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Autor:
Jonathan R Thompson, Alexey Kalinin, Lucy G Lee, Valerie J Pasquarella, Joshua Plisinski, Katharine R E Sims
Publikováno v:
Environmental Research Letters, Vol 19, Iss 11, p 114033 (2024)
Conservation easements are voluntary legal agreements designed to constrain land-use activities on private land to achieve conservation goals. Extensive public and private funding has been used to establish ‘working forest’ conservation easements
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https://doaj.org/article/b4233c86a98a4a5dacdc602295885430
Publikováno v:
Environmental Research Letters, Vol 17, Iss 6, p 064014 (2022)
Substantial funding is being allocated to new land protection and access to protected open space for marginalized communities is a crucial concern. Using New England as a study area, we show striking disparities in the distribution of protected open
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https://doaj.org/article/524558566d22430ab20b272ae423c2ba
Publikováno v:
Conservation Letters, Vol 12, Iss 6, Pp n/a-n/a (2019)
Abstract Voluntary, permanent land protection is a key conservation process in many countries. Concerns with the effectiveness of such decentralized processes exist due to the potential for (1) selection bias, that is, the protection of parcels whose
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https://doaj.org/article/bc683ec1537844d6949443296704985e
Publikováno v:
Journal of Public Economics. 176:179-194
Cost-effective allocation of conditional cash transfers (CCT) requires identifying recipients with low opportunity costs who might change behavior. This paper develops a low-cost approach for improving program implementation by using a stated prefere
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Oldekop, J, Sims, K R E, Karna, B K, Whittingham, M J & Agrawal, A 2019, ' Reductions in deforestation and poverty from decentralized forest management in Nepal ', Nature Sustainability, vol. 2, no. 5, pp. 421-428 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0277-3
Since the 1980’s, decentralized forest management has been promoted as a way to enhance sustainable forest use and reduce rural poverty. Rural communities manage increasing amounts of the world’s forests, yet rigorous evidence using large-N data
Publikováno v:
Conservation Science and Practice, Vol 3, Iss 2, Pp n/a-n/a (2021)
Win—win outcomes between biodiversity conservation and local economic development are now a goal of many governments and conservation organizations but can be difficult to achieve. Where they occur, reductions in poverty from protected areas are of
Publikováno v:
Ecological Applications. 28:1982-1997
Forest fragmentation can lead to habitat reduction, edge increase, and exposure to disturbances. A key emerging policy to protect forests is payments for ecosystem services (PES), which offers compensation to landowners for environmental stewardship.
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Oldekop, J A, Sims, K R E, Whittingham, M J & Agrawal, A 2018, ' An upside to globalization : International outmigration drives reforestation in Nepal ', Global Environmental Change, vol. 52, pp. 66-74 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.06.004
Halting and reversing global forest loss is a key priority for sustainable development pathways. Multiple countries in the Global South have recently transitioned from net forest loss to net forest gain. Understanding and explaining reforestation pat
Publikováno v:
International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics. 11:97-144
Understanding the signficance of habitat fragmentation for ecological function has been a focus in the natural sciences for decades. More recently, the field of economics has begun to assess the drivers and impact of habitat fragmentation, as well as
Publikováno v:
Environmental and Resource Economics. 72:763-794
Household biogas systems are a renewable energy technology with the potential to provide sustainable development benefits by reducing pressure on forest stocks and by shifting household time allocation towards higher value activities or long-term inv