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Countries generally tax the forestry sector to achieve the twin objectives of revenue maximization and sustainability … determine the price of extraction rights. However, a number of factors-including a lack of information on the forest resources …-have limited the use of auctions so far, particularly in low-income countries. To establish transparency of the forestry sector …
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An increasing number of tropical timber producing nations have enacted bans on export of logs. Proponents argue that a log export ban is a second-best policy tool for addressing environmental externalities; it also creates more jobs and improves scale efficiencies domestically. Theoretical...
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(ten impacts: agriculture, energy, river floods, droughts, forest fires, transport infrastructure, coasts, tourism, habitat … suitability of forest tree species and human health). The project integrates biophysical direct climate impacts into a …
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Building upon a larger research project at four sites in the Western Ghats of peninsular India, this study examines the … link between stream flow, agricultural water use and economic returns to agriculture. The study attempts to simulate the … likely impacts of regeneration of a degraded forest catchment on stream flow and the consequent impact on irrigation …
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tourism is augmenting local people’s livelihood and reducing their forest dependence. A SANDEE study asks these questions …The Sundarban National Park is among five Natural World Heritage Sites in India and part of the world’s largest … collection, timber and fuelwood and have few alternate livelihood options. In recent years, eco-tourism has gained momentum. In …
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Throughout 2001, economic growth in the USA, Japan and the European Union was clearly losing momentum. In line with this development, Austria also recorded a marked slow-down in its pace of economic growth. While the economy had still been growing at a rate of 3 percent in 2000, macroeconomic...
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management, settlement and infrastructure development, protection of biological diversity, agriculture and forestry, tourism). A … Forstwirtschaft, Tourismus) die voraussichtlichen Konsequenzen der klimatischen Veränderungen sowie denkbare Reaktionsmöglichkeiten zu …
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The stories included in this volume were published originally in IDBAmérica and tell of new approaches the people of Latin America and the Caribbean are taking to protect the rainforest, reduce erosion, conserve marine life, create protected areas, and ensure a better future for themselves and...
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