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The transferability and performance of payment-by-results biodiversity conservation procurement auctions : empirical evidence from northernmost Germany
Groth, Markus - 2009
scheme in the county Steinburg in the northernmost federal state of Germany (Schleswig-Holstein) will be focussed. Results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003802978
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Soil carbon sequestration by agriculture : Policy options
Henderson, Ben - 2022
Net soil carbon sequestration on agricultural lands could offset 4% of annual global human-induced GHG emissions over the rest of the century and make an important contribution to meeting the targets of the Paris Agreement. To harness this potential of the agricultural sector to positively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012886655
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Indicators on terrestrial and marine protected areas : methodology and results for OECD and G20 countries
Mackie, Alexander; Sentier, Sarah; Haščič, Ivan; … - 2017
This paper details a methodology for calculating the extent of terrestrial and marine protected areas recorded in the World Database on Protected Areas by country, type and IUCN management categories. The method allows the data on protected areas to be summarised in a harmonised and more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011822317
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How green is greening? : a fine-scale analysis of spatiotemporal dynamics in Germany
Lakes, Tobia Maike; García Márquez, Jaime Ricardo; … - Agricultural Land Markets - Efficiency and Regulation - 2020
the plot level from IACS for Brandenburg in Germany from 2005 to 2018 and apply quantitative spatial metrics. In result …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012139769
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Phasing out of environmentally harmful subsidies : consequences of the 2003 CAP reform
Hofreither, Markus F.; Schmid, Erwin; Sinabell, Franz - 2004
2003 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform is to decouple income support from production. This paper estimates the … environmental consequences of this policy reform. An agricultural sector model using a modified version of the positive mathematical … that the 2003 CAP reform will not only reduce average cost of production, but may also improve environmental conditions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011494743
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An evaluation of protected area policies in the European Union
Grupp, Tristan Earle; Mishra, Prakash; Reynaert, Mathias; … - 2023
The European Union designates 26% of its landmass as a protected area, limiting economic development to favor biodiversity. This paper uses the staggered introduction of protected-area policies between 1985 and 2020 to study the selection of land for protection and the causal effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014444040
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Agri-environmental schemes and grassland biodiversity : another side of the coin
Münch, Angela - 2010
In this paper part of the existing Agri-Environmental Schemes (AES) of the European Union are evaluated by using data on county level instead of applying field studies. The attempt is made to disentangle the effects of AES on land management practice as well as land use on biodiversity. It is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962526
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On the choice of farm management practices after the reform of the common agricultural policy in 2003
Schmid, Erwin; Sinabell, Franz - 2004
this reform fits into the EU strategy of making agricultural production more environmentally friendly by concentrating on … financial aspects. Using an agricultural sector model for Austria, we show that the reform will further decrease agricultural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011494577
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Opportunity cost of environmental preservation : the case of the Brazilian Legal Amazon
Chagas, André Luis Squarize; Andrade, Luiza Cardoso de - 2013
Currently, the region named Brazilian Legal Amazon (BLA) represents the agricultural frontier of Brazil, and it concentrates the deforestation processes, so-called arc of deforestation. This region covers the total area of Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima, and Tocantins, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011547167
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Managing the biodiversity impacts of fertiliser and pesticide use : overview and insights from trends and policies across selected OECD countries
Sud, Megha - 2020
This paper reviews the impacts and costs of pesticide and fertiliser pollution as well as the policy responses to counter these in selected OECD countries. More specifically, the paper begins with an overview of the main biodiversity and health impacts of excess pesticide and fertiliser. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012180379