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Conservation Biology, Volume 37, Issue 3, June 2023., 2023 Abstract Over 1 million species around the world are at risk of extinction, and conservation organizations have to decide where to invest their limited resources. Cost‐effectiveness can be increased by leveraging funding opportunities and increasing collaborative partnerships to achieve shared conservation goals. We devised a structured decision‐making
Natasha A. Lloyd +6 more
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Conservation Biology, Volume 37, Issue 3, June 2023., 2023 Abstract Conservation decisions are invariably made with incomplete data on species’ distributions, habitats, and threats, but frameworks for allocating conservation investments rarely account for missing data. We examined how explicit consideration of missing data can boost return on investment in ecosystem restoration, focusing on the challenge of ...
Christina T. Ioannidou +2 more
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Papers in Regional Science, Volume 101, Issue 2, Page 373-397, April 2022., 2022 Abstract The effects of a rural roads programme depend on labour mobility, how the programme is financed, and agglomeration economies. If financed by a rural poll tax and cross‐price effects and agglomeration economies are sufficiently small, the wage will rise, with some return migration.
Clive Bell
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Spatial cost–benefit analysis of blue restoration and factors driving net benefits globally
Conservation Biology, Volume 35, Issue 6, Page 1850-1860, December 2021., 2021 Abstract Marine coastal ecosystems, commonly referred to as blue ecosystems, provide valuable services to society but are under increasing threat worldwide due to a variety of drivers, including eutrophication, development, land‐use change, land reclamation, and climate change.
Phoebe J. Stewart‐Sinclair +3 more
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Conservation Biology, Volume 35, Issue 3, Page 824-833, June 2021., 2021 Abstract Climate change is a key threat to biodiversity. To conserve species under climate change, ecologists and conservation scientists suggest 2 main conservation strategies regarding land use: supporting species’ range shifts to enable it to follow its climatic requirements by creating migration pathways, such as corridors and stepping stones, and ...
Charlotte Gerling, Frank Wätzold
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A study on the relationship between concentration and profitability in the Brazilian banking industry [PDF]
, 2011 O estudo da rentabilidade bancária envolve duas linhas de discussão: (1) a performance dos bancos é importante para garantir a solidez da instituição e a estabilidade do sistema e (2) rentabilidade elevada pode indicar comportamento oportunista dos ...
Dantas, José Alves +2 more
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Prioritizing debt conversion opportunities for marine conservation
Conservation Biology, Volume 34, Issue 5, Page 1065-1075, October 2020., 2020 Abstract Incentivized debt conversion is a financing mechanism that can assist countries with a heavy debt burden to bolster their long‐term domestic investment in nature conservation. The Nature Conservancy, an international conservation‐based nongovernmental organization, is adapting debt conversions to support marine conservation efforts by small ...
Jennifer McGowan +6 more
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Desempenho bioeconômico de sistemas intensivos de cria e de ciclo completo por meio de simulação
Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2013 Foram simulados quatro sistemas de produção de bovinos de corte a partir de dados zootécnicos e econômicos de uma fazenda de ciclo completo situada no município de Corinto, região central de Minas Gerais.
R.A.V. Santana +3 more
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A rentabilidade dos produtores de soja no Paraguai: concentração e exclusão
Estudos Sociedade e Agricultura, 2020 Atualmente o cultivo da soja exige dos produtores um apurado conhecimento tecnológico, gerencial, financeiro e produtivo, sobretudo por ser um produto padronizado, com preço definido internacionalmente, pautada em um comércio global e controlado por ...
Valdemar João Wesz Junior
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ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE Pinus elliottii YIELD IN THE SOUTHEASTERN MOUNTAIN RANGE, RIO GRANDE DO SUL
Ciência Florestal, 2010 This study was conducted for Pinus elliottii Engelm. at Serra do Sudeste, Rio Grande do Sul, with the following objectives: to check production costs and possible revenues; to perform the economic and financial analysis of Pinus elliottii's wood ...
Eduardo Pagel Floriano +3 more
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