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Impact of carbon price on the relative profitability of production forestry and permanent forestry for New Zealand plantations Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-19 Bruce Manley
New Zealand has an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) under which forest growers can earn carbon units for increases in carbon stock. Between March 2020 and March 2022 carbon price increased from $24/NZU to $74/NZU. Carbon price increased to the extent that the Land Expectation Value (LEV) of permanent forestry (without clearfelling) exceeds the LEV of production forestry (with clearfelling) on many sites
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Protected areas are effective on curbing fires in the Amazon Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-15 Ana Carolina M. Pessôa, Thiago F. Morello R.S., Celso H.L. Silva Junior, Juan Doblas, Nathália S. Carvalho, Luiz E.O.C. Aragão, Liana O. Anderson
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Making bird numbers count: Would Dutch farmers accept a result-based meadow bird conservation scheme? Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-16 Insa Thiermann, Brechtje Silvius, Melody Splinter, Liesbeth Dries
Current management contracts under agri-environmental schemes (AES) are often action-based. This means that farmers are reimbursed for the costs incurred when implementing conservation measures but are not paid based on actual improvements in environmental outcomes. In theory, result-based schemes with payments for outcomes can improve the cost and ecological effectiveness of AES. This article analyses
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Procedural climate justice: Conceptualizing a polycentric solution to a global problem Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-15 Kilian de Ridder, Felix Carl Schultz, Ingo Pies
This article introduces a conceptual framework for climate governance. It provides an insight into how a system of governance can cope with the uncertainty and pluralism that are prevalent in climate governance. In our framework, we combine polycentric climate governance, procedural climate justice and directed technical change policy. We show that following norms of procedural justice can enhance
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Can weather variables and electricity demand predict carbon emissions allowances prices? Evidence from the first three phases of the EU ETS Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Mohammadehsan Eslahi, Paolo Mazza
This study examines the predictive impact of weather conditions and electricity demand on hourly spot prices of emissions allowances during the first three phases of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) (2005–2019). We propose an original methodology for constructing European-scale electricity demand and weather indices and characterize the relationship between those indices and emissions
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Labour informality in forestry: A longitudinal (2009–2020) cross-country analysis of determinants in 70 developing countries Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Rattiya Suddeephong Lippe, Tatiana Ojeda Luna, Waltteri Katajamäki, Jörg Schweinle
Informality accounts for a significant proportion of the forestry labour market and provides a critical livelihood option for millions of people in developing regions. Recent estimates reveal that at least three million people were informally employed in forestry. Nonetheless, informality is highly characterized by decent work deficits, profoundly impacting employment quality and sectoral development
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Associating dietary quality and forest cover in India Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Charlotte Milbank
With the global population expected to reach almost 10 billion by 2050, there is growing concern for how increasing demands for high-quality, sustainable diets will be met. Whilst food production and environmental conservation are often viewed as competing land uses, a growing body of literature supports the importance of forests in providing food and nutritional security. This study used data from
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Combining economics and psychology: Does CO2 framing strengthen pro-environmental behaviors? Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-09 Charles Collet, Pascal Gastineau, Benoît Chèze, Pierre-Alexandre Mahieu, Frédéric Martinez
This paper considers valence-based framing, i.e. a description of equivalent outcomes in either a positive or negative light, in order to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions. This nudge is easier to implement than more traditional tools, such as taxation, and does not rely on the stringent assumption that individuals are fully rational. The findings from a discrete choice experiment focusing on
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How human-elephant relations are shaped: A case study of integrative governance process in Xishuangbanna, China Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Feng Ba, Xiaoyun Li, Yao Zhang, Weiping Shi, Pei Zhang
The conservation of nature is of paramount importance for preserving biodiversity. However, it can also give rise to conflicts and challenges for communities dependent on natural resources. In this paper, we focus on the issue of Human-Elephant conflict (HEC) in Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve, China, and investigate the causal linkages between governance systems and HEC. Our research presents
