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A direct test of socially desirable responding in contingent valuation interviews [PDF]

--environmental valuation,contingent valuation method,socially desirable responding,loss aversion ...
Börger, Tobias
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Learning from 20 Years of Payments for Ecosystem Services in Costa Rica [PDF]

, 2013
Costa Rica's Payments for Ecosystems Services (PES) programme has become something of an icon in the world of conservation. Its innovative blend of economic and regulatory instruments - and its hitches and successes - provide a valuable source of ...
Adriana Chacon-Cascante, David N. Barton, Ina Porras, Miriam Miranda   +3 more
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Deforestation and climate change: acting on the causes. What the (carbon) market cannot do... [PDF]

, 2009
With an estimated average loss of around 13 million hectares per year between 2000 and 2005 – 7.3 million hectares if reforestation is taken into account, according to FAO –, tropical deforestation is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. At around
Karsenty, Alain
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Digitisation of herbarium specimens to the benefit of research: An African perspective focusing on South Africa and Western Indian Ocean Island states

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Botanical exploration, discovery and conservation rely heavily on access to herbarium collections. Recently, digital access to label information, including georeferenced locality data, and images of herbarium specimens available online have greatly increased usage of herbarium specimen data.
Ronell R. Klopper, Hester M. Steyn, Cláudia Baider, Benny Bytebier, Anisha Dayaram, F. B. Vincent Florens, Nivohenintsoa Rakotonirina, Domitilla Raimondo, Marc Sosef, M. Marianne le Roux   +9 more
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Mapping arboretum research: Trends, gaps, and opportunities for biodiversity conservation, society, and climate resilience

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Arboreta bridge people and nature while conserving tree biodiversity, supporting climate resilience, and advancing environmental education. This study maps over a century of available and indexed arboretum research, uncovering trends, knowledge gaps, and opportunities for collaboration.
Catarina Patoilo Teixeira, Vítor Ramalhosa Ferreira   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deforestation and reforestation in a world hotspot of fire-driven forest loss: trends in California conifer forests 1991–2023

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
North America is a continental leader in fire-driven deforestation, with US western and Mediterranean-climate forests being major centers of forest loss.
Hugh D. Safford, Joseph A. E. Stewart
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Growth of larch crops on сryolothozone Yakutia [PDF]

Сибирский лесной журнал
The article deals with the issues of artificial reforestation on the burnt areas in the permafrost zone of East Siberia (Yakutia). Scientifically substantiated work on forest plantations in Yakutia has not been carried out before this work.
L. P. Gabysheva, A. P. Isaev
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THE DYNAMICS OF LAND-COVER CHANGE IN WESTERN HONDURAS: SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION AND TEMPORAL VARIATION [PDF]

This paper presents an econometric analysis of land-cover change in western Honduras. Ground-truthed satellite image analysis indicates that between 1987 and 1996, net reforestation occurred in the 1,015.12 km2 study region.
Munroe, Darla K., Southworth, Jane, Tucker, Catherine M.   +2 more
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The role of fiscal instruments in encouraging the private sector and smallholders to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation: Evidence from Indonesia [PDF]

, 2019
While developing countries around the world are preparing to implement REDD+, there is a debate on the possible role of fiscal instruments in encouraging the private sector and smallholder stakeholders in reducing emissions.
Cadman, Tim, Maraseni, Tek, Muttaqin, Zahrul, Nurfatriani, Fitri, Salminah, Mimi, Sarker, Tapan   +5 more
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Integrating indigenous crops in agroforestry systems: Lesser yam and teak mixed systems are more profitable than monocultures in Indonesia

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Major staple crops are often introduced and cultivated in monocultures. Yams are staple crops native to the majority of low‐ and middle‐income countries and can provide an alternative to introduced staple crops. We showed that lesser yams cultivated together with teak trees (planted at the border of the farm) are more profitable than lesser yam ...
Budiadi, Sawitri, Enggal Primananda, Aqmal Nur Jihad, Marco Campera, Rika Bela Rahmawati   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source