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Extreme Weather Events and Climate Change: Economic Impacts and Adaptation Policies Annu. Rev. Resour. Econ. (IF 5.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Susana Ferreira
This article reviews the literature on the economic impacts of disasters caused by extreme weather and climate events to draw lessons on how societies can better manage these risks. While evidence that richer, better-governed societies suffer less and recover faster from climate extremes suggests adaptation, knowledge gaps remain, and little is known about the efficiency of specific adaptation actions
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The Economics of Food Supply Chain Resilience Annu. Rev. Resour. Econ. (IF 5.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Jill E. Hobbs, Jeffrey Hadachek
Food supply chain resilience has become a priority for policymakers in recent years. Prompted by several systemic disruptions and the increased likelihood of future shocks, significant attention and public financial investment have been devoted to preparing supply chains to be more able to absorb shocks and more nimbly respond in the future. Food and agricultural supply chains have been particularly
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Pulp addiction? Perspectives of local regime actors on the development of the growing pulp industry in Uruguay Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Veera Tahvanainen, Anu Laakkonen, Ossi Pesälä, Lucía Pittaluga, Teppo Hujala, Jouni Pykäläinen
The pulp and paper industry is one of the largest industries in the world. The main actors are a few multi-national enterprises operating in global markets. The industry is increasingly moving its production to the Global South, which alters global pulp value chains and the national socio-technical regimes of those countries. Additionally, the sustainability paradigm and transition to bioeconomy are
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Forest sector contribution to the National Economy: Example wood products value chains originating from Iringa region, Tanzania Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-04 Beatus John Temu, Gerald C. Monela, Dietrich Darr, Jumanne M. Abdallah, Jürgen Pretzsch
The contribution of the forest sector to the national economy and to livelihood of people is often underestimated, particularly where its ripple effects in the economy are ignored, placing it in less advantageous position in decisions regarding resource allocation among sectors of a national economy. In order to depict the sector's contribution to Tanzania's economy, data was collected at macro (Input-Output
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Co-operative forest owner associations - harmonized values for sustainable development? Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Anna Thorning
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Voluntary sustainability standards to cope with the new European Union regulation on deforestation-free products: A gap analysis Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Luiz Henrique Elias Cosimo, Mauro Masiero, Aynur Mammadova, Davide Pettenella
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Climate change and its impact on home insurance uptake in Australia Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Daniel Melser, Trinh Le, Ummul Ruthbah
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Holistic analysis of factors influencing the adoption of agroforestry to foster forest sector based climate solutions Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Dagninet Amare, Dietrich Darr
Improving adoption rate is vital for realizing agroforestry innovations' financial and environmental benefits including fostering climate change adaptation and resilience efforts. Adoption rate of agroforestry innovations improves through feedback-enriched interventions. Yet, the lessons that decades of adoption research generated were only partially incorporated for improving prospective development
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Groundwater Institutions in the Face of Global Climate Change Annu. Rev. Resour. Econ. (IF 5.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 Jinhua Zhao, Nathan P. Hendricks, Haoyang Li
We review the literature on the performance of groundwater institutions, including command-and-control (CAC) approaches, market-based institutions (MBIs), and voluntary approaches, and evaluate how they will perform as agriculture adapts to climate change. Both CAC approaches and MBIs lead to uneven distributional impacts on farmers, and voluntary approaches have not been successful in reducing water
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Sustainable practices in cocoa production. The role of certification schemes and farmer cooperatives Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-27 Katharina Krumbiegel, Pascal Tillie
In Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, many small-scale cocoa producers cultivate cocoa in unshaded or low-shaded plots, leading to challenges such as reduced biodiversity, soil fertility depletion, and increased soil erosion. To assess the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices in the cocoa sector, we develop a scale that incorporates dimensions of agroforestry, soil conservation, pest and disease management
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The Economics of Drought Annu. Rev. Resour. Econ. (IF 5.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Eric Edwards, Leslie Sanchez, Sheetal Sekhri
Water scarcity and drought have determined the structure, location, and fate of civilizations throughout history. Drought remains an important factor in the performance of developed and developing economies, especially in the agricultural sector. While significant attention has been paid to drought as a meteorological phenomenon and on its economic impact, comparative institutional analysis of the