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Transitioning from Monoculture to Mixed Cropping Systems: The Case of Coffee, Pepper, and Fruit Trees in Vietnam Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Rigal Clément, Duong Tuan, Vo Cuong, Bon Le Van, Hoang quôc Trung, Chau Thi Minh Long
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The livelihood impacts of transnational aid for climate change mitigation: Evidence from Ghana Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Suhyun Jung, Reem Hajjar
While multilateral agencies have spent hundreds of millions of dollars in the forestry sector to curb deforestation, mitigate climate change, and improve local livelihoods, there is a lack of rigorous empirical analyses demonstrating past investments' effectiveness in improving livelihoods. We investigate such programs' effectiveness in changing livelihoods by estimating the Forest Investment Program
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Two currencies – Rethinking energy and the economy Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-06 Christopher Kennedy
Beginning with the marginalist revolution of the late nineteenth century, neoclassical economic theory developed by borrowing mathematical constructs from physics, but not the physics itself. Several scholars, including early ecological economists, recognized there was a need to incorporate energy and other resources into economic theory. In recent decades there have been attempts to fuse energy into
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Assessing the performance of voluntary environmental agreements under high monitoring costs: Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Bruno Varella Miranda, Gustavo Magalhães de Oliveira
Voluntary environmental arrangements generally coexist with State-based and private rules, creating a property rights system that legitimizes certain behaviors. In a world of positive transaction costs, legitimacy ensues from imperfect monitoring activities, opening room for opportunism. In this paper, we discuss how the existence of multiple rules in a scenario of high monitoring costs affects the
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Value asymmetries in Norwegian forest governance: The role of institutions and power dynamics Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Elisabeth Veivåg Helseth, Paul Vedeld, Arild Vatn, Erik Gómez-Baggethun
We draw on institutional and ecological economics to understand the role of social preferences, institutional arrangements, and power dynamics in mobilizing or restraining ecosystem services and values in Norwegian forest governance. Specifically, we i) elicit local people's preferences over forest ecosystem services and values, ii) analyze how perceptions of forest values vary across stakeholders
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Climate and socioeconomic impacts on Maine's forests under alternative future pathways Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Jianheng Zhao, Adam Daigneault, Aaron Weiskittel, Xinyuan Wei
This study investigates the combined effects of climate and socioeconomic change on fiber supply and forest carbon in Maine, USA, for broad alternative futures. We conduct an econometric analysis to project forest resource use over the next 80 years under a range of shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) and representative concentration pathways (RCPs). Results show that continued forest successional
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Forest bioeconomy at regional scale: A systematic literature review and future policy perspectives Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Gerardo Di Letizia, Caterina De Lucia, Pasquale Pazienza, Giulio Mario Cappelletti
Bioeconomy transition has been recognized as a key solution to tackle emerging environmental and socio-economic challenges. Several scientific publications focus on forest bioeconomy across multiple disciplines at territorial level. However, no studies provide a deep review investigation on forest bioeconomy with specific focus on wood at regional scale in Environmental and Social fields. Stemming
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Herbal medicine promotion for a restorative bioeconomy in tropical forests: A reality check on the Brazilian Amazon Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-02 Klara Lindberg, Amanda Martvall, Mairon G. Bastos Lima, Caroline S.S. Franca
Herbal medicine has experienced a renaissance both for health reasons and as part of a bioeconomy for regions rich in biodiversity and traditional knowledge. Medicinal plant value chains can promote local development and sustainable livelihoods that are critical for forest frontiers in need of inclusive economic alternatives. This sector can become an example of restorative bioeconomy, which not only
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The complex relationships between non-food agriculture and the sustainable bioeconomy: The French case Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Pascal Grouiez, Romain Debref, Franck-Dominique Vivien, Nicolas Befort
The article studies the diversity of models of sustainable bioeconomy by focusing on the productive strategies of the farmers who engage in it. To account for this diversity, we use the framework of analysis of Beckert's socio-economics of capitalism in terms of compromises between four institutionalised economic processes: commodification, competition, innovation, and financing. We complete it by
