Auf Grundlage der garantierten Einspeisevergütungen des Erneuerbaren-Energien-Gesetzes sind in den vergangenen Jahren vermehrt Biogasanlagen auf Basis landwirtschaftlichen Energiepflanzenanbaus errichtet worden. Der vorliegende Beitrag prüft, ob die gestiegene Biogaserzeugung...

This article analyses the impact of national, European and global biofuel targets on German food production and land allocation until 2020. The LEITAP General Equilibrium Model simulates the interaction of agricultural and energy markets in response to the envisaged expansion of the biofuel...

Für den politisch gewünschten Ausbau der Nutzung regenerativer Energien wird eine Steigerung der Biogasproduktion insbesondere auf Basis landwirtschaftlicher Reststoffe wie Wirtschaftsdünger als vorteilhaft angesehen. Obwohl dieser Reststoff produktionskostenfrei zur Verfügung steht, erfolgt...

This paper estimates the social-welfare change due to the application of additional fire prevention measures on Mediterranean forests. The discrete choice experiment is applied to elicit the social preferences regarding fire prevention measures in terms of their impact on fire behaviour...

The success of any groundwater management plan depends on user compliance. There is an intimate relationship between regulatory regimes and pumper perceptions. As well as its enforcement powers, an agency's behavior sends information to users. While enforcement power need not always be used to...

Healthy land ecosystems are essential to sustainable development, including food security and improved livelihoods. Yet, their key services have usually been taken for granted and their true value underrated, leading to land degradation becoming a critical global problem. This pattern of...