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Biodiversity Futures [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2005
Natarajan Ishwaran, Walter Erdelen
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Choice experiments on land managers' participation in environmental programs: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of estimate validity

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Discrete choice experiments are increasingly being used to estimate land managers' willingness to accept participation in incentive‐based environmental programs. This is a specific application of discrete choice experiments: the estimation of willingness to accept for a private good (program participation) where respondents have to make trade ...
Anastasio J. Villanueva   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The causal effect of agricultural landscape simplification on Germany's grasslands during a compound drought and heatwave in 2018

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Preserving ecosystem services, along with economic and environmental benefits, will require future landscape policies to identify and incorporate relevant landscape features. In this paper, we investigate the causal effect of agricultural landscape simplification on drought‐related grassland damages.
Marco Ferro   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Caribbean Biodiversity Fund : 2023 annual report

open access: yes
The 2023 Annual Report of the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) for the period of 31 October 2022 to 30 September 2023 showcases the fund's ongoing commitment to biodiversity conservation, sustainable development, and climate resilience in the Caribbean.
Caribbean Biodiversity Fund
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A biodiversity jigsaw: A review of current New Zealand legislation and initiatives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to review the current legislation and initiatives surrounding biodiversity management, protection and sustainable use related to the New Zealand local government sector. Design/methodology/approach: This paper takes
Schneider, Annika Barbara Sabine   +1 more
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Income sharing for common pool resources with uncertain productivity

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We address the interconnected issues of externalities in the use of a natural common‐pool resource system and adverse effects of environmental uncertainty on risk‐averse resource users. We set up a simple analytical model and derive conditions such that insurance by means of an income sharing mechanism mitigates externalities and hence ...
Claudia Kelsall   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Valuing Changes in Forest Biodiversity [PDF]

open access: yes
The paper offers an innovative approach to valuation of biodiversity. Instead of the prevailing approach of using only one indicator of biodiversity (usually number of species) we provide evidence that it is possible to provide attributes describing ...
Mikołaj Czajkowski   +2 more
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High‐elevation endemic plants predicted to lose habitat from changing climate in Washington State

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise High‐elevation plants face unique challenges from potential climate change impacts that will likely require upslope migration into increasingly smaller suitable habitat. This situation is particularly acute for endemic species that by definition occupy small geographic ranges.
Nicholas L. Gjording   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biodiversity

open access: yesÉtudes Caribéennes, 2018
Jean-Marie Breton
doaj   +1 more source

Linking community structure and climate vulnerability in desert plant assemblages of southern California

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Desert plant assemblages in southern California provide an opportunity to link patterns of community structure with climate‐driven vulnerability in a rapidly changing environment. California sustains an exceptionally diverse flora of approximately 4300 plant species, with 31% identified as endemic.
Hector Zumbado‐Ulate   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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