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Identifying the factors affecting citizens' willingness to participate in urban forest governance: Evidence from the municipality of Palermo, Italy Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Antonino Galati, Alessandro Coticchio, Ángel Peiró-Signes
Urban and peri-urban forests provide a wide range of benefits especially by providing the inhabitants with numerous ecosystem services that contribute to maintaining and improving the quality of life and environment in urban areas. Studies on urban and peri-urban forests have mainly focused on analyzing citizens' perception of benefits provided by urban green spaces. However, less attention has been
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Environmental taxation and profit-shifting activities Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-30 Rosella Levaggi, Paolo M. Panteghini
We analyse environmental taxation in an international setting, where a multinational company produces a good whose consumption causes a negative externality. We study the joint effects of imperfect competition, corporate tax and profit-shifting activities on the optimal level of environmental taxation. In a two-country framework, we show that in both countries the environmental tax that is set lower
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How to pay for saving the world: Modern Monetary Theory for a degrowth transition Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-29 Christopher Olk, Colleen Schneider, Jason Hickel
Degrowth lacks a theory of how the state can finance ambitious social-ecological policies and public provisioning systems while maintaining macroeconomic stability during a reduction of economic activity. Addressing this question, we present a synthesis of degrowth scholarship and Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) rooted in their shared understanding of money as a public good and their common opposition
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Relaxing the production-conservation trade-off: Biodiversity spillover in the bioeconomic performance of ecological networks Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-26 Valentin Cocco, Yann Kervinio, Lauriane Mouysset
Ecological networks (ENs) aim to accommodate production and conservation within landscapes by shaping the spatial scope of conservation policies based on ecological criteria. The environmental effectiveness of these networks has been extensively studied; however, it has rarely been linked to their economic cost. This paper investigates whether EN-based spatial targeting relaxes the production-conservation
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Habitat considerations in optimal fisheries recovery Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-26 Rui Pedro Mota, Rachel Nichols
Fishery managers face an ongoing challenge in managing commercial fisheries in a way which enables the delivery of economic benefits while ensuring those benefits do not compromise the ability of fish stock to deliver future benefits. This challenge is complicated by fishing effort negatively impacting the habitats which support fish stocks and so undermining sustainability of the resource. Depletion
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Embedding circularity: Theorizing the social economy, its potential, and its challenges Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Rafael Ziegler, Thomas Bauwens, Michael J. Roy, Simon Teasdale, Ambre Fourrier, Emmanuel Raufflet
The dominant conception of the circular economy presents it as a politically neutral, technology-driven process of efficiency improvements and green market expansion. However, it does not consider the social embedding of circularity and thereby risks undermining the transition out of de facto linear economies. This paper begins with a critique of the dominant conception of the circular economy and
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Degrowth and the Global South: The twin problem of global dependencies Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Claudius Gräbner-Radkowitsch, Birte Strunk
We conduct a systematic literature review comprising both a quantitative and qualitative content analysis of the academic degrowth literature considering the Global South, and delineate substantive and methodological implications for future research. We find two main narratives: one stressing synergies, i.e. commonalities among Global South and Global North perspectives on degrowth, and another highlighting
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Tackling Car Emissions in Urban Areas: Shift, Avoid, Improve Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Marion Leroutier, Philippe Quirion
Car use imposes costly environmental externalities. We investigate to what extent car trips could be shifted to low-emission modes, avoided via teleworking, or improved via a transition to electric vehicles in the context of daily mobility in the Paris area. We derive counterfactual travel times for 45,000 car trips from a representative transport survey, and formulate modal shift scenarios including
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Paying for animal welfare labelling no matter what? A discrete choice experiment Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Henrike Schwickert
