La agricultura es un sector clave en la economía rural y constituye un motor de crecimiento en regiones del sur de España capaces de desarrollar un regadío competitivo de alto rendimiento. Este es el caso de determinadas comarcas de la Cuenca del Guadalquivir y del Segura, que no obstante...

This paper incorporates the interdisciplinary New Institutional and Transaction Costs Economics and suggests a holistic framework for analysis of management agro-ecosystem services. That new approach for analyses and assessment of management of agro-ecosystem services includes: definition of the...

This paper incorporates the interdisciplinary New Institutional and Transaction Costs Economics and suggests a holistic framework for analysis of management agro-ecosystem services. That new approach for analyses and assessment of management of agro-ecosystem services includes: definition of the...

En una economía de mercado, los distintos bienes económicos tratan de gestionarse buscando la máxima eficiencia, sobre todo para los propietarios. La gestión colectiva se aplica en el caso de algunos bienes con características específicas, tales como la dificultad de su divisibilidad y...

The Klamath River, draining some 12,000 square miles in southern Oregon and northern California, was once the third largest salmon stream on the West Coast, the life force of Native Americans. The river runs 263 miles from headwaters in Oregon and flows through the Cascades to the Pacific Ocean...

Chile, whose public has experienced widespread dissatisfaction with Chilean environmental policies, seems poised to use the ongoing redrafting of its constitution to entrench the public trust doctrine in its fundamental charter. The ancient doctrine, emanating from Roman law and reflected in the...

This study is a part of the research project on “Eco-management in agriculture” funded by the Agricultural Academy with period of implementation 2013-2014. This report summarizes the results of the first year and includes: - state of the studies in the area; - theoretical and methodological...

The supply chains of animal-sourced foods, particularly beef, pose risks to human and planetary health, threatening food sovereignty. These chains have been related to deforestation and the breaching of agricultural barriers, eradicating native forests and taking away space used to grow foods...

Agriculture uses more land and water than any other human activity, and our consumption demands continue to grow even as our resource base shrinks. A highly industrialized U.S. food system produces lots of food at seemingly low per unit cost. But our current system is taking a heavy toll on...

As Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is a new technology, there had been no legal framework regulating CCS projects or addressing its potential risks on either an international or a European or national level. Accordingly, significant changes at all governance levels have taken place within the...