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Mitigation potential and cost in tropical forestry - relative role for agroforestry
Makundi, Willy R.; Sathaye, Jayant A. - 2009
This paper summarizes studies of carbon mitigation potential (MP) and costs of forestry options in seven developing … 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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Carbon sequestration options in the international climate regime
Jung, Martina - 2005
, Land-use change and Forestry (LULUCF) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. In chapter 3, market … effects of the inclusion of forestry projects in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) are examined. For this purpose …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449658
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Comprehensive mitigation assessment process (COMAP) - Description and instruction manual
Makundi, Willy; Sathaye, Jayant - 2008
achieve the desired forestry service and production objectives at the least cost, while attempting to maximize economic and …
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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...
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Estimating Carbon Supply Curves for Global Forests and Other Land Uses April 2001, Discussion Paper 01-19
Sedjo, Roger; Sohngen, Brent; Mendelsohn, Robert - 2009
). The timber supply model demonstrates that cumulative carbon quasi-supply curves that can be generated through forestry …
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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
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An error correction model of induced innovation in UK agriculture.
Piesse, Jenifer; Schimmelpfennig, David; Thirtle, Colin - 2011
Cointegration techniques are applied to a model of induced innovation based on the two-stage Constant Elasticity of Substitution (CES) production function. This approach results in direct tests of the inducement hypothesis, which are applied to agricultural data for the United Kingdom from 1953...
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INTEGRATED ECOLOGICAL ECONOMIC MODELING OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES FROM THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON RAINFOREST
Portela, Rosimeiry G. - 2004
This dissertation links the natural and social sciences, using modeling techniques to enhance understanding of the functioning of a complex ecosystem and its relevance to humans. For this purpose, I developed a Regional Unified Metatomodel of the Brazilian Amazon (RUMBA) to simulate the Amazon...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450691
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Index of harm: a measure for comparing occupational risk across industries
Solomon, K.A.; Abraham, S.C. - 2008
fatality rates by showing the riskiest industries to be mining; agriculture, forestry, and fisheries; construction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436578
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A Modern Tragedy of the Non-Commons: Agro-Industrial Change and Equity in Brazil's Babassu Palm Zone
May, Peter H. - 1986
use (chiefly pasture) conversion and technical change in both agriculture and babassu industries have redefined property …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468356