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Afforestation to increase the provision of ecosystem services: economic implications for Ukraine and beyond
Nijnik, Maria; Oskam, Arie J.; Nijnik, Albert - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
in some regions. Incorporating the effects of afforestation through on climate change mitigation increases social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880077
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Carbon Leakage with Forestation Policies
de Gorter, Harry; Drabik, Dusan; Just, David R. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
good because the policy induces afforestation that contributes to a further carbon sequestration. By ignoring the domestic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020983
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Afforestation Adoption by Eastern U.S. Cattle Producers
Jensen, Kimberly L.; Zhang, Jun; Lambert, Dayton M.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
, afforestation has the potential to sequester more carbon than other pasture and rangeland management practices. This research … examines the factors, including an incentive, influencing afforestation on beef cattle farms east of the 100th meridian. …
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Incentives for Local Authorities to Supply Environmental Benefits through Afforestation
Anthon, Signe; Thorsen, Bo Jellesmark - In: Scandinavian Forest Economics: Proceedings of the …, 40
focus has been on furthering public afforestation projects close to cities with little forestry nearby. We know from … same holds for afforestation projects? Thus the aim of this analysis is to examine the inhabitants' willingness to pay for … proximity to urban afforestation projects. We use a hedonic pricing approach to estimate the willingness too pay for the …
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Temporary carbon storage and discount rates
Hean, Robyn L.; Cacho, Oscar J.; Menz, Kenneth M. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2003
Several approaches have been proposed for accounting for temporary carbon sequestration in land-use change and forestry projects that are implemented to offset permanent emissions of carbon dioxide from the energy sector. In a previous paper, we evaluated the incentives provided by some of these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519225
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An Iterative Auction for Spatially Contiguous Land Management: An Experimental Analysis
Banerjee, Simanti; Shortle, James S.; Kwasnica, Anthony M. - 2011
Tackling the problem of ecosystem services degradation is an important policy challenge. Different types of economic instruments have been employed by conservation agencies to meet this challenge. Notable among them are Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes that pay private landowners to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442289
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ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF CAP-AND-TRADE CLIMATE POLICY ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS: A POLICY SIMULATION WITH FARMER PREFERENCES AND ADAPTATION
Jiang, Yong; Koo, Won W. - 2010
The purpose of this study is to examine the possible local impacts of cap-and-trade climate policy on agricultural producers in the Northern Plains. This study explicitly considers farmer behavior with respect to agricultural opportunity in carbon offset provision and ability of adaptation to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442669
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IMPACTS OF LARGE SCALE EXPANSION OF BIOFUELS ON GLOBAL POVERTY AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION
Cororaton, Caesar B.; Timilsina, Govinda R.; Mevel, Simon - 2010
This paper analyzes the impact of expansion in biofuels on the global economy, income distribution and poverty. It utilizes simulation results of two World Bank models: a global computable general equilibrium (CGE) model integrated with biofuels, land-use, and climate change modules, and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442670
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IMPACTS OF EUROPEAN BIOFUEL POLICIES ON AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AND ENVIRONMENT UNDER CONSIDERATION OF 2ND GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Becker, Arno; Adenauer, Marcel; Blanco Fonseca, Maria - 2010
Even though recent discussions on food prices and indirect land use change point atpotential conflicts associated with the production of biofuels the appraisal of biofuels as an effective instrument to slow down climate change and reduce energy dependency still prevails. The EU Renewable Energy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442672
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IRRIGATION DISTRICT ADOPTION OF WATER CONSERVING RATE STRUCTURES
Michelsen, Ari M.; McGuckin, J. Thomas; Taylor, R. Garth; … - 1998
A binary choice model was used to identify the attributes that influence irrigation district adoption of conservation rate structures. Using principles of rate design and irrigation district administration as a framework, measures of irrigation district rate structure objectives and physical and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443525