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The environmental impact of economic incentives for agricultural production: a comparative law study
… - as well as internal factors - more aggressive farming practices, less favourable ecological conditions - … conditions. 201/ Similar problems exist with regard to intensive off-land animal production, for the concentration … have been introduced to deal with the pollution caused by intensive livestock production units. 203/ In France, …
Community - based incentives for nature conservation
… households in the division depend on mixed smallholder farming, Kibwezi is an agriculturally marginal area. Only a … farms. Natural woodlands form an important part of local farming systems. As well as providing soil and water … of the 1970s and 1980s Mount Kenya forest was subject to intensive exploitation as both the level and the scope of …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… vegetation encompassing recreation parks, agroforestry, farming and forestry systems, the geographical administrative … Urban forestry addresses "the land in and around areas of intensive human influence, ranging from small communities to … throughout the urban and peri-urban area, applying intensive production methods, using and reusing natural …
Energy subsidies: Lessons learned in assessing their impact and designing policy reforms
… reducing emissions by increasing subsidies to low carbon-intensive or carbon-free fuels or increasing taxation of carbon-intensive fuels appears to be larger. However, subsidies may … proportion of consumption reported as being in the farming sector is in reality for commercial, industrial or …
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 counter pressures for the conversion of land to intensive agriculture.” It may be counterintuitive, but local … incentives for compliance, rather than relying heavily on intensive enforcement, is more likely to succeed. • High … systems like ranching, captive rearing and wildlife farming. The latter involve the manipulation of habitat to …
Economic measures for biodiversity planning: An annotated bibliography of methods, experiences and cases
… having returns comparable to some annual crops and dairy farming. Combined consideration of economic and ecological … undisturbed areas and how industrial pollutants and energy-intensive agriculture have put new, and relatively uniform, … and credit, tax and pricing incentives for land-intensive plantations and ranches. For instance, a policy of …
A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes
… paper evaluates the importance of watershed services to farming communities in Southeast Asia. A case study in … of existing institutions, and the need for a more labour-intensive conservation model. � Heal, G., et al. 2001. …
Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks
… when numerous upstream landholders dedicate their land to intensive agricultural or cattle-ranching activities, or when … direct payments for the application of sustainable farming practices which lead to the provision of ecosystem … numer- ous upstream landholders dedicate their land to intensive agricultural or cattle-ranching activities. In …