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Citizen engagement in the energy transition: Assessing the impact of regional energy initiatives on energy behaviors in German households Ecol. Econ. (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Alessandro De Palma, Marco Faillo, Roberto Gabriele
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of regional government initiatives in actively engaging citizens in the energy transition by promoting changes in energy behavior. Employing micro-level data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and insights from the regional-scale “Project 100% Erneuerbare-Energie-Regionen”, the research adopts a difference-in-differences approach to inspect the impact of residing
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Impacts of COVID-19 on forestry migrant workers in the Southern United States Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Manuja Jayasundara, Carolina Berget, Puneet Dwivedi
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many aspects of life and affected numerous sectors in the United States (US), including the forestry sector, which heavily depends on temporary migrant guest workers to perform roles that are difficult to fill with local labor. We conducted a qualitative case study focusing on a single labor contracting company that supplies workers for forestry projects in the US
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Social determinants of Chilean forestry workers: A challenge for sustainable industry development Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Sandra Alvear-Vega, Nicolas Astudillo-Molina
This study aims to identify the social determinants (SD) that influence employment in Chile’'s forestry sector. This study contributes to the existing body of knowledge by examining the interaction between various social determinants and the likelihood of individuals working in the forestry sector.
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Rules and interactions around customary tree ownership in forested public lands: A qualitative study in Jharkhand, India Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2025-01-31 Sabyasachi Kar, Gaurav R. Sinha, Puneet Dwivedi
Customary ownership of trees in forested public lands is common among tribal communities in India. This separation of trees and land ownership raises questions about the nature of such ownership, the rules governing them, and the factors shaping them. Despite its socio-cultural and ecological significance, limited studies have explored this form of tree ownership. Additionally, recent forest policy
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Culture change in the Forest sector: Insights from a participatory workshop at the Women's Forest congress Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2025-01-31 Jaana Korhonen, Jamie Dahl, Asia L. Dowtin, Leah Rathbun
This study draws on collaborative work done during the inaugural Women's Forest Congress in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, attended by over 500 diverse professionals in the public and private sectors in the fall of 2022. The Congress was designed to encourage women and other minoritized gender identities to think critically about their role in the forest and natural resource sector and the workforce
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A comprehensive look at the forest products industry’s economic contribution to the United States: Pre- and post-COVID analysis Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2025-01-30 Jagdish Poudel, Ram Dahal
This paper examines the U.S. Forest products industry's economic performance in 2022 compared to pre-COVID-19 levels, highlighting its resilience amid pandemic disruptions. Despite a slight decline of 0.27 % in direct forest product industry jobs, the industry's total value-added increased by 14.46 %, with growth observed in labor income and gross output. However, the extent of changes varied across
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Experimental evidence of bargaining power in agricultural land markets Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2025-01-30 Marlene Kionka, Todd Kuethe, Oliver Mußhoff, Matthias Ritter, Martin Odening
There is public concern about the degree to which rising farmland rental rates are driven by the perceived market influence of non-agricultural actors. We conduct a structural estimation to analyse the potential bargaining power of different types of actors in the farmland market. It allows us to infer their latent reservation utilities by exploiting equilibrium conditions, derived from a stochastic
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When petroleum revenue transparency policy meets citizen engagement reality: Survey evidence from Indonesia Ecol. Econ. (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-29 Christa Brunnschweiler, Päivi Lujala, Primi Putri, Sabrina Scherzer, Indah Wardhani
Transparency in natural resource revenue (NRR) management is crucial in theory to avoid misuse and corruption, but there is little evidence that information reaches citizens and engages them in revenue governance. We collect survey data from Bojonegoro in Indonesia, which has a strong transparency and accountability policy in petroleum revenue governance. We investigate the links with information reception
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Effective communication about forests and trees: An analytical framework for communication among segmented audiences Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 Lena Riemann
A vast amount of literature from communication science deals with the questions if and how communication can evoke changes in an audience. This is closely related to communicative persuasion and social influence. Based on audience-oriented approaches to media effectiveness, it is argued that in order to be effective, communication efforts have to match the desires and requirements of the audience.
