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Features developments in the economics of agrobiodiversity and focuses on the role agrobiodiversity can have for economic development. Topics covered in this title include the economic modelling of agrobiodiversity, policy and governance solutions for the conservation of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes, contracts, markets and valuation.
A substantial part of the solution to the climate crisis may lie in growing crops for fuel and using trees for storing carbon. This book investigates the potential of these options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, estimates the costs to the economy, and analyses the trade-offs with growing food.
Deals with the increasingly complex issues of waste generation, waste management and waste disposal that in less developed industrialized countries present diverse but critical concerns. This book is suitable for those students of environmental economics and environmental sciences, as well as policy makers, and waste utility managers.
Environmental policy may produce effects which go beyond the scope of the specific policy's initial aim. This book addresses the range of (co-)effects associated with environmental policies which may increase or decrease the attractiveness of these policies. It is suitable for economists, ecologists and political scientists.
Presents research findings in the area of the scientific and economic implications of avoided deforestation, along with their policy implications. This book links avoided deforestation to political economy, as well as to the developments in environmental and natural resource economics.
Significant advances have occurred in recent years in Europe and in North America in addressing agri-environmental policies, but whilst important institutional and legal differences still exist between the two continents, the sharing of recent scientific advances will benefit scientists on both sides of the Atlantic. This is the main purpose of this book.
This volume explores ways to safeguard the effectiveness of climate finance. Looking into the past decade of climate policy, the authors show that market mechanisms can be a surprisingly attractive and transparent way to promote emissions mitigation in the Global South.
Analyzes the oil and gas activities in the Arctic from the perspective of Sustainable Development (SD) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). This book focuses on the territories of the Arctic rim where the oil and gas activities in the Arctic are located.
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