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SOCIO-ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS OF NATURE PROTECTED AREAS: HEALTH FIRST EFFECT
European Journal of Geography, 2022 The importance of protected areas rich in forest ecosystems rapidly grows. Forests in parks become recreation centres for cities near protected areas having strong health function.
Sanja TISMA +3 more
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Environmental Research Letters, 2014 This paper describes two payment for ecosystem services (PES) programs to restore grassland ecosystems in Inner Mongolia in Northern China. A key challenge is to sustain the livelihood of local residents, who earn most of their income from traditional ...
L Zhen +9 more
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Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente, 2015 The payment for ecosystem services (PES) is a tool that has been adopted to stimulate the taking of actions that can contribute to the environmental recovery and preservation by means of the voluntary participation in conservation programs by farmers ...
Roberta Fernanda da Paz de Souza Paiva +1 more
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A review of the legal and policy framework for payments for ecosystem services (PES) in Thailand [PDF]
, 2014 Thailand is somewhat lagging behind other countries in Southeast Asia in adopting the concept of payment for environmental services (PES) as an instrument for creating incentives for natural resources conservation. There are a number of activities involving payments for provision of activities or environmental services but these are missing many ...
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Agricultural intensification is a key driver of soil erosion, biodiversity loss, and the progressive degradation of ecosystems, increasing the urgency for transformative agricultural models. Regenerative agriculture (RA) has emerged as a promising solution by integrating ecological principles with long‐term economic viability to restore ...
Beatriz Salazar‐Gálvez +3 more
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Ecosphere, 2019 Increasingly, agriculture is recognized as valuable not only for food production, but also for regulating and supporting ecosystem services such as those encompassing biodiversity and water.
Elizabeth H. Boughton +9 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The bioeconomy has become a component of sustainability strategies addressing climate change, resource scarcity and economic transformation. Despite a growing body of literature, evidence on the environmental impacts of the bioeconomy remains fragmented, heterogeneous and distributed across sectors and regions. This paper provides a systematic
Javier Coca, Valeria Ferreira, Laia Pié
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The agrifood system generates around one‐third of global greenhouse gas emissions, driven by land use and land‐use change. Existing policy assessments focus on net emissions changes, overlooking efficiency losses within market dynamics and the carbon sequestration potential of land.
Ferike Thom +3 more
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European Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Zero‐leverage firms remain a puzzle in corporate finance. We propose a supply‐side mechanism linking environmental impact to debt access. Because creditors favour firms with high negative externalities and strong cash flows, environmentally friendly firms with high initial costs face tighter credit constraints.
Paolo Saona +3 more
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Risk barriers and sustainability in payment for ecosystem service implementation in smallholder forestry [PDF]
Global Journal of Environmental Science and ManagementAgroforestry offers sustainable solutions for small-scale farmers and the environment, crucial for climate change adaptation and resilience.
A. Ibrahim +4 more
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