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The transferability and performance of payment-by-results biodiversity conservation procurement auctions: empirical evidence from northernmost Germany [PDF]
Managed grasslands contribute in a number of ways to the biodiversity of European agricultural landscapes and provide a wide range of ecosystem services that are also of socio-economic value.
Markus Groth
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The USDA's Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) delivers environmental benefits to society by enrolling cropland and grasslands to reestablish or safeguard long‐term vegetative cover. In recent years, the CRP has dramatically increased grassland enrollment while cropland enrollment has been in steady decline. This paper uses descriptive analysis,
Wesley Zebrowski +2 more
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Cost recovery and pricing of payment services [PDF]
A modern payment system is essential for promoting domestic and international trade and exchange as well as developing financial markets. Payment users will be directed toward the most efficient payment methods when the costs of producing those services ...
Keppler, Robert H. +2 more
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PAYMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES APPROACH TO REDUCE FLOOD IN CILIWUNG WATERSHED
Biotropia: The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Biology, 2017 Spatial planning has already been stipulated in Ciliwung Watershed, but its implementation is often not in line with the rapid development activities. To fulfill space demand, agricultural and forest areas are converted into open or built-up areas ...
Tri Ratna Saridewi +3 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Rational actors constantly incorporate information into their decision‐making behavior. Since there is often a time lag between the announcement of a policy and its implementation, an important question arises: when do rational actors incorporate new information into their market behavior, at the announcement or at the implementation of a ...
Tim Ölkers, Oliver Mußhoff
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Do Environmental Services Buyers Prefer Differentiated Rates? A Case Study from the Colombian Andes [PDF]
Flat user fees in payment for environmental services (PES) schemes promote administrative ease, and are sometimes perceived as egalitarian. However, when environmental service (ES) buyers are heterogeneous in their income and water consumption levels ...
Rocío del Pilar Moreno-Sánchez +2 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The California dairy industry has experienced considerable consolidation over the past 30 years. During this period, there has also been substantial technological innovation, implementation of the state's Low Carbon Fuel Standard program, and rapid adoption of anaerobic digesters.
Michael McCullough, Jarrett Hart
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Higher water tariffs for less river pollution—evidence from Min River and Fuzhou City, People’s Republic of China [PDF]
Upstream nonpoint source pollution has become a significant threat to urban drinking water safety in the People’s Republic of China. Payment for environmental services (PES) is seen as a promising mechanism to deal with the situation.
Lin, Tun, Jiang, Yi, Jin, Leshan
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Payment for ecosystem services: the economy that will save natural environments? [PDF]
Acta Botânica BrasílicaSince the dawn of civilization, it has been understood what natural resources were and their importance for the survival and development of humanity.
Ludimila Rodrigues de Almeida +2 more
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