestration in the terrestrial biosphere and carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS). Chapter 2 investigates the negotiation process on Land use, Land-use change and Forestry (LULUCF) under the...
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"Many of what we consider to be valuable natural assets existed for millennia without our ever being aware of their usefulness or value. For example, the capacity of the atmosphere to absorb pollution has only become useful to us in recent decades as the limits of that environmental service have...
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Because man is a natural and social being at the same time, the imperatives of protection, conservation and sustainable … the harmony between human being’s interests and life needs and the need for health, protection and conservation of the …
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If the United States chooses to implement a greenhouse gas reduction program, it would be necessary to decide whether to include carbon sequestration policies - - -such as those that promote forestation and discourage deforestation - - -as part of the domestic portfolio of compliance activities....
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thetiming of choice and the uncertainty in the future about price and decoupled payments. Aggregate policyimpact is identified …
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uncertainty: do firms behave as real options reasoning predicts, and are there performance benefits from its application? The … concept of uncertainty is further developed by considering two primary types: technological uncertainty and market needs … uncertainty. A qualitative industry level historical case study is performed on the flat panel TV industry, chosen because it …
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Real options theory has become an influential explanatory and normative framework for making resource allocation … confirmation (1) that firm resource allocation behavior conforms with real options theory, or (2) that employing real options … is tested by measuring two important sources of uncertainty in the external environment: uncertainty regarding the level …
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Environmental issues are becoming increasingly important in organization theory and practice. Corporate … theory and practice. …
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ensure biodiversity conservation and an equitable distribution of benefits and costs. There has been little theory or …"The central challenge of tropical biodiversity conservation involves reconciling private and social incentives to … 'internalize' externalities. Positive externalities of natural resource conservation accrue at the local, national and global …
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