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deforestation processes. A recurrent discussion involves what to do to reduce the deforestation process. A compensation to no-deforestation …
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This paper develops an econometric model to explore the determinants of land use choices for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The model is not just capable of representing land use choices using large aggregation categories, but it also allocates agricultural area to the country relevant...
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More cattle, less deforestation? Land use intensification in the Amazon is an unexpected phenomenon. Theories of hollow … rising land productivity of cattle increase deforestation? I use secondary data and spatial econometrics to look for evidence … of a positive relation between cattle intensification and deforestation ('rebound effect'). The reduced-form model I …
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Protected areas are a cornerstone of forest conservation in developing countries. Yet we know little about their effects on forest cover change or the socioeconomic status of local communities, and even less about the relationship between these effects. This paper assesses whether 'win-win'...
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This paper investigates the direct and indirect impacts of ethanol production on land use, deforestation and food … of direct land competition between rival uses increases deforestation and decreases food production. Second, an indirect … displacement of food production across regions, provoked by a shift in the price of food, increases deforestation and reduces the …
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More cattle, less deforestation? Land use intensification in the Amazon is an unexpected phenomenon. Theories of hollow … rising land productivity of cattle increase deforestation? I use secondary data and spatial econometrics to look for evidence … of a positive relation between cattle intensification and deforestation (‘rebound effect’). The reduced-form model I …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011268588
deforestation in return for a payment for avoided releases of carbon into the atmosphere. Simulation was done from 1975 to 2100 … deforestation proceeding at high rates, leading to decreasing provision of forest goods and services and increasing economic growth … incentive to land owners to reduce deforestation, higher prices for avoided carbon emissions would have to be set than current …
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impact of policy instruments on deforestation and reforestation processes as well as land-use dynamics and sustainability in …
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