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Secondary growth deforestation leakage in the Pará beef cattle purchasing zone [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information SciencesDeforestation is a major threat to forest conservation in the Amazon, affecting biodiversity, climate balance, and natural resources. The beef cattle market targets deforestation-free products.
L. Oliveira Junior +3 more
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Disentangling the rationale of deforestation to understand better the partial effectiveness of protected areas. A case study for Madagascar's eastern rainforest corridor (2001-12) [PDF]
, 2015 Madagascar's notoriously high level of biodiversity is currently threaten by deforestation. Protected Areas (hereafter “PAs”) remain until now the central instrument to protect it whilst little is known about their environmental effectiveness in the ...
Aubert, Sigrid +7 more
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The spread of non‐native species
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The global redistribution of species through human agency is one of the defining ecological signatures of the Anthropocene, with biological invasions reshaping biodiversity patterns, ecosystem processes and services, and species interactions globally.
Phillip J. Haubrock +16 more
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Environmental Research Letters, 2022 As deforestation breaches into new tropical frontiers, proactive conservation strategies require a trifecta of information on where deforestation is accelerating (emergent), how drivers of deforestation vary spatiotemporally, and where to focus limited ...
Johanness Jamaludin +3 more
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Circular Economy: A Pathway to Integrated Value Creation for Business and Society
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amid growing environmental pressures and the pressing demand to advance sustainable development, the circular economy (CE) has positioned itself as a transformative business approach capable of safeguarding favourable ecosystem conditions through the application of key R‐strategies.
Saudi‐Yulieth Enciso‐Alfaro +1 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of environmental credit risk on bank financial performance, with a particular focus on the moderating role of country‐level climate risk. Using a global panel of 345 listed banks across 75 countries from 2018 to 2022, we measure environmental credit risk through Fitch Ratings' Environmental Relevance Scores.
Kenza Mouti +2 more
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Pecuária e desmatamento: uma análise das principais causas diretas do desmatamento na Amazônia
Nova Economia, 2009 Cattle Ranching is the main causes of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon region. This paper analyses the proximate causes of deforestation using linear regressions with panel data.
Wesley Oliveira +3 more
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Redai diliForests are important natural and strategic resources, and deforestation is a significant cause of soil erosion. Given the high uncertainty and limited temporal-spatial resolution of land features classified by remote sensing, especially the lack of ...
Zhao Zitong +7 more
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Regulation Through Revelation: The Effect of Pollution Monitoring on Labour Demand
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates how manufacturing firms respond to a real‐time pollution monitoring programme, with a focus on the implication for employment. Contrary to the conventional expectation that environmental regulations negatively impact business, the findings reveal that enhanced pollution monitoring has a significant and robust positive ...
Tong Zhu, Andreas Löschel
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Deforestation, leakage and avoided deforestation policies: A spatial analysis [PDF]
Resource and Energy Economics, 2016 This paper analyses the impact of several avoided deforestation policies within a patchy forested landscape. Central is the idea that one neighbour's deforestation actions may impact the returns to deforestation in nearby patches. We determine the impact of each policy in terms of avoided deforestation and leakage levels at the landscape scale through ...
Delacote, Philippe +2 more
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