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Gender and forest resources in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic literature review Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Verena Bitzer, Monika Moździerz, Rob Kuijpers, Greetje Schouten, Denabo Billo Juju
Numerous empirical studies have highlighted how women experience gender-based disadvantages in accessing, using, and exercising control over forest resources. This paper consolidates and analyses the increasingly rich empirical literature on gender and forest resources within low- and middle-income countries to unravel the multifaceted factors contributing to gender disparities. A systematic literature
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Corrigendum to “Evaluation analysis of the compensation payments schemes for ecosystem services: The case of Czech and Slovak Republic” [Forest Policy and Economics 163 (2024) 10320] Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Zuzana Dobšinská, Klára Báliková, Vilém Jarský, Michal Hríb, Roman Štifil, Jaroslav Šálka
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Collective participation in conservation easements in rural China: Evidence from the Qianjiangyuan National Park Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Heng Luo, Yanmei Ye, Chongwu Zhou, Jinghui Zhao
Conservation easements (CE), as an emerging conservation strategy in China, have gained successful collective participation within the Qianjiangyuan National Park with all its collectively-owned forestlands under easements. This study uses an analytical framework developed from the social-ecological systems (SES) framework to explore systemic inter-dependencies among social, economic, political, and
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Why are non-wood forest products still the poor relative in Global Forest Resources Assessments? Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 C.M. Shackleton, O. Adeyemi, S. Setty
To conserve and use forests sustainably, it is helpful to have accurate and regular assessments of their health and status. A key tool in this regard is the regular global overview provided by the Food and Agriculture Programme (FAO) in their Global Forest Resources Assessments (GFRA), now issued every five years. As of 2000, the GFRA required member countries to report statistics related to non-wood
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Transcultural bioeconomy governance in a plurinational state: Sumak Kawsay and bio-based production in two Kichwa territories of Ecuador Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Javier Cuestas-Caza, Lucía Toledo, Fabricio Rodríguez
This article studies the notion of Sumak Kawsay as an Indigenous way of life and political project informing the normative fundament of the plurinational state of Ecuador. How does Sumak Kawsay shape the relationship between bio-based practices in Kichwa territories of Ecuador and the country's emerging bioeconomy policy? To address this question we study the production of two culturally meaningful
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Local policy networks in support of wood-based construction: A case study from Joensuu, Finland Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Md. Rayhanur Rahman, Ida Wallin, Ritva Toivonen, Anne Toppinen
Wood-based construction (WBC) is considered important for climate change mitigation, as buildings provide long-term carbon storage and contribute to sustainable urban solutions. Research shows that a lack of coordination among policy actors hinders the more rapid development of WBC in many contexts. Gaining a better understanding of the characteristics of local WBC-related policy networks is critical
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Governance structures, resource mobilization, and organizational performance of community forest enterprises: Evidence from China Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Zhang Yiwen
Community forestry enterprises (CFEs) have diverse governance structures impacting their organizational performance, while limited research has explored the drivers and impact of these diversified institutions. Adopting a comparative case approach, this study examines three types of CFE models in southern China—shareholding forest farms, community-corporation partnerships, and cooperative reforestation—to
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BIOECONOMY based on non-timber forest products for development and forest conservation - untapped potential or false hope? A systematic review for the BRAZILIAN amazon Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Tomas Rosenfeld, Benno Pokorny, Jacques Marcovitch, Peter Poschen
The continuing destruction of the Amazonian forest, the largest remaining tropical forest ecosystem, has massive social and environmental consequences for local populations, but also for the climate, global food security and biodiversity. With some 20% of the forest already lost and the Amazon region likely approaching a tipping point, the conservation of its forests is a burning issue. High expectations
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Assessing actor power in the trade-offs between ecosystem services affecting forest management – A case study from Central Slovakia Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Yvonne Brodrechtova
In countries with a planned economy history, numerous actors interested in ecosystem services (ES) have emerged over the last decades. The power these actors exert is crucial to the promotion of their interests. The case study from central Slovakia aimed to determine who the most powerful actors are and, via the actor-centered power approach and actor analysis, to assess their power in trade-offs between