Animal welfare is a credence attribute with public good characteristics. Using a discrete choice experiment, consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for a concretely planned state animal welfare label is derived and compared by product group (fresh vs. processed meat) and tax scenario (no tax vs. additional animal welfare tax included in price). Consumers have a positive WTP for the state label. However
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Is green growth possible and even desirable in a spaceship economy? Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-18 Georg Meran
There seems to be a consensus among many growth and resource economists that perpetual growth can be ensured if it gets increasingly resource-efficient and if growth focuses on creating values, a result derived by models using production functions that allow asymptotically complete decoupling of the economy from its resource base by substituting natural resources through physical and knowledge capital
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The pricing of variance risks in agricultural futures markets: do jumps matter? Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-08-19 Xinyue He, Siyu Bian, Teresa Serra
The existence of a negative variance risk premium on agricultural futures contracts suggests that market participants pay to hedge unexpected increases in the volatility of these contracts. In this paper, we decompose the variance risk premium in corn and soybeans markets into jump and diffusive components using options and futures data from 2009 to 2021. We find that market participants on average
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and the great transdisciplinary swindle: Lack of originality or something more worrisome? Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-17 Cynthia Mitchell
This commentary seeks to right what is now an old wrong – to attribute Manfred Max-Neef's (2005) model of disciplinary interactions in transdisciplinarity to Erich Jantsch (1970). When I first discovered this erroneous situation, it was a startling realisation. It seemed that Manfred Max-Neef had certainly copied and possibly plagiarised Erich Jantsch. We might ask why it is that although both authors
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The unwritten license: The societal SLO in Latin America’s extractive sector Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-17 Lenin H. Balza, Lina M. Diaz, Nicolas Gomez-Parra, Osmel E. Manzano M.
The Latin America and the Caribbean region has benefited significantly from economic growth driven by the extractive sector. At the same time, the region has experienced high levels of conflicts related to this sector. This paper presents an overview of citizens’ perceptions of the extractive industries in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Using a representative sample for each country
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Proposing a carbon emission responsibility allocation method with benchmark approach Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-17 Yang Zhang, Shan Hu, Da Yan, Yi Jiang
Scientific and feasible carbon emission sharing responsibility approach is essential to leading carbon emission reduction from both producer and consumer side. Shortcomings in existing production-based, consumption-based, and certain shared method were reviewed. This study proposed a novel carbon emission responsibility sharing method with benchmark approach, which could fit effectiveness, normalization
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What are the drivers of corporates' climate transparency? Evidence from the S&P 1200 index Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-16 Amar Jeanne, Samira Demaria, Sandra Rigot
Climate transparency through firms' disclosures is often considered a prerequisite for the redirection of investments toward low-carbon economy. In order to provide effective incentives to improve this transparency, it is therefore crucial to identify its drivers. In this paper, we investigate the determinants of two stages of climate transparency: i) the likelihood of responding to the CDP questionnaire;
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Ambient air pollution-related environmental inequality and environmental dissimilarity in Helsinki Metropolitan Area, Finland Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-16 Ákos Gosztonyi, Joanne C. Demmler, Sirkku Juhola, Sanna Ala-Mantila
Most studies suggest that people with lower socio-economic status (SES) are exposed to higher air pollution levels. Research from Europe, on the other hand, have shown mixed results, often indicating non-linear patterns, necessitating a better understanding of the context-specific manifestation of the relationship between SES and air pollution. The results of our generalized additive model show that
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Polluting for (higher) profits: Does an economic gain influence moral judgment of environmental wrongdoings? Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-16 Gilles Grolleau, Luc Meunier, Naoufel Mzoughi
Pollution is frequently “rationalized” by involved firms as a necessary bad to reach economic or social goals. Unfortunately, little is known about how external observers form moral judgment when confronted to such a dual output, precisely an economic or social gain (e.g., profits, job preservation) and an environmental harm. Using two experimental surveys, we fill this gap by inviting participants
