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The environmental impact of economic incentives for agricultural production: a comparative law study
… OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, WITH REGARD TO THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 22 A. Legal measures directly … resources 37 - ii - Page CHAPTER TWO - ANALYSIS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF LEGAL MEASURES FOR THE ECONOMIC … 4 - their food needs until 1990. 7/ In addition, "the past damage to natural resources and the greatly increased …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… 18 4.4 Environmental legislation … Africa, section 32 .................. 18 Box 8: National Environmental Management Act of South Africa, No. 107 of … the location of trees. Negative effects of trees, such as damage caused by growing roots to construction projects, are …
Energy subsidies: Lessons learned in assessing their impact and designing policy reforms
… end-use technologies are growing in response to environmental concerns, particularly climate change and local … perfectly. In particular, they do not take account of any environmental and social benefits and costs that might be … greenhouse gases as well as other forms of environmental damage, such as water contamination and spoiling of the …
Community - based incentives for nature conservation
… of waste management and pollution control, and environmental sector policies which fail to consider issues … and agricultural chemicals, low fines and penalties for environmental degradation or the complete absence of prices … People over-exploit resources, convert ecosystems and damage and pollute natural systems when it is economically …
A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes
… 3 Background theory: ecological economics vs. environmental economics … services’ has recently risen to the forefront of environmental discussions. Studied extensively in the … water purification, forest carbon storage, and flood damage. … dealing with pollination, water purification, and flood damage. Ecology and Society …
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 services … in the livelihoods of the rural poor, and strengthen environmental governance and institutional building. The … whoever damages the environment must compensate for the damage. The current legal framework allows for taxes, charges …
Economic measures for biodiversity planning: An annotated bibliography of methods, experiences and cases
… led to patterns of global forest use with many detrimental environmental consequences. This study demonstrates the … Adger, W. N., & Grohs, F. (1994). 'Aggregate estimate of environmental degradation for Zimbabwe: does sustainable … services provided by the world's tropical forests. Flood damage alleviation is a particularly important component of …
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”
… practice. IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization, with more than 1,200 government … Harmonizing policy support for CBNRM amongst Multilateral Environmental Agreements Jo Mulongoy and Sarat Babu Gidda … W.F. and Baquete, D.S. 1998. Natural resource use, crop damage and attitudes of rural people in the vicinity of the …
Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks
… ents for E cosystem S ervices Thomas Greiber Editor IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 78 IUCN Environmental Law Programme Environmental Law Centre … scheme. The Clean Water Act requires land developers who damage or destroy wetlands to restore, create, enhance, or – …