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General policy uncertainty: A crucial, yet overlooked, factor for the forest sector Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 William F. Hyde, Virginia Morales Olmos
Unexpected macroeconomic effects and unanticipated administrative action, both external to the activities of the forest sector itself, create crucial uncertainty for production, growth, and development in the forest sector. They dominate as determinants of forest sector performance. Yet they are a source of uncertainty that has been entirely overlooked by forest policy decisionmakers. We explain the
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Research approaches to sustainable forest-based value creation: A literature review Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Katri Rusanen, Teppo Hujala, Jouni Pykäläinen
Sustainability transitions challenge traditional forest-based sector and the way it operates. So far, the traditional forest-based sector has been considered path-dependent which could hamper its ability to renew. The sustainability of the sector is increasingly contested in science and public discussions despite the efforts to sustainability reporting and certifications. Hence, there is a need for
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Introduction to the virtual issue on bioeconomy innovation pipelines and supply chain shocks Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Dušan Drabik, Justus Wesseler
This introduction presents five articles of the virtual issue on bioeconomy innovation pipelines and supply chain shocks. The presented cases use alternative methodological approaches with their own advantages and disadvantages. The conclusion we can draw is that the specificities of individual case studies make it difficult to generalise and many more cases would be needed to perform a meta-analysis
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Political Economy of Agriculture and Food Policy in Africa Annu. Rev. Resour. Econ. (IF 5.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Danielle Resnick
This article reviews the literature on the political economy of agricultural and food policy in sub-Saharan Africa. In doing so, it first presents a conceptual framework highlighting that agricultural and food policy decisions are contingent on the intersection between governance structures, the preferences and pressures from societal interest groups, and international dynamics. The interrelations
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From staples to smorgasbord: Zeitgeist of Canada's forest management in the 21st century Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Sen Wang
The staples theory posits that a country rich in natural resources tends to rely heavily on extracting its natural resources for exporting to markets. An exporting country as such is known as “hinterland” whereas the destination of the commodity goods is known as “heartland”. In the Canadian context, fur, fish, and timber served as good examples that lend support to the validity of the staples theory
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Forest clearances, compensatory afforestation and biodiversity offsetting in forests: Balancing flexibility and equivalency in Switzerland Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Tobias Schulz, Tamaki Ohmura, David Troxler, Eva Lieberherr
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Analysing post-conflict policies to enhance socio-ecological restoration among black communities in Southern Colombia: Cacao cropping as a win–win strategy Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Sonia Quiroga, Cristina Suárez, Virginia Hernanz, José Evelio Aguiño, Juan F. Fernández-Manjarrés
Armed conflict and peace-building processes have often prolonged extreme extraction and deforestation practices. This research examines the potential drivers of local forest transitions in relation to the peace-building process in Colombia's South Pacific region; an area that has been traditionally dominated by illicit crops, inhabited by vulnerable Afro-Colombian communities and in areas where post-conflict
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Financial inclusion and nutrition among rural households in Rwanda Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Ranjula Bali Swain, Aimable Nsabimana
Using Rwandan Integrated Household Living Conditions surveys (2013/2014 and 2016/17), we investigate whether financial inclusion leads to improved nutrition in rural Rwanda. Our empirical evidence shows a robust positive impact of financial inclusion by formal financial institutions, although informal institutions like tontines were ineffective in improving food expenditure or nutrition. Furthermore
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Good intentions meet complex realities: CITES listing of diverse frankincense (Boswellia species) might do more harm than good Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Stephen Johnson, Sue Canney Davison, Kelly Ablard, Frans Bongers, Anthony B. Cunningham, Anjanette DeCarlo, Ben-Erik Van Wyk
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Evaluation analysis of the compensation payments schemes for ecosystem services: The case of Czech and Slovak Republic Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Zuzana Dobšinská, Klára Báliková, Vilém Jarský, Michal Hríb, Roman Štifil, Jaroslav Šálka
Compensation payments for ownership rights restrictions due to nature conservation of forest land have a long history in the Czech and Slovak Republics. A similar understanding and the common roots of nature conservation led us to analyse the implementation of these governmental payments for ecosystem services in both countries. This study aimed to compare the implementation process of payments in