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Divergent outcomes of large-scale land transactions in Ethiopia: A quantitative comparative analysis Ecol. Econ. (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-24 Chuan Liao, Arun Agrawal
Large-scale land transactions (LSLTs) for agricultural development represent changes in inherently complex and coupled socio-ecological systems. This is particularly so in lower- and middle-income countries where land is the principal basis of livelihoods and generates substantial but diverse ecosystem services, and tenure arrangements affect both livelihoods and ecosystem provision simultaneously
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Misalignment between ecologically rapid and economically optimal forest restoration designs Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2025-01-24 Yuta Kobayashi, Masayuki Sato, Kei Uchida, Akira S. Mori
Because the benefits of forest restoration take a long time to materialize, it is desirable to design restoration projects with intergenerational equity in mind, particularly considering the perspectives and feelings of the generation bearing the costs. We conducted a contingent valuation survey with a payment card among the Japanese public focusing on forest restoration in Shiretoko National Park
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Changing the understanding of crop production: Integrating ecosystem services into the production function Ecol. Econ. (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-23 Anne Sophie Dietrich, Valeria Carini, Giulia Vico, Riccardo Bommarco, Helena Hansson
Ecosystem services, such as weed and pest regulation provided by biodiversity, are vital for sustainable crop production. However, the economic contributions of biodiversity are often overlooked in commercial markets due to the absence of market prices. This complicates quantification and comparison with physical capital, leading to poor economic decisions. To improve the economic understanding of
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Implications of China's foreign waste ban on the global waste paper trade networks for circular economy and sustainability Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2025-01-23 Xinfei Li, Chang Yu, Zhaohua Wang, Chenlu Tao, Hao Li, Gang Diao, Baodong Cheng
To achieve the sustainable development goal, China banned the import of unclassified waste paper in 2017, known as China's import Ban (CIB) to influence the global waste paper trade. Here, we construct the global waste paper trade networks (GWPTN) to observe network characteristics from 2006 to 2020 and use Difference-in-Differences (DID) to test effects of CIB. Results show that CIB reduces the scale
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Why degrowth should be disentangled from the wellbeing economy Ecol. Econ. (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-22 Hubert Buch-Hansen
In recent times, degrowth has in various ways been linked to the notion of a wellbeing economy. The extent to which the two are compatible has however not been subject to much discussion. The present contribution contrasts the wellbeing economy and degrowth, finding that they differ markedly in their stances on economic growth, capitalism and the political. As regards economic growth and capitalism
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Motivational levers for the preservation of an intergenerational common resource: An experiment Ecol. Econ. (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-22 Ivan Ajdukovic, Eli Spiegelman, Angela Sutan
Preserving natural resources for future generations lies at the heart of sustainable development practices, and is yet difficult to motivate for a self-interested present. We propose a laboratory experiment investigating collective motivations for resource conservation in intergenerational CPRs. We apply three behavioral levers. First, we generate intertemporal communities composed of members distributed
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The environment–economic growth trade-off: does support for environmental protection depend on its economic consequences? Ecol. Econ. (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-22 Andrew McNeil, Lucy Barnes
Belief in a trade-off between economic growth and environmental protection is an important feature of the politics of environmental policy. Yet the prevalence and consequences – for policy positions – of this belief are only indirectly examined in dominant treatments of public attitudes. We investigate belief in the existence of the trade-off directly. Those who believe more strongly in the trade-off
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Carbon rotation ages and the offset measurement conundrum: An extended review Ecol. Econ. (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-21 G. Cornelis van Kooten
The Faustmann-Hartman rotation age literature focuses on the commercial and amenity values of timber. Amenity values are a direct function of the volume on the stand at any time (Hartman) and/or the change in volume (carbon values). The rotation-age is extended to include concern that warming levels are a function of cumulative emissions, and, depending on timeframes, whether temporary storage in post-harvest
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Reducing red-soil runoff from farmland provides heterogeneous economic benefits through coastal ecosystems Ecol. Econ. (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-21 Kota Mameno, Takahiro Kubo, Takahiro Tsuge, Hiroya Yamano
