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. At the same time, resulting land use changes pose a severe threat to ecosystem services. Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is …
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-market benefits associated with beach recreation, human health and marine ecosystem impacts, both contingent valuation and travel cost …
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In this study, we have constructed a valuation model based on the CVM consistent with the TCM, in order to measure the use and the non-use values of environmental goods consistently. And the practicality of our model has been examined, by applying this model to measurement of environmental...
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In this note we discuss how a cost–benefit analysis could be formulated in a second-best world where lump-sum taxation is not available. The question is how the government's budget is balanced. Different options are available. A value added tax or an income tax or a profit tax could be...
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Norway is considering a national afforestation program for greenhouse gas (GHG) sequestration on recently abandoned semi-natural pastureland. However, the program may have negative impacts on landscape aesthetics and biodiversity. We conducted a national choice experiment survey to estimate...
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, regional and global levels. -- Meta-analysis ; Coral Ecosystem ; Valuation ; Willingness to Pay ; Biases …
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of production, and consumers. The developing country context is most common for valuing the environment as an input …, because agriculture and natural resource extraction are so much more important than in industrialized countries. When … households or firms produce goods for sale on the market, and the environment influences the costs of production, we show the …
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We simulate potential costs, market returns, and nonmarket ecosystem benefits for commercial bottom oyster reefs, off … driven by market revenues, whereas restored reef and living shoreline benefits are driven by nonmarket ecosystem services …
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one way or other, in some decision contexts, the temptation exists to downplay or ignore these important marine ecosystem … methodologies follow the guidelines proposed by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, taking into account the existing scientific … knowledge on the functioning of marine ecosystems, marine ecosystem goods and services and its impacts on human welfare. Finally …
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This paper documents the effect of primary forest cover loss on increased incidence of malaria. The evidence is consistent with an ecological response. I show that land use change, anti-malarial programs or migration cannot explain the effect of primary forest cover loss on increased malarial...
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