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Non-industrial private forest owners' preferences for fuel reduction cost-share programs in the southeastern U.S. Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-14 Jana Hilsenroth, Kelly A. Grogan, Raelene M. Crandall, Ludie Bond, Misti Sharp
In the southeastern United States, effective large-scale management of wildfire risk, encompassing both fire occurrence and damage to property or assets, requires the participation of non-industrial private forest landowners (NIPFL) to reduce fuel loads on their land. This research utilizes a survey to assess NIPFL's current management practices, history of wildfire on their property, and willingness
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Incentives, Rewards or Both in Payments for Ecosystem Services: Drawing a Link Between Farmers' Preferences and Biodiversity Levels Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Carolin Canessa, Terese E. Venus, Miriam Wiesmeier, Philipp Mennig, Johannes Sauer
Agri-environmental-climate schemes provide payments for ecosystem services by compensating farmers to implement management actions or obtain ecological results. To compare farmers' preferences for action-based schemes, result-based schemes, or a hybrid, we conduct a discrete choice experiment in a case study from Germany. We elicited farmers' preferences for alternative grassland biodiversity payments
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Neoliberal pathways to the bioeconomy: Forest land use institutions in Chile, Finland, and Laos Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Juha Hiedanpää, Sabaheta Ramcilovik-Suominen, Matti Salo
Global capitalism has changed the Earth system to the extent that the current epoch is called the Anthropocene. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), land use change has played a crucial role in this profound functional shift in the Earth system. The Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) and its follow-up processes have insisted the same regarding the persisting decline in biodiversity
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Innovation in forest tree genetics: A comparative economic analysis in the European context Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Aline Fugeray-Scarbel, Xavier Irz, Stéphane Lemarié
In the context of global environmental change, European forests are expected to fulfil a broad range of functions, including the supply of raw materials to the bioeconomy, biodiversity preservation, and the provision of ecological services. Given fast progress in applied genetics, the selection and diffusion of genetically improved forest reproductive material (FRM) has a role to play towards the achievement
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The green divide: A spatial analysis of segregation-based environmental inequality in Vienna Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Thomas Neier
Cities, as the human habitat of the 21st century, will increasingly face climate change-related risks. Extreme weather events, hot spells, and rising air pollution already have widespread impacts on people, affecting their health and well-being. Urban vegetation is a proposed nature-based solution to address these challenges. However, the equitable distribution of urban vegetation is not always ensured
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Forests: A passive CO2 sink or an active CO2 pump? Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Michael Köhl, Leam M. Martes
Forests are considered an important component on the road to climate neutrality. Together with technical and other nature-based solutions, they should help to compensate for unavoidable residual emissions. Forests are seen primarily as a carbon sink, removing CO2 from the atmosphere through biomass growth. The desire to increase the sink capacity of forests to achieve climate neutrality suggests the
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Understanding farmer views of precision agriculture profitability in the U.S. Midwest Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-04 Tong Wang, Hailong Jin, Heidi Sieverding, Sandeep Kumar, Yuxin Miao, Xudong Rao, Oladipo Obembe, Ali Mirzakhani Nafchi, Daren Redfearn, Stephen Cheye
Precision Agriculture (PA) technologies are well known to be useful in addressing field heterogeneities and enabling informed site-specific management decisions. While profitability is the foremost factor considered by farmers when making PA adoption decisions, information in this regard is lacking from the farmers' perspective. This paper analyzed 1119 farmer responses from a 2021 survey conducted
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The impact of timber regulations on timber and timber product trade Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-04 Ablam Estel Apeti, Bossoma Doriane N’Doua
To promote legal imports of timber and timber products, some countries, such as the United States, Australia, the Republic of Korea, and members of the European Union (EU), have adopted timber trade regulations. The implementation of these regulations is the result of the increase in illegal logging and its negative impact on the environment, biodiversity, and climate change. These regulations play
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Do individual PES buyers care about additionality and free-riding? A choice experiment Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Oliver Frings, Jens Abildtrup, Claire Montagné-Huck, Salomé Gorel, Anne Stenger