Reducing red-soil runoff from farmland to the aquatic environment is beneficial in terms of increased coastal ecosystem services. However, the benefits of countermeasures on farmland to coastal ecosystem conservation remain unclear, thus hampering effective agricultural pollution management. To address this, we quantified the economic value of the countermeasures on farmland for coastal ecosystem conservation
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Development and test of a dual-pathway model of personal and community factors driving new energy technology adoption - The case of V2G in three European countries Ecol. Econ. (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-20 Nora Baumgartner, Daniel Sloot, Anne Günther, Ulf J.J. Hahnel
Understanding the drivers that underpin the adoption of new energy technologies is key to fostering a successful energy transition. Increasingly, studies focus on non-economic factors but are often limited to personal motivations such as ecological values. While there is increasing recognition that community factors can be key for behavioral change, the role of these factors with regard to energy technology
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Becoming a forester. Exploring forest management students' habitus in the making Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2025-01-18 Diana Cichecki, Hannes Weinbrenner, Stephanie Bethmann
Foresters in Germany are facing extreme challenges due to climate change and social change, struggling to adapt their management strategies. In this context, our study explores the professional socialization of forest management students at Universities of Applied Sciences in Germany: How is a professional habitus formed during forestry education, and how well does this equip students to address ecological
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From pastures to plates: The thorny path to achieving deforestation-free cattle from Brazil to European consumers Ecol. Econ. (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-16 Matías Vaccarezza Sevilla, Gino Pedreira Lucchese, Torsten Krause, Gisele Garcia Alarcon
The EU regulation on Deforestation-Free Products (EUDR) enacted in 2023 aims to reduce deforestation connected to commodities imported to the EU, including cattle products. In Brazil, the EUDR pressures the local cattle supply chain towards more sustainable production. However, the potential effects of the EUDR on reducing deforestation in this sector are unclear and require scrutiny. Drawing on the
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Enhancing actor-centered power theory through actor typology: Insights from community-based conservation in China Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2025-01-16 Jiacheng Zhao, Pei Zhang, Feng Tian, Weiping Shi
This study addresses a critical limitation of Actor-centered Power (ACP) theory in Community-based Conservation (CBC) initiatives: its tendency to rely on predefined roles for actors, which can obscure the complex dynamics within communities. By integrating ACP theory with Scharpf's actor typology, this research aims to provide a framework that better reflects the nuanced power relationships both within
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Three decades of forest policy studies in the countries in the former socialist countries of Europe: A review Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2025-01-16 Ekaterina Makrickiene, Vilis Brukas, Ivana Živojinović, Zuzana Dobšinská
Since the late 1980s, the transformative changes in former socialist societies have provided a unique context for forest policy research. However, a comprehensive review of this body of scholarship has been lacking. This paper addresses this gap by by reviewing forest policy studies for 19 countries of the ex-socialist realm. We identified 285 articles in international peer-reviewed journals, published
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Decoupling economic growth from energy use: The role of energy intensity in an endogenous growth model Ecol. Econ. (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-15 Tobias Bergmann, Matthias Kalkuhl
We develop a theory of endogenous economic growth with explicit consideration of energy in the production process. Following basic thermodynamic considerations, energy is modeled as a (perfect) complement to machines. Long-run economic growth is driven by expanding product varieties. While energy flows on Earth are currently abundant, extrapolation of past consumption trends suggests that energy supply
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Exploring the multifaceted relationship between environmental attitudes and political voting Ecol. Econ. (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-15 Enrico A.R. D’Ecclesiis, Eugenio Levi, Fabrizio Patriarca
Understanding the intricate connection between various individual attitudes toward the environment and support for environmental political parties is essential. In this study, we use the 2016 climate change module from the European Social Survey, employing a wide range of individual features and a machine learning approach to explore this complex relationship. Our analysis reveals a decoupling between
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Are national climate change mitigation pledges shaped by citizens' mitigation preferences? Evidence from globally representative data Ecol. Econ. (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-14 Heinz Welsch
