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Export Tariffs Combined with Public Investments As a Forest Conservation Policy Instrument

Schwerhoff, Gregor - 2017

that it is possible to combine export tariffs with public investments such that deforestation decreases, while agricultural …The forest conservation policy instrument REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) is …. This article explores how far export tariffs on agricultural goods combined with public investments, could be used as a …

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Deforestation and Forest Land Use-Theory, Facts and Policy Implications

Panda, Bhagirathi - 2013

The social value of forestry in the effective forestry zone in the north eastern region of India is greater than its its cost of access, harvesting plus the cost of securing property rights. In the north eastern region, the magnitude of this current resource extraction zone is quite large.Thus...

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Climate policy integration in a land use system with ecological thresholds

Lopez, Martin - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 19 (2019) 1/49, pp. 113-135

The land use sector is an area with high potential to pursue mitigation and adaptation goals alike. However, due to the complexity derived from managing landscapes with multiple objectives and the lack of tools to assess the outcome, this potential is presumably subtilized in practice. In order...

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RED versus REDD : biofuel policy versus forest conservation

Dixon, Peter B.; Meijl, Hans van; Rimmer, Maureen T.; … - In: Economic modelling 52 (2016), pp. 366-374

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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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Do Roads Cause Deforestation? Using Satellite Images in Econometric Analysis of Land Use

Nelson, Gerald C. - 2016

This paper demonstrates how satellite images and other geographic data can be used to predict land use. A cross-section model of land use is estimated with data for a region in central Mexico. Parameters from the model are used to examine the effects of reduced human activity. If variables that...

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The Economics of Tropical Deforestation and Land Use : An Introduction to the Special Issue

Barbier, Edward - 2005

This paper both introduces the special issue on the economics of tropical deforestation and land use and conducts a … insights into tropical deforestation and land use, through spatial analysis of locational factors, CGE modeling of policy …

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A Spatiotemporal Model of Shifting Cultivation and Forest Cover Dynamics

Brown, Douglas R. - 2007

Shifting cultivation is the primary means of livelihood for subsistence farmers throughout the humid forests of the tropics. They rely on the forest landscape as a source of fertile land to sustain their livelihood. Sustainable use of the resource base requires long periods of fallow and the...

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Forest Vocation Lands and Forest Policy : When Simpler is Better

Rente Nascimento, Jose - 2007

The paper discusses basic facts and frameworks about the externalities associated with lands covered with forests, such as externalities related to soil and water; biodiversity and genetic resources preservation; carbon sequestration and stock; and aesthetic, option and existence values. The...

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Modeling Linkages between Climate Policy and Land Use : An Overview

Van der Werf, Edwin; Peterson, Sonja M. - 2007

Agriculture and forestry play an important role in emitting and storing greenhouse gases. For an efficient and cost-effective climate policy it is therefore important to explicitly include land use, land use change, and forestry (LULUCF) in economy-climate models. This paper gives an overview...

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