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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 … and promoting healthy, balanced and environmentally sound agricultural development. This comparative law study is … FAO/Penn, R.J., Environmental Aspects of Natural Resources Management, Agriculture and Soils. Agriculture Services …
A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes
… 3 Background theory: ecological economics vs. environmental economics … RISEMP Regional Integrated Silvopastoral Ecosystem Management Project RUPES Rewarding Upland Poor for the … generation and prevention of damages, and provides a sound methodology for valuing ecosystem services in a policy …
Economic measures for biodiversity planning: An annotated bibliography of methods, experiences and cases
… contribution to biodiversity conservation planning and management practice. The review is focused on published … led to patterns of global forest use with many detrimental environmental consequences. This study demonstrates the … time-specific and place-specific information required for sound biodiversity management. The special contribution of …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… 18 4.4 Environmental legislation … 32 .................. 18 Box 8: National Environmental Management Act of South Africa, No. 107 of 1998, section 1 … living environment in cities. Healthy and environmentally sound agricultural activities and the provision of common …
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 … on “The relevance of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) to the conservation and sustainable use of … I or II under CITES are known. Listing is founded on sound and relevant science, and the trade and biological …
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 … 40 5.3 Challenges of Building a Sound Institutional Framework … means to ensure institutional performance. As far as management and administration of PES schemes are concerned, …
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 … thus centers on helping countries strengthen environmental management in diverse areas including freshwater and land … use and supply of energy. They should be based on a sound analysis of all the related economic, social and …