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Empirical analysis of associations between health expenditure and forest environments : a case of Japan
Kabaya, Kei - In: Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of … 181 (2021), pp. 1-8
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Optimal Taxation in the Forestry Sector in the Congo Basin; The Case of Gabon
Melhado, Oscar E. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
This paper reviews forestry reform in the Congo basin, focusing on Gabon. It argues that the key challenge for the Congo basin countries is to manage their forests in a sustainable manner. It presents the current situation of forestry taxation and forestry reform in Gabon. The paper analyzes...
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The Complier Pays Principle; The Limits of Fiscal Approaches toward Sustainable Forest Management
Leruth, Luc E.; Paris, R.; Ruzicka, I. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
This paper examines the role and impact of taxation on sustainable forest management. It is shown that fiscal instruments neither reinforce nor substitute for traditional regulatory approaches. Far from encouraging more sustainable forest management, fiscal instruments such as an inappropriate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768783
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Forestry Taxation in Africa; The Case of Liberia
Thomas, Saji; Schwidrowski, Arnim - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
Countries generally tax the forestry sector to achieve the twin objectives of revenue maximization and sustainability of logging levels. In an ideal world of perfect markets and information, auctions would be the best instrument to determine the price of extraction rights. However, a number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599407
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Economic contribution of forest products to household income in Metema district, Ethiopia
Mekie, Taye Melese; Dessie, Abebe Birara; Andargie, … - In: Letters in spatial and resource sciences : LSRS 16 (2023) 1, pp. 1-16
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Forestry Cooperatives: Organization and Performance
Simon, Donald M.; Scoville, Orlin J. - Rural Development Program, Department of Agriculture - 1982
. Cooperative organization provides woodland owners professional forestry assistance, in terms of forest management, marketing, and … marketing alternative forest products, such as wood for energy. Woodland-owner organizations have a wide range of sizes …
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FMUs-oriented Subcompartment Data Sharing Technology
WANG, Benyang; ZHEN, Xuening; CHEN, Yigang; CHEN, Shiqing; … - In: Asian Agricultural Research 05 (2013) 10
This article takes a forestry company in Heyuan City of Guangdong Province for example, to research the FMUs (Forest Management Units)-oriented subcompartment data sharing technology, and realize the software platform based on Visual Basic development environment. The software platform can...
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Trade, tropical deforestation and policy interventions
Barbier, Edward; Rauscher, Michael - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 4 (1994) 1, pp. 75-90
Trade interventions are increasingly advocated as a means for controlling timber-related tropical deforestation. This paper analyzes the impact on deforestation of such policy instruments in a dynamic framework. The forest is modelled as a potentially renewable resource, and timber is extracted...
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Environmental Compliance, Corruption and Governance: Theory and Evidence on Forest Stock in Developing Countries
Diarra, Gaoussou; Marchand, Sébastien - HAL - 2011
This paper analyses the relationships between environmental compliance, corruption and environmental regulations in the case of forestry. Using a Principal-Agent model, we highlight interrelationships between firm's environmental non-compliance and corruption conditioned to the efficiency of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008805099
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Environmental Compliance, Corruption and Governance: Theory and Evidence on Forest Stock in Developing Countries
MARCHAND, Sébastien; DIARRA, Gaoussou - Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement … - 2011
This paper analyses the relationships between environmental compliance, corruption and environmental regulations in the case of forestry. Using a Principal-Agent model, we highlight interrelationships between firm's environmental non-compliance and corruption conditioned to the efficiency of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008805597