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Least-cost allocation of measures to increase the amount of coarse woody debris in forest estates
Ekvall, Hans; Bostedt, Göran; Jonsson, Mattias - In: Journal of forest economics : JFE 19 (2013) 3, pp. 267-285
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Logging concessions, certification & protected areas in the Peruvian Amazon: Forest impacts from combinations of development rights & land-use restrictions
Rico, Jimena; Panlasigui, Stephanie; Loucks, Colby J.; … - 2018
In this paper, we use geospatial data and difference-in-differences models to identify the deforestation effects, during 2000-2013, of the leading forest policies in the Peruvian Amazon: i) logging concessions, ii) third-party certification of concessions, and iii) Protected Areas (PAs). We find...
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Logging concessions, certification & protected areas in the Peruvian Amazon : forest impacts from combinations of development rights & land-use restrictions
Rico, Jimena; Panlasigui, Stephanie; Loucks, Colby J.; … - 2018
In this paper, we use geospatial data and difference-in-differences models to identify the deforestation effects, during 2000-2013, of the leading forest policies in the Peruvian Amazon: i) logging concessions, ii) third-party certification of concessions, and iii) Protected Areas (PAs). We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011894112
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Implementing EU renewable energy policy at the subnational level : navigating between conflicting interests
Lepesant, Gilles - Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis - 2016
The European Union (EU) has set targets for gradually reducing greenhouse gas emissions through 2050. One of the instruments involved is the 2009 Renewable Energy Directive, which specifies a 20 per cent renewable energy target for the EU by 2020. This paper reviews tensions and institutional...
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The governance of global value chains, the state, and small businesses : the case of timber in Myanmar
Rand, John; Castro Rodriguez, Paula; Tarp, Finn; … - 2019
We use the case of the timber industry in Myanmar to analyse how national regulatory frameworks and international ecological discourses affect forest management and small businesses. The state plays two roles in the timber industry in Myanmar: it is the main producer and legal source of raw...
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Politics of forests and environmental data : innovation from above, innovation from below, and conflicts over land use and property in Sweden
Alarcón, Cristián - In: Italian review of agricultural economics 78 (2023) 2, pp. 39-52
data in Sweden. The term politics of data is used to analyse data production orientated to productivity-oriented forestry … forest and forestry in Sweden. By looking at data production from below, the paper attempts to bring a more dynamic … analysis of the paper is based on cases where the role of data production in discussions on forestry in Sweden show …
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Chapter 59 Land Use: Forest, Agriculture, and Biodiversity Competition
Sedjo, Roger A.; Simpson, R. David - In: Handbook of agricultural economics : volume 3: …, (pp. 2979-3007). 2007
Since at least the time of von Thünen's contributions to the subject, economists have been interested in explaining land use in the hinterlands. This interest has grown with increasing societal demands on remaining forested areas and concern for the nonmarket resources generated by such...
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The forest-based bioeconomy in Latvia : economic and environmental importance
Tetere, Vineta; Peerlings, Jack; Dries, Liesbeth - In: Bio-based and applied economics 12 (2023) 4, pp. 323-331
The bioeconomy is considered a means to achieving a climate-neutral economy as aimed for in the EU Green Deal. For Latvia, the forest-based bioeconomy has the potential to contribute to this aim. An operational definition of the forest-based bioeconomy is needed to calculate its size. This...
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Estimating leakage from forest carbon sequestration programs
Murray, Brian C.; McCarl, Bruce A.; Lee, Heng-Chi - 2003
level of greenhouse gas offsets from land use change and forestry mitigation activities. …
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Practical Issues Concerning Temporary Carbon Credits in the CDM
Dutschke, Michael; Schlamadinger, Bernhard - 2003
Afforestation and reforestation (AR) projects in the Clean Development Mechanism are able to create emission permits that can be accounted against the industrialized countries' commitments for limiting their greenhouse gas emissions, as agreed under the Kyoto Protocol. The discussion of how to...
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