The Paris Agreement on Climate Change requests signatory countries to specify voluntary targets for their greenhouse gas emissions. The targets stated by the end of 2021 imply percentage emission reductions that vary widely across countries. This paper uses globally representative data from the Global Climate Change Survey to study how countries' emission reduction pledges are related to climate action
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Finnish forest owners' intentions to participate in cooperative forest management Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2025-01-11 Liina Häyrinen, Janne Kaseva, Eija Pouta
In addressing global environmental challenges such as biodiversity loss, climate change, and the degradation of vulnerable ecosystems, the role of forest owners and their cooperation is essential. Despite the evident potential of cooperation, the interaction among forest owners remains an underexplored area, particularly concerning the factors that influence forest owners' willingness to cooperate
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The fall of the kings: Power relations and dynamics in Papua's indigenous community in forest resource management Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2025-01-10 Antoni Ungirwalu, J.R. Mansoben, Yubelince Y. Runtuboi, Sepus M. Fatem, Mariana H. Peday, Jonni Marwa, Ahmad Maryudi
Tribal leaders in Papua had been positioned as both cultural symbols and real decision-making leaders, but they have lost their power over natural resource management and forests. Using the case of nutmeg management by the tribal Baham-Matta community, we present changes in the power constellations within the local social structures, in which the Kings (Patuans), the highest tribal leaders, have increasingly
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Forest disturbances change psychological ownership among traditional private forest owners in North Rhine Westphalia Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2025-01-10 Leonie Wagner, Franziska Miederhoff
Forests in Germany are experiencing crises due to climate change, dry summers, storms, and widespread damage from pests and diseases. By understanding how private forest owners experience ownership and forest disturbances due to climate change, this study provides valuable insights to better meet the needs of forest owners with family tradition and inform policy decisions and implementations. The literature
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The impact of National Forest City Construction on local employment: Evidence from China Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2025-01-10 Jingqi Dang, Jingru Wang, Bingqian Tu
The National Forest City Construction (NFCC) initiative aims to improve regional greening levels, optimize ecosystem services, and achieve sustainable development. This policy serves as a key measure to promote eco-friendly urbanization and facilitate coordinated economic development in both urban and rural areas through green transitions. As a comprehensive ecological initiative, the NFCC stimulates
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What we can learn from India, a forerunner in community centric forest management: An insight for global forest policy and governance Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2025-01-09 Nick Lalrinmawia, R. Lalengmawia, P.C. Vanlalhluna, Vanlalhruaii Ralte, B.C. Lalremruata, F. Lalnunmawia
Community-based forest management has gained global prominence and this commentary explores the socio-ecological dynamics of forest management in India, highlighting its role in biodiversity conservation, carbon sequestration, and forest regeneration. Community management has shown significant ecological improvements in areas of forest health, economic benefits and climate mitigation. However, certain
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A social-ecological approach to local forest conflict analysis and shaping Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2025-01-09 Anna S. Brietzke, Engelbert Schramm, Katharina Heß, Diana Hummel, Michael Kreß-Ludwig, Deike U. Lüdtke
Against the backdrop of the climate crisis, forest conflicts are intensifying in Germany. For this reason, it is time to reopen the scientific debate on how we research and manage forest conflicts. In this commentary, we argue that a social-ecological approach takes into account the interactions and interdependencies between social and physical structures and processes of forest conflicts. Consequently
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Minimising the relative regret of future forest landscape compositions: The role of close-to-nature stand types Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2025-01-09 Thomas Knoke, Peter Biber, Tobias Schula, Jonathan Fibich, Benjamin Gang
Increasingly uncertain decision outcomes prevail in forest management and hamper choosing a single optimal management alternative. Confronting all management alternatives with multiple future scenarios and selecting an alternative minimising the regret under the worst scenario may provide suitable guidance under such uncertainty. Here, we search for future forested landscape compositions using regret
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Valuing coastal fisheries and seagrasses: A case study of estuarine resources on Florida's Nature Coast Ecol. Econ. (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-08 Olesya M. Savchenko, Robert Botta, Roberto Koeneke, Jana Hilsenroth, Kelly A. Grogan, Holden E. Harris, Christa D. Court
