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Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China
… authority Year Grassland Notice on the Agricultural Tax Policy of Conversion of Farmland to Forestland and … degradation control 65 or preferential measures regarding tax, land contracting, and market access for business, all of … participate in LD control activities, including levies and tax instruments for ecological environment conservation.126 …
Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power
… and other taxes James Tobin originally proposed the Tobin tax in 1978 as a global tax on foreign exchange transactions that would be uniformly … speculation on currency fluctuations. Although the Tobin tax Po v e r t y a n d C o n s e r v a t i o n : L a n d s c …
Poverty, equity and rights in conservation : Technical papers and case studies
… fiscal instruments (taxation, subsidies, environmental tax reform) – may help initiate a process of economic growth … to the receiver for the wildlife authority the slaughter tax established by the finance act for each animal harvested; … CEGES concerned an amount equal to 10% of the slaughter tax without prejudice to the amounts due to the State by …
Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches
… as laws and regulations), economic tools (such as taxes or tax deductions) and other means (such as education and … uses. Other incentives for water conservation include tax reductions, tax credits or cash rebates to individuals and businesses …
Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor
… and then property laws, civil and criminal law, tax law, etc.). This analysis will help determine the range … an Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor 73 excise tax on sporting arms and ammunition and may provide the … is to take place, and pay a hunting fee and registration tax. A "wildlife protection leader" will ensure hunting …
Comment aborder la REDD+ au Cameroun: Contexte, enjeux et options pour une stratégie nationale
… et Mécanismes de Partage au Cameroun Annual forest tax (RFA) The benefit sharing mechanism related to the RFA is … and communities issued in the name of the municipal tax collectors (Oyono et al., 2008). The RFA distribution is … and the operation of local councils themselves. Wildlife tax Regulations from 1999 define that village communities …
Sustainable tourism in protected areas: Guidelines for planning and management
… exchange n Improves living standards n Generates local tax revenues n Enables employees to learn new skills n … demand brings increased costs and possibly higher tax burdens for the local community. In some cases, costs may … average Figure 9.1 Protected area revenue sources Such tax-based income is vulnerable to budget cuts by central …
Land and water - the rights interface
… fees such as the costs of notarisation as well as any tax payable on the transaction itself (such as a transfer tax or stamp duty). Whether or not land tenure rights attract … the tenure itself may be subject to the payment of a tax, specifically a land tax. Indeed such an obligation may …
Marine plastic debris and microplastics – Global lessons and research to inspire action and guide policy change
… as stores could use the existing Value Added Tax scheme for collecting and reporting the levy (Convery et … et al. 2015 happen for two main reasons, firstly, if the tax is suc- cessful and results in behaviour change, or, if … tain revenues and the positive environmental impacts of a tax (OECD 2011). With all such MBI schemes, there needs to be …
Illicit wildlife trafficking: An environmental economic and social issue
… Organized wildlife crime can be linked to corruption, tax evasion and money laundering, and is often associated … (eds). 2012. Green Carbon, Black Trade: Illegal Logging, Tax Fraud and Laundering in the Worlds Tropical Forests. A … (eds). 2012. Green Carbon, Black Trade: Illegal Logging, Tax Fraud and Laundering in the Worlds Tropical Forests. A …