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Effects of protected areas on forest cover change and local communities : evidence from the Peruvian Amazon
Miranda, Juan José; Corral, Leonardo; Blackman, Allen; … - 2014
Protected areas are a cornerstone of forest conservation in developing countries. Yet we know little about their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011289495
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The market for conservation and other hostages
Harstad, Bård - 2013
A "conservation good" (such as a tropical forest) is owned by a seller who is tempted to consume (or cut), but a buyer … benefits more from conservation. The seller does conserve if the buyer is expected to buy, but the buyer is unwilling to pay as … long as the seller conserves. This contradiction implies that the market for conservation cannot be efficient and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009764409
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On the formulation of the alternative scenario in cost-benefit analysis
Johansson, Per-Olov; Kriström, Bengt - 2019
In this note we discuss how a cost–benefit analysis could be formulated in a second-best world where lump-sum taxation is not available. The question is how the government's budget is balanced. Different options are available. A value added tax or an income tax or a profit tax could be...
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An evaluation of protected area policies in the European Union
Grupp, Tristan Earle; Mishra, Prakash; Reynaert, Mathias; … - 2023
of land and climate attributes. We conclude that European conservation efforts lack ambition because policymakers select …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014444040
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Weather-based estimation of wildfire risk
Ho, Joanne; Odening, Martin - 2009
Catastrophic wildfires in California have become more frequent in past decades, while insured losses per event have been rising substantially. On average, California ranks the highest among states in the U.S. in the number of fires as well as the number of acres burned each year. The study of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003850707
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On optimal forest management : a bifurcation analysis
Dasgupta, Swagan; Mitra, Tapan - 2010
The paper examines the theory of optimal forest management with a view to describing its transition dynamics. In contrast to the literature's emphasis on long-run behavior of optimally managed forests, we focus on the nature of the optimal policy function, which describes the harvesting and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008649281
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European forests and carbon sequestration services: an economic assessment of climate change impacts
Ding, Helen; Nunes, Paulo A. L. D.; Teelucksingh, Sonja - 2010
This paper reports an original economic valuation of the impact of climate change on the provision of forest regulating services in Europe. To the authors’ knowledge the current paper represents the first systematic attempt to estimate human well-being losses with respect to changes in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008702331
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The economic and environmental effects of an EU ban on illegal logging imports : insights from a CGE assessment
Bosello, Francesco; Parrado, Ramiro; Rosa, Renato - 2010
conservation groups and political organizations. Following the 2008 US legislation which prohibits the import of illegally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008729121
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REDD and international organizations
Giannini, Valentina - 2010
and local peoples' involvement, livelihood improvement, fair and equitable labour, biodiversity conservation, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008780425
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Afforestation and timber management compliance strategies in climate policy : a computable general equilibrium analysis
Michetti, Melania; Nunes Rosa, Renato - 2011
This paper analyzes the role of afforestation-reforestation and timber management activities, and their major and secondary economic effects in stabilizing climate during the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. In particular, with a Computable General Equilibrium framework, the ICES...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008798038