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The environmental impact of economic incentives for agricultural production: a comparative law study

… PRELIMINARY CHAPTER - OVERVIEW OF ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION 9 A. Concept of economic incentives for agricultural production 9 1. Concept ambiguity 9 2. Concept … Richards P., Ecological Change and the Politics of African Land Use, African Studies Review, June 1983, pp. 1-59. - 3 - …
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Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening

… 19 4.5 Land-use planning and land ownership … in transition is one of first necessity product supply (agricultural products, wood energy and water), erosion, sand … environment in cities. Healthy and environmentally sound agricultural activities and the provision of common land
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Community - based incentives for nature conservation

… 3.1 Livelihood and market incentives for sustainable land use in natural woodland areas of Kibwezi, … agriculture, open pit mining and the disposal of untreated agricultural and domestic wastes degrade natural systems as … in the course of their economic activity. Examples include agricultural policies which encourage high-input arable …
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Economic measures for biodiversity planning: An annotated bibliography of methods, experiences and cases

… show that traditional measures overstate the value of the agricultural sector's output by approximately 10%. It is … #7. Allaway, J., & Cox, P. (1989). 'Forests and competing land uses in Kenya', Environmental Management 13 (2):171-187 … forests in Kenya are under heavy pressure from competing agricultural land uses and from unsustainable cutting. The …
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Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks

… when numerous upstream landholders dedicate their land to intensive agricultural or cattle-ranching activities, or when forest owners convert their forest land to agricultural land. In these cases, down- stream water …
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Review of laws, policies and economic instruments related to payment for ecosystem services in Vietnam

… 2. Rights to use, manage and benefit from land and environmental resources .................1 Ecosystem … Article 48). A community does not pay land use fees for agricultural land assigned to it (Land Law 2003, Article … use rights Rights in land that is used for annual agricultural crops, aquaculture or salt-making may be …
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A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes

… will inevitably involve trade-offs among the different land-use types, each of which provides a different mix of … and synergies?” 11 � Chomitz, K. 2007. At Loggerheads? Agricultural Expansion, Poverty Reduction, and Environment in … strive for a better joint management of conservation and agricultural production in support of rural livelihoods. � …
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CITES and CBNRM. Proceedings of an international symposium on “The relevance of CBNRM to the conservation and sustainable use of CITES-listed species in exporting countries”

… and Conservation of the European Union FAO Food and Agricultural Organization FOM Forestry Assessment, Management … across other high priority issues such as climate change, land degradation, hazardous chemicals and wastes and ozone … the harvesting of species to levels compatible with agricultural use or human safety. At the same time, CBNRM, in …
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Markets and Incentives in Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy. Using Economic and Financial Tools to Sustain Forest Livelihoods and Landscapes

… much of the impetus to convert, clear and exploit forest land and resources comes from the search for greater income, … (as opposed to ecosystem services), such as those for agricultural, timber, non-timber and ecotourism products. The … in the Catskills: A Socio-Economic Analysis of the Agricultural Strategy in New York City’s Watershed Management …
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Energy subsidies: Lessons learned in assessing their impact and designing policy reforms

… management in diverse areas including freshwater and land resource management, the conservation and sustainable … countries subsidise the production of fuels derived from agricultural products. It is important to make a distinction … commercial, industrial or household uses. This is because agricultural consumers enjoy much lower prices. In addition, …
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