This study uses a choice experiment survey of 1002 Florida residents and visitors to estimate willingness to pay for environmental programs leading to changes in populations of recreationally and economically important fish (red drum, seatrout, snook) and abundance of seagrass on Florida's Nature Coast. We estimate a series of random parameter logit models and conduct a latent class analysis to explore
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Is resource endowment a trigger for conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa? Unveiling the moderating role of income inequality Ecol. Econ. (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-08 Olumide O. Olaoye, Mulatu F. Zerihun, Mamdouh Abdulaziz Saleh Al-Faryan
The literature on the effect of natural resources on conflicts is far from being conclusive. Recent evidence suggests that the relationship between natural resources and violent conflicts may be influenced by income inequality. That is, inequitable distribution of economic and natural resources increases the incentives for resource-rich countries to engage in conflicts. The main contribution of this
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Macroeconomic, sectoral and financial dynamics in energy transitions: A stock-flow consistent, input-output approach Ecol. Econ. (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-08 Andrew Jackson, Tim Jackson
This paper develops a stock-flow consistent, input-output (SFC-IO) model that is able to simulate a number of the risks and opportunities associated with different types of transitions to net zero. In particular, the model is able to capture transition related impacts stemming from changes in: i) green investment; ii) energy return on energy invested (EROI); and iii) financial transition risks. We
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Gender equality in Nordic forest research – A literature review Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2025-01-08 Pia Katila, Kristina Svels, Domna Tzemi
The article reviews and synthetises scientific research in the intersection of gender and the forest sector published during the past 20 years (2004–2023), focusing on the Nordic countries of Finland, Norway and Sweden. The systematic review of 88 scientific articles presents the state of the art of forest and gender-related research and examines how the main issue areas included in the eight key objectives
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Economic gain of genetically-selected coastal Douglas-fir: Timber, log and carbon value at varying planting densities Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2025-01-08 M. Isaac-Renton, B. Moore, J. Degner, C. Bealle Statland, B. Bogdanski, L. Sun, M. Stoehr
Substantial investments in tree breeding for coastal Douglas-fir in British Columbia are projected to lead to significant volume gain at rotation age. Recent research shows growth gains are accumulating as expected, but it is less clear to what degree and when these volume gains translate into economic gains. We use discounted cash flow analysis techniques to quantify economic gains and determine optimal
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The effect of the beef zero deforestation commitment in the Brazilian Amazon: A spatial panel data analysis Ecol. Econ. (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-04 Diogo Vallim, Alexandre Leichsenring
This paper investigates the effects of the Beef Zero Deforestation Commitment (Beef ZDC) on deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon. Using a spatial panel data regression model, the study analyzes data from 280 municipalities across three states of the Brazilian Amazon at three time points. The outcome variable, created through a geoprocessing technique, reflects the intensity of slaughterhouse
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The environmental benefits of grassroots cooperatives in agriculture Ecol. Econ. (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-03 Simon Cornée, Damien Rousselière, Véronique Thelen
This paper analyses the environmental benefits of grassroots cooperation in agriculture. Specifically, it focuses on the French context, which is characterised by a heavy reliance on pesticides and by strong inter-farmer interactions structured within farm machinery sharing cooperatives (CUMAs). We theorise that these social interactions are strategically complementary in the sense that the agroecological
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“Hands off our forests!” - The impact of the authoritarian rule on polish forest policy in the context of the European Green Deal Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2025-01-03 Krzysztof Niedziałkowski, Agata Konczal, Marcin Mielewczyk
In recent years, numerous initiatives and instruments from the European Union have aimed to address climate change. As a result, forest policies of member states—formally outside the EU's direct competencies—have come under increasing pressure from the EU. Member states' responses have varied, largely influenced by their unique socio-economic and political contexts regarding forest policies. This paper
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Friendshoring in global food supply chains Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2025-01-03 Savin Khadka, Munisamy Gopinath, Feras A Batarseh
