This paper starts out from the optimistic assumption that the basic policies for environmental economic development are known but uncertainties surround the speed of their adoption. In many developing countries the key obstacle is poor governance: consequently, renewable resources continue to be...

Current presentation introduces an analysis of the land use and current environmental situation of the Tian Shan region. Tian Shan (the ’Celestial Mountains’) is the largest high mountain systems (800,000 km2) in the World. geopolitically, Tian Shan is located in the heart of Central Asia....

The research examines aspects of natural and cultural heritage and environmental management in Tian Shan region, Central Asia. This region is outstanding for the richness of natural resources, landscapes and ecosystems. Natural resources of Tian Shan are exceptional: the ecosystems include...

The environmental problem in the basis of the agrarian transformations in Brazil: the case of the South region ? The characteristics of the private appropriation of lands of public domain in Brazil pos 1850 are the root of the current environmental problems in rural areas. Ever since, the...

The primary aim of this paper is pedagogical. We first present and discuss a “wiring diagram” framework in order to elucidate the general links between economic growth and "natural capital." After developing the general framework, we develop parallel frameworks applicable to several specific...

The publication “Market Approach to The Environment Protection” is a naughty contribution to searching acceptable economic and non-economic approach to environmental policies and human behavior towards the nature. Based on “Free Market Environmentalism” thesis the authors fail in correct...

This paper develops an integrated model of adapting natural resource intensive enterprises in Latin America to future climate changes. Based on about 2,000 rural household surveys, we model six specialized and diversified resource enterprises across seventeen land covers. We estimate random...

Vor dem Hintergrund wachsender Umweltprobleme im Bereich der Nordsee und der Ostsee ist die Zusammenarbeit der Anrainerstaaten dieser beiden Meere in den zurückliegenden Jahrzehnten enger geworden. Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird ein Überblick über die bestehenden internationalen Umweltabkommen...

This paper demonstrates that cooperation in international environmental negotiations can be explained by preferences for equity. Within a N-country prisoner?s dilemma in which agents can either cooperate or defect, in addition to the standard non-cooperative equilibrium, cooperation of a large...