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We set out a general framework to discuss carbon sequestration programs when different alternatives are available and each of them yields sequestration benefits far into the future and at varying rates. We focus on reforestations, since trees grow for a long time, at varying rates, and different...
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Much of the guidance about potential impacts of reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) speculates how efforts would be implemented and draws lessons from other mechanisms, such as payments for ecosystem services (PES). However, with few REDD activities underway, little...
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is described, and the potential impact of forests on the buildup of atmospheric carbon is examined. A major focus is the … means by which forests and forest management can contribute to the sequestration of carbon. The potential role of forests … include forest protection; the management of forests for carbon for joint products, i.e., the management of forests to …
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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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The relationship between forests and human nutrition is not yet well understood. A better understanding of this … relationship is vital at a time when the majority of new land for agriculture is being cleared from forests. We use Demographic …
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We review the economics perspective on sustainable resource use and sustainable development. Under standard conditions, dynamic efficiency leads to sustainability of renewable resources but not the other way around. For the economic‐ecological system as a whole, dynamic efficiency and...
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The growing realization that the fate of forests will be determined by factors outside the forests and the forestry …. Inspired by the same realization, this paper seeks to explore the links between macro-economic trends and forests in order to … develop scenarios of the future macro-economic environment in the Asia-Pacific region and how this will likely affect forests …
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Conventional wisdom appears to implicate climate change as the root cause of the unprecedented mountain pine beetle (MPB) outbreak currently underway in the western United States. While climate change is undoubtedly a factor, historic changes in public forest management have resulted in greater...
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After careful consideration of the inputs received from a variety of stakeholders, the following framework guidelines are suggested for managing the humanleopard conflict situations in areas where leopards coexist among high densities of humans....
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