In the last decade, climate change, Covid-19, and several international conflicts have created significant disruptions to global and regional supply chains, leading to a re-evaluation of the benefits of globalisation. Modelling food trade as network graphs, this study spotlights the effects of these shocks, on the structure, flow and evolution of food supply chains. Network centrality measures show
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Prosocial and financial incentives for biodiversity conservation: A field experiment using a smartphone app Ecol. Econ. (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-02 Shusaku Sasaki, Takahiro Kubo, Shodai Kitano
Ascertaining the number, type, and location of plant, insect, and animal species is essential for biodiversity conservation. However, it is difficult to comprehensively monitor the situation using only expert-led surveys, and therefore information voluntarily provided by citizens is helpful in determining species distribution. To effectively encourage citizens to share data, this study proposed a prosocial
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How nature and landscape quality connect: An exploratory study of their relationship with urban green spaces Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-12-31 Gonzalo de la Fuente de Val
This study explores the relationship between individuals' connection to nature through the use of urban green spaces and the perceived landscape quality of their neighbourhoods. A total of 829 participants from Latin America completed an online survey. Spearman's rank correlation was used to examine associations, while Principal Component Analysis (PCA) identified key variables linked to nature connection
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Bioeconomy governance in the global South: State of the art and the way forward Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-12-31 Daniela Kleinschmit, Alexandru Giurca, Rosa Lehmann, Fabricio Rodríguez, Hariati Sinaga
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Feedback and cooperation: An Experiment in sorting behavior Ecol. Econ. (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-12-30 Noémi Berlin, Mamadou Gueye, Stéphanie Monjon
In this paper, we use a laboratory experiment to analyze the effect of information provision (feedback) on individual sorting behavior. Effective sorting requires both quantity and quality, yet increasing quantity may reduce quality due to the higher risk of contamination. We conduct a collective sorting behavior experiment consisting of a two-stage coordination game in which two subjects are paired
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Sharing CO2 abatement costs in the iron and steel sector: A shared responsibility input-output approach Ecol. Econ. (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-12-30 Seiya Imada
The Japanese iron and steel sector is central to supply chains, making its decarbonization crucial. However, technological innovation required for this is costly. Assessing CO2 emission responsibility across the supply chain is necessary for fair cost distribution. This study uses environmentally extended input–output and structural path analyses based on shared responsibility to decompose CO2 emissions
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Forest diversity and the distribution of farm revenue - Empirical evidence from forest farms in Taiwan Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-12-30 Tzong-Haw Lee, Yu-You Liou, Hung-Hao Chang
Forest diversity is important for the increase in biodiversity since higher levels of multiple ecosystem services are found in forests with a greater variety of tree species. Although a sizable body of literature has focused on the biodiversity of forest farms, little is known about the relationship between forest diversity and the economic performance of forest farms. This paper contributes to this
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Diversity of plant species used as firewood in indigenous colonized communities: An ethnobotanical study in East Misiones, Argentina Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-12-30 Mario Gabriel Sackser, Lucas Rojas, Héctor Alejandro Keller, Norma Inés Hilgert
The use and consumption of firewood implies a detailed knowledge of species, and its materialisation translates into culturally mediated practices. This study analyses the link between users and the variety of species employed as firewood and the diversity of uses by settler and Guarani populations in Misiones, Argentina. Information was obtained through semi-structured interviews, free listings, participant
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Valuation of forested river riparian buffers: Support for riverine integrity and climate resilience Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-12-28 Mallory Phillips, Kevin J. Boyle, Kristen Swedberg
This study investigates the connection between river riparian buffers and property values. The buffers protect the integrity of aquatic ecosystems and support resilience to rising temperatures and severe storms due to climate change. A hedonic study using 18,782 property sales was conducted to estimate the value of riverfront land and forested riparian buffers along the New and Watauga Rivers in North
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A comprehensive outlook on drought caused economic losses and landowner perceptions concerning drought and erratic rainfall patterns Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-12-28 Galen Hanby, Lu Zhai, Bijesh Mishra, Omkar Joshi