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Synergies and trade-offs in the European forest bioeconomy research: State of the art and the way forward Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 L. Hetemäki, D. D'Amato, A. Giurca, E. Hurmekoski
The management and governance of forests must consider the synergies and trade-offs between different societal goals, especially with the bioeconomy being a key factor in recent sectoral strategies worldwide. This literature review explores the multidimensional concept of synergies and trade-offs, focusing on scientific publications dealing with the European forest bioeconomy. The objectives are twofold:
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Global value chains participation and trade-induced carbon inequality: A comparative analysis of developed and developing economies Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Long Wei, Wenjing Li, Zhida Jin
Trade-induced carbon transfer generates significant impacts on global carbon emissions, leading to carbon inequality (CI). This paper introduces a novel indirect metric, the trade-induced domestic carbon share (TDCS), designed to quantify economies' carbon benefits from international trade. Based on data from 17 manufacturing sectors in 66 major economies, this study compares the impact of developed
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Are environmental concerns deterring people from having children? Longitudinal evidence on births in the UK Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Nattavudh Powdthavee, Andrew J. Oswald, Ben Lockwood
Do ‘green’ environmental concerns – such as about biodiversity, climate change, pollution – deter citizens from having children? This paper reports the first longitudinal evidence consistent with that increasingly discussed hypothesis. It follows through time a random sample of thousands of initially childless men and women in the UK. The paper shows that those individuals who are committed to a green
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The role of internal culture for coping with uncertainty in forest management Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Peter Deegen
Theories about uncertainty usually focus on its reduction. However, a significant source of uncertainty lies in the innovative and creative capabilities of the human mind. This particular source entangles us in contradictions: both reducing and creating uncertainty simultaneously. Therefore, a theory of uncertainty that solely investigates ways to reduce it is incomplete. It must be complemented by
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Do male and female family forest landowners have different training needs? A case study from Georgia, United States Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Kanchana Balasubramanian, Anne Mook, Parag Kadam, Puneet Dwivedi
In the southern United States, female forest landowners (FeFLs) are an important stakeholder group as they make up 27% (about 450,000) of family forest landowners and hold 21% (about 30 million acres) of the total forestlands. Despite FeFLs' increasing role in forestry, they are less actively involved in forest management than male forest landowners. This could be attributed to a general lack of understanding
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Assessing policy preferences for preventing and managing wildfire in Greece Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Kati Burton, Douglas Becker, Tasos Hovardas, Chloe B. Wardropper, Alexander Maas
Extreme temperatures and droughts have led to catastrophic wildfires across Greece over the last two decades, with 2023 experiencing the largest fire-driven evacuation in the country's history. Existing wildfire governance approaches may be outdated in the face of these new challenges. Greek residents' attitudes and willingness to pay for additional prevention and mitigation may be changing with the
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Barking up the wrong tree? - A guide to forest owner typology methods Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Hanna Ekström, Brian Danley, Yann Clough, Nils Droste
Creating typologies of forest owners is a common approach for analyzing and understanding heterogeneity in responses to forest policies and management practice uptake. While many forest owner typologies have been developed, only a few quantitative methods dominate the field with little information on how methodological choice affects outcomes. In this study we compare five methods for quantitative
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What drives businesses to transact with complementary currencies? Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Ariane Reyns
There is an ongoing debate on complementary currencies’ (CCs) contribution to a transition towards resilient and sustainable economies. As part of this debate, this paper investigates which factors lead to significant acceptance and sufficient growth of a CC from a bottom-up perspective, i.e., based on its members’ decisions. First, we identify the benefits and costs driving firms’ use of CCs and find
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Crowdfunding or crowdsourcing time: Exploring the willingness of private citizens to help prevent forest fires Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Marieta Valente, Maria Eduarda Fernandes, Lígia Maria Costa Pinto
In Europe, southern countries like Portugal lose extensive forest areas to wildfires every year. Public investment in forest conservation and wildfire prevention is crucial, and public support is necessary. In this study, we explore the adequacