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The environmental impact of economic incentives for agricultural production: a comparative law study
… expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations … impact of economic trends and decisions on the pace and quality of natural resource exploitation and protection. The … the problem more fully, thereby enhancing the level of control over their specific problems. Finally, on the …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… FAO LEGISLATIVE STUDY 88 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, … 26 4.8 Erosion control and watershed protection ............................ … taken at the national level, such as those relating to air quality and drinking water standards, have impacts on …
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”
… Group of the IUCN DEFRA UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs DFID UK Department for International … the fact that many governments are reluctant to relinquish control over natural resources by providing communities with … associated implementation consequences. Currently, the quality of discussions within the EU on such proposals …
Community - based incentives for nature conservation
… local economies depend intimately on the availability and quality of natural resources, conservation has become an … inadequate consideration of waste management and pollution control, and environmental sector policies which fail to … has led to a high dependence on wetland resource for food and income. 2.3 Identifying Needs and Niches for …
Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks
… approaches exist: the traditional strategy of command and control, and the use of economic or market-based instruments. … (input) rather than on ensuring that specific water quality and quantity target outputs are met. When … for natural resources (such as timber, fresh water, food, fibre, fuel, etc.), • humans have extensively changed …
Markets and Incentives in Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy. Using Economic and Financial Tools to Sustain Forest Livelihoods and Landscapes
… cases the basic requirements for human survival (such as food, energy and shelter) are being sourced unsustainably … an extra $ 4-6 billion on infrastructure to maintain the quality of urban water supplies (26). Using markets and … of such services include plant pollination, erosion control, carbon sequestration, regulation of water fl ows, …
A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes
… paper (15 pages). It describes market failures, pollution control, and environmental valuation. It concludes by stating … will inevitably need to care about preserving this quality. Natural capital is presented as a limiting factor to … in which to mitigate impacts of an increased demand for food on the provision of ES. The authors address a very …
Economic measures for biodiversity planning: An annotated bibliography of methods, experiences and cases
… has yielded new insights, weak methodology and poor-quality The Use of Economic Measures for Biodiversity … impacts. This document shows how traditional "command and control" approaches can be improved upon by the use of … the foundation for human societies through production of food and renewable forms of energy. Variations in plant …
Energy subsidies: Lessons learned in assessing their impact and designing policy reforms
… raise cost of service to households, but would improve quality of service and enhance utilities’ability to extend … and the cost of the programme does not spiral out of control. In practice, public resistance to reform can be very … still considers energy to be a basic social good, like food and housing, the pricing of which should not be left …