Natural disturbances such as drought reduce timber volume growth and increase tree mortality, which can have serious repercussions for the forest-based industries that rely on timber as a raw material. To assess these impacts, we utilized Forest Inventory and Analysis data and estimated weather caused-mortality and loss of total live timber volume for Oklahoma, USA between 2011 and 2015, a period in
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What moves farmland markets: decomposing the price surge in eastern Germany Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2024-12-28 Tim Hainbach, Silke Hüttel, Axel Werwatz
Farmland prices have been surging worldwide; yet little is known about the particular strong surges in the upper quantiles of price distribution. We investigate by quantile how the composition of the farmland sales and agents’ valuation of land characteristics contribute to these price developments. Using farmland transactions from Brandenburg, Germany, we decompose the price surges between 2008–09
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What is the value of agrobiodiversity in southern Europe? Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2024-12-28 Lea Nicita, Robert Mendelsohn
This study explores how agrobiodiversity at both local and regional scales impacts farmland value across five Mediterranean countries in the EU. Previous literature has primarily addressed on-farm biodiversity and its effects on productivity and risk mitigation, yet the potential externalities of agrobiodiversity across neighboring farms remain underexplored. Using a cross-sectional Ricardian approach
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Meeting housing needs within planetary boundaries: A UK case study Ecol. Econ. (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-12-27 Stefan Horn, Ian Gough, Charlotte Rogers, Rebecca Tunstall
This paper addresses a neglected aspect of the UK housing crisis: how to rapidly but fairly decarbonise the housing stock to meet tough net zero targets while meeting housing needs of the entire population. To do so the authors adopt a radical approach based on sufficiency. The sufficiency approach is based on determining both a housing floor – a decent minimum standard for all – and a housing ceiling
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What drives the success of online platforms for industrial symbiosis? An agent-based model Ecol. Econ. (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-12-26 Melissa Mollica, Luca Fraccascia, Alberto Nastasi
This paper aims to investigate which factors affect companies’ choice of subscription to an online platform designed to support the creation of industrial symbiosis (IS) relationships, and the effectiveness of such platform from the economic and environmental perspectives. The analyzed platform finds optimal symbiotic partners by pursuing an economic objective and proposes the fair sharing of the additional
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Defining a safe and just operating space for the Norwegian economy Ecol. Econ. (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-12-25 Thomas Røkås, Erik Gómez-Baggethun
The ‘doughnut economics’ sustainability framework defines a Safe and Just operating Space (SJS) for humanity where human needs are met within ecological limits. Downscaling this framework from global to sub-global levels can increase its policy-relevance, but also faces methodological challenges, both because limits vary across spatiotemporal scales, and because the lived experience of limits differs
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The green transition dilemma: The impossible (?) quest for prosperity of South American economies Ecol. Econ. (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-12-25 Sebastian Valdecantos
This paper explores the tensions that the transition toward a zero‑carbon economy entails for countries relying on natural resource exploitation as the main drivers of (net) exports, as in most South American economies. Given their relatively low diversification and high technology gaps compared to advanced economies, attaining higher prosperity levels driven by sustained economic growth has recurrently
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An econometric analysis of supply and demand on Sugi sawlog in Japan Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-12-25 Yuji Higuma, Satoshi Tachibana
This study aims to clarify the supply and demand on Sugi sawlogs, a major product in the Japanese domestic log market, using econometric methods, and to quantify the impact of socio-economic factors on the supply and demand of domestic logs. We develop a dynamic simultaneous equations model for the supply and demand of Sugi sawlogs. The model is estimated using two-stage least squares, and both short-run
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Developing a supply chain model for sustainable aviation fuel using logging residues in Georgia, United States Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-12-25 Hosne Ara Akter, Yu-Kai Huang, Puneet Dwivedi
Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as a drop-in fuel from biomass feedstocks can reduce carbon emissions and provide resiliency to the aviation sector in light of the volatile nature of conventional aviation fuel (CAF) prices. This study aims to develop a supply chain model for SAF derived from unutilized logging residues across Georgia, a prominent forestry state located in the southern region of the