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Das ökonomische Potential des Einsatzes von Ausschreibungen für Umweltleistungen konnte nunmehr auch in Europa aufgezeigt werden. Jedoch stellen diese Modellprojekte bislang nur einen ersten Schritt auf dem Weg zur Implementierung von Ausschreibungen in europäische Politikmaßnahmen dar. Dies...
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of the founder of the economics of renewable resources. Moreover, in combination with his publications on forestry, land …
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This paper discusses global public goods related to the world';s land resources, their current provision and likely … climate change. Within this context, access to geospatial analysis tools and information on climate, land use and tenure …
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In recent years, there has been much discussion about biochar - a carbonaceous product made of biomass - as a promising technique for mitigating climate change. In particular, this method has the potential to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere for the long term by incorporating biochar...
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latter paying back the credit obtained when beeing young. Furthermore, it states that as long as land is an essential input … for producing the final product (including food) the amount of land devoted to bio-fuel production will not raise … will integrate into a model of endogenous economic growth with resources, exogenous technical progress and land as a …
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This paper presents an integrated energy balance model of global and urban warming in the attributes/functionings framework à la Gorman-Lancaster-Sen and proposes a Global Warming Function and an Urban Warming Function. Also presented is a concept of Heat Island Integral, which measures the...
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sequestration and other ecosystem services), on the other hand, the economic profits associated with land development (agriculture …, ranching, etc.). We adopt the model by Bulte et al. (2002) as theoretical frame for studying land conversion and then derive … the time required to develop the remaining forested land in these states. We provide potential future scenarios, in terms …
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Productivity of rangelands in Kenya is affected by increasing crop farming especially in more fertile range areas. Among the key factors driving the encroachment of crops on rangelands are the changing opportunities brought about by markets. We hypothesize that the existing market inefficiencies...
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The purpose of this paper is to point out the necessity to use new instruments for an integrated waste management system. Waste Stock Exchange is an innovative and efficient instrument, if introduced in a solid legal and economic context, as is typical of a free and competitive market. The Waste...
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Contrary to current notions about water abundance in Lebanon, the country is facing serious problems of unavailability, both in quantity and quality, geographical and sectoral. Even though this is due to several existing human-related aspects, i.e. management, ill-finance, non-integration and...
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