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Conservation Contracts and Political Regimes
Harstad, Bård; Mideksa, Torben - CESifo - 2015
Motivated by tropical deforestation, we analyze (i) a novel theory of resource extraction, (ii) the optimal …’s presence may induce institutional change. Deforestation can be legal or illegal in the model: each district decides how much to …
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Empirical tests and policy analysis of environmental degradation at different stages of economic development.
T, Panayotou - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1993
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Asia’s Wicked Environmental Problems
Howes, Stephen; Wyrwoll, Paul - Asian Development Bank Institute, Asian Development Bank - 2012
across developing Asia will need to address towards 2030: water management, air pollution, deforestation and land degradation …
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Payment for Ecosystem Services from Forests
Alix-Garcia, Jennifer; Wolff, Hendrik - In: Annual Review of Resource Economics 6 (2014) 1, pp. 361-380
deforestation has dramatically changed the chemical composition of the world’s atmosphere, the level of biodiversity, and the … local and international policy instruments to prevent further deforestation and to encourage forest growth. This article … reverse deforestation. We cover the most recent work touching on a range of issues related to PES programs, including research …
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Payment for Ecosystem Services from Forests
Alix-Garcia, Jennifer; Wolff, Hendrik - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
rapid deforestation has dramatically changed the chemical composition of the world's atmosphere, the level of biodiversity … the design of local and international policy instruments to prevent further deforestation and encourage forest growth … to slow and reverse deforestation. We cover the most recent work touching on a range of issues related to PES programs …
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Tradable Permits
Ellerman, A. Denny; Johnstone, Nick; Schneider, Friedrich; … - In: CESifo Forum 4 (2003) 1, pp. 3-32
Tradable Permits – a Market-Based Allocation System for the Environment. Tradable Permits and Other Environmental Policy Instruments – Killing one Bird with two Stones. Tradable Permits – Ten Key Design Issues. Tradable Permits with Imperfect Monitoring. Emissions Trading with Greenhouse...
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How green are principles texts? An investigation into how mainstream economics educates students pertaining to energy, the environment and green economics
Reardon, Jack - In: International Journal of Green Economics 1 (2007) 3/4, pp. 381-393
The purpose of this paper is to investigate how mainstream economics educates students pertaining to energy, the environment and green economics. The focus is on the principles of economics text which embodies the state of economic knowledge and in addition, serves as the foundation for more...
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The Climate and Development Challenge for Latin America and the Caribbean: Options for Climate-Resilient, Low-Carbon Development Title: El desafío climático y de desarrollo en Amér...
Vergara, Walter; Rios, Ana R.; Paliza, Luis Miguel Galindo - Inter-American Development Bank
This book is a joint effort lead by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in collaboration with the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) focused on the climate and development challenge for LAC. It deals with a matter that is bound...
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Precaution in global environmental politics
Dimitrov, Radoslav S. - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 5 (2005) 1/2, pp. 96-113
comparative study of four cases in global environmental politics: ozone depletion, acid rain, deforestation and coral reef …
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Competitiveness and environmental policies for agriculture: testing the Porter hypothesis
Managi, Shunsuke - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 3 (2004) 3/4, pp. 310-324
Porter hypothesis suggests tougher environmental regulations could spur technological growth, leading to an increase in productivity of market outputs, simultaneously providing greater environmental protection. This study tests the Porter hypothesis in US agriculture using state level data from...
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