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Environmental Management in Agriculture – Case of Bulgaria
Bachev, Hrabrin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
agriculture, and assesses the forms, factors and efficiency of agro-eco-management in Bulgaria during post-communist transition … evaluating the system of environmental management in agriculture. After that is analysed evolution of diverse formal and informal … management forms for environmental management in Bulgarian agriculture, and identifies and assesses the forms, factors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114363
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Fiscal Incentives for Biodiversity Conservation : The Icms Ecologico in Brazil
Grieg-Gran, Maryanne - 2014
This paper evaluates an innovative tax revenue-sharing scheme in Brazil, designed to promote the conservation and management of protected areas. Known as the "ICMS Ecologico", the scheme was introduced by the state of Parana in Brazil and subsequently by several other states. The scheme aims to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014126964
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Governing of Agro-Ecosystem Services
Bachev, Hrabrin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
associated with some new challenges such as unsustainable exploitation, lost biodiversity, land degradation, water and air …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005025716
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Constitutionalizing the Public Trust Doctrine in Chile
Blumm, Michael C.; Hebert, Mathew - 2022
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013306329
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Fixed costs involved in crop pattern changes and agri-environmental schemes
Espinosa-Goded, Maria; Dupraz, Pierre; Barreiro-Hurlé, … - Laboratoire Études et Recherches Économiques … - 2009
Agri-environmental schemes are the main policy instrument currently available in the European Union to promote environmentally friendly farming practices. Nevertheless, the adoption rate of these measures is still limited. This paper develops a profit maximizer theoretical framework to explain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008579024
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Valuation of EU agricultural landscape
Ciaian, Pavel; Gómez y Paloma, Sergio - 2011
The present paper provides a meta-analysis of agricultural landscape valuation studies and through the estimated benefit transfer function it projects the value of EU landscape. The analyses are based on information from more than thirty European and non-European studies which use a stated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524907
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Carbon farming in Africa : opportunities and challenges for engaging smallholder farmers
Schilling, Friederike; Baumüller, Heike; Ecuru, Julius; … - 2023
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) highlights the importance of reaching net-zero CO2 emissions globally by 2050. Unlocking the potential of natural climate solutions in the strive for net-zero emissions is increasingly gaining attention. A large potential may arise from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014247640
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Policies for inclusive urbanisation in China
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Wang, Xiao; Chalaux, Thomas - 2013
Urbanisation in China has long been held back by various restrictions on land and internal migration but has taken off since the 1990s, as these impediments started to be gradually relaxed. People have moved in large numbers to richer cities, where productivity is higher and has increased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010231018
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Climate mitigation co-benefits from sustainable nutrient management in agriculture : Incentives and opportunities
Andersen, Mikael Skou - 2021
also explores the opportunities for sustainable nutrient management in agriculture with climate mitigation benefits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012801171
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Policies for Inclusive Urbanisation in China
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Wang, Xiao; Chalaux, Thomas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
Urbanisation in China has long been held back by various restrictions on land and internal migration but has taken off since the 1990s, as these impediments started to be gradually relaxed. People have moved in large numbers to richer cities, where productivity is higher and has increased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276950