Based on a survey of the French population, this study investigates consumer preferences for forest ecosystem services (FES) provision towards efficiency and equity in the context of additionality, and differences in willingness to pay (WTP) for FES between a tax-based and a donation-based payments for ecosystem services (PES) scheme. We show that consumers prefer equity to strict additionality adherence
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Policy-induced expansion of organic farmland: implications for food prices and welfare Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Pierre Mérel, Zhiran Qin, Richard J Sexton
Public policies increasingly support the expansion of organic agriculture as part of a menu of food and environmental initiatives. A little-studied yet crucial element of such expansion, especially in light of scientific evidence on lower yields of organic crops, is its impact on overall food production and food prices, especially for poorer households. In this paper, we first establish a positive
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Fast and furious: the rise of environmental impact reporting in food systems Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Koen Deconinck, Marion Jansen, Carla Barisone
Powerful long-term drivers are increasing both the demand and supply of quantified environmental impact information in food systems. The trend is fast (with many initiatives underway) and furious (presenting a confusing landscape) but has so far received little attention from economists. Better information can inform public and private efforts to reduce environmental pressures. However, the use of
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Fixing the meaning of floating signifier: Discourses and network analysis in the bioeconomy policy processes in Argentina and Uruguay Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Julián Daniel Mijailoff, Sarah Lilian Burns
The concept of bioeconomy has spread globally as a floating signifier leading to multiple policies and strategies. As an ambiguous concept, bioeconomy policy agendas at national levels draw on a variety of discourses and visions later reshaped by the particular political and social contexts of each country or region. From the broad boundaries of the overarching bioeconomy meta-discourse, local dominant
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Ecological and economic trade-offs between amount and spatial aggregation of conservation and the cost-effective design of coordination incentives Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-28 Martin Drechsler
To counter not only the continuous loss but also the fragmentation of species habitats, coordination incentives (CI) have been proposed to incentivise the spatial aggregation of conservation efforts. An important issue is the cost-effective design of these instruments. Two main types of CI, the agglomeration bonus and the agglomeration payment, are analysed with stylised models. Their ecological effects
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Close-to-nature forestry and intensive forestry – Two response patterns of forestry professionals towards climate change adaptation Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-27 Dennis Roitsch, Silvia Abruscato, Marko Lovrić, Marcus Lindner, Christophe Orazio, Georg Winkel
Climate change poses a major challenge for forest management in Europe. Understanding how forestry professionals perceive climate change is critical to inform decision-making on climate change adaptation. The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of forestry professionals regarding climate change and its effects on forests, as well as the importance of different forest management strategies
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Estimating timber supply elasticity of private forest landowners in the US South Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Kabindra Shahi, Jacek Siry, Pete Bettinger, Yanshu Li, Jonathan Smith
In the US South, private forest landowners own the majority of timberland; therefore, understanding the timber supply behavior of these landowners is a fundamental forest economic question. This study estimates the pine stumpage supply equations and elasticities of private landowners in TimberMart-South (TMS) regions. It uses individual landowner pine stumpage (sawtimber, pulpwood, and Chip-N-Saw [CNS])
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Environmental certification of woody charcoal: A choice experiments application Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-25 L. Rocchi, R. Campioni, A. Brunori, E. Mariano
The European market of woody charcoal is characterized by low transparency about the origin of the raw material, with negative consequences on forest management and legality. Thus, certifications that guarantee the sustainable management of forests or the chain of custody are fundamental tools for reaching sustainability. However, certification schemes covered a minor share of the market. This work
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Do Different Estimation Methods Lead to Implausible Differences in the Size of Nonobserved or Shadow Economies? A Preliminary Answer Annu. Rev. Resour. Econ. (IF 5.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Friedrich Schneider
This review evaluates three micro and three macro estimation approaches to determine whether unrealistic differences exist in estimating the size of nonobserved/shadow economies. While some macro-MIMIC estimates are higher than estimates using the statistical discrepancy approach, when adjusting for double-counting, MIMIC approaches provide similar results. Macro approaches usually cover not only typical
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Farmers’ acceptance of the income stabilisation tool: a discrete choice experiment application Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Tajana Čop, Simone Cerroni, Mario Njavro
The income stabilisation tool (IST) is the latest tool proposed by the European Union (EU) to manage agricultural risks. It aims at stabilising farm income by compensating income losses. Using a discrete choice experiment, this paper investigates grapevine farmers’ acceptance of the IST in Croatia and tests whether behavioural factors such as risk preferences, probability weighting and subjective probabilities
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The limits to degrowth: Economic and climatic consequences of pessimist assumptions on decoupling Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-22 Rikard Hjorth Warlenius
In the debate between proponents of green growth and degrowth, the core issue is whether decoupling carbon emissions and resource use from GDP growth is possible, and if so, possible at a rate fast enough to achieve policy goals such as global warming of maximum 1.5 °C or 2 °C. In this paper, the claims by degrowth scholars on the limits of decoupling growth and carbon emissions are critically examined
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Multi-stakeholder actors in resource management in Ghana: Dynamics of community-state collaboration in resource use management of the Mole National Park, Larabanga Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-22 Samuel Ziem Bonye, Gordon Yenglier Yiridomoh, Vivian Nsiah
Sustainable forest resource management through state-community collaboration has taken center stage over the past decades in resource management discourses. In Ghana, forest reserves are observed to be on the decline due to poaching and encroachment by fringe communities. This study aims to contribute to the literature gap by examining the dynamics of community-state collaboration in forest resource
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Institutional layering in climate policy: Insights from REDD+ governance in Indonesia Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-22 Silvio Hermawan, Moch Faisal Karim, Lena Rethel
Climate change adaptation in low- and middle-income countries has magnified the urgency of transforming forest governance. Despite the increased international pressure, progress is hampered by inefficiencies in forest-related state institutions that struggle with coordination, mediating political interests, and strategic policy formulation. Focusing on Indonesia's Reducing Emissions from Deforestation
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What ‘counts’ in international forest policy research? A conference ethnography of valuation practice and habitus in an interdisciplinary social science field Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-22 Susanne Koch, Camilla Tetley
In this paper, we examine implicit values, norms and orientations that guide international forest policy research (FPR). We link Bourdieu's praxeological theory and valuography to empirically grasp disciplinary habitus manifesting in valuation practice at International Forest Policy Meetings. Conferences provide spaces where scholars negotiate ‘what counts’. In presenting and discussing research, they
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Smart city strategies – A driver for the localization of the sustainable development goals? Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-21 Jessica Clement, Benoit Ruysschaert, Nathalie Crutzen
To achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), urgent action is needed across all scales, with an increased importance being placed on local initiatives. In this context, the notion of localizing the SDGs is highlighted as essential. Simultaneously, the smart city concept is promoted to address local sustainability challenges, and smart city strategies are used to support urban
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Oil offsets in Esmeraldas (Ecuador) When the promotion of development shores up unequal risk situations Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-21 Julien Rebotier
The radical school identifies development as a core strategy for enduring disaster risk reduction. Simultaneously, development policies pursued by neoextractivism States often result in social and territorial dynamics that recompose risk situations without necessarily reducing them. They sometimes even intensify them. The city of Esmeraldas perfectly illustrates the detrimental effects when it comes
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Double-edged circularity: Comparative assessment of circular and non-circular consumers Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-20
Circular consumption and disposal practices by consumers are increasingly viewed as more than just a current necessity. Nonetheless, the impacts of the marketing mix perception on perceived value, purchase intention, and circular purchase behavior and the impact of perceived risk on purchase intention and circular purchase behavior remain underexplored separately for circular and non-circular consumers