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Factors Influencing Landowners’ Decisions for Income-Generating Activities on Private Coastal Wetland in Louisiana

open access: yesResources, 2019
The coastal zone of Louisiana contains more than 3 million wetland acres and has the highest acreage of salt marsh of any state. However, Louisiana accounts for 80 percent of the nation’s coastal land loss.
Hua Wang, Walter Keithly, Rex Caffey
doaj   +1 more source

Revisiting the natural resource curse: A cross-country growth study

open access: yesCogent Economics & Finance, 2021
This paper revisits the original natural resource curse study conducted by Sachs and Warner to investigate the relationship between natural resource dependence and per capita growth in recent data consisting of 68 developing countries that includes 14 ...
K. Saeed
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Socio-Ecological Outcomes of Single-Species Fisheries Management: The Case of Yellow Perch in Lake Erie

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
This manuscript uses seminal models in fisheries economics to assess the ecosystem effects of policy focused on sustainable management of a single fish stock.
Katherine Lee   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors that influence the implementation of sustainable land management practices by rural households in Tigrai region, Ethiopia

open access: yesEcological Processes, 2019
Background Sustainable land management is considered as one of the useful approaches to combat the threat of various forms of land degradation in Ethiopia. Despite this, there is scant information regarding households’ decision towards the implementation
Haftu Etsay   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Natural Resources and Economic Outcomes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Why do some countries grow while others do not? This question is one of the most important in economics. Literally thousands of papers have been published on the topic. And it is of enormous policy significance, because the current understanding of the answer to this question affects the behavior of a variety of organizations including the World Bank ...
openaire   +1 more source

Are fluctuations in coal, oil and natural gas consumption permanent or transitory? Evidence from OECD countries

open access: yesHeliyon, 2020
Economic development is characterised by natural resource extraction and consumption. However, due to the finite nature of fossil fuel energy sources and its price shocks, an investigation into its historical fluctuations is essential for energy policy ...
Mehmet Akif Destek   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of households food insecurity and its coping mechanisms in Western Ethiopia

open access: yesAgricultural and Food Economics, 2019
This study analyzed households’ food insecurity and its determinants along with the coping mechanisms opted against food insecurity and shortage in Assosa zone, western Ethiopia.
Seid Sani, Biruk Kemaw
doaj   +1 more source

Poverty, environment and natural resource use: introduction to the special issue [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
A growing population and growing per capita consumption threaten the environment and the natural resource base. Where natural resources are at risk, the livelihoods of many are at risk as well.
Ierland, E.C., van, Weikard, H.P.
core   +2 more sources

Perceptions of pastoral communities on cattle breed improvement: insights from Uganda’s community-based breeding scheme

open access: yesFrontiers in Animal Science
This study assesses pastoral livestock-keepers’ perceptions of breed improvement based on participants in the Community Based Bull Breeding Programme (CBBP) of the Regional Pastoral Livelihood Resilience Project in Uganda (RPLRP).
Gonzaga Ssekibaala   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Real‐World Cost‐Effectiveness of a Standardized Education and Exercise Therapy Program for Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis Compared to Usual Care

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We estimated the real‐world cost‐effectiveness of a standardized education and exercise therapy program (GLA:D) compared to usual care (UC) for people managing hip and/or knee osteoarthritis (HKOA). Methods We used a prospective matched cohort design to recruit people (aged >45 years) diagnosed with HKOA who used GLA:D or UC (not on a ...
Darren R. Mazzei   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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