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Spatial dependence in individual-tree diameter, and growth model residuals was characterised for an even-aged Eucalyptus pilularis (Smith) experiment in New South Wales,. Australia. The magnitude of spatial dependence changed as the dominance of competitive mechanisms and micro-site influences...
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This paper summarizes studies of carbon (C) mitigation potential and costs of about 40 forestry options in seven …
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"Within the global framework of Sustainable Development, NTFPs (Non-timber Forest Products) draw a great deal of … contributed to forest management and local livelihood improvement. This is absent in the debate on issues of commercialization … reform in China, rural economic structures continue functioning with some influences of local cultural, historical and …
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Agriculture contributes significantly to the emissions of greenhouse gases in the EU. By using a farm-type, linear-programming based model of the European agricultural supply, we first assess the initial levels of methane and nitrous oxide emissions at the regional level in the EU. For a range...
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This report presents two series of studies performed before COP-6 and COP-6bis, in order to provide DG Environment with economic analysis of the issues at stake in international climate negotiations. These analysis used the background information provided by the large scale world energy partial...
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Protocol does not include mechanisms for forest conservation. Nevertheless, deforestation and forest degradation has now taken …) - a heavily-forested tropical country - by the reduction in deforestation and forest degradation (REDD), and the …
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Drawing on the method developed by Just and Pope (1978, 1979), this paper separately analyzes the marginal contributions of both regular input factors and climate factors to mean output and to production risk in Chinese inland aquaculture. Furthermore, the net change in output following a 1°C...
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This study analyzes the potential impact of climate change on China's corn, wheat, and rice, domestic agricultural … literature of climate change effects on China's crop yields. The paper presents the potential impact of climate change on China … under CO2 fertilization, which increases yields, China's grain imports may decrease leading to a decrease in international …
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’s Republic of China – an assessment of structural impacts on decision-making processes3.1 Introduction3.2 The Chinese coast3 … approaches in China 3.7 Conclusion – Is Chinese CZM constrained by structural impacts?Chapter 4: adaptation to sea-level rise in … the People’s Republic of China – assessing the institutional dimension of alternative organisational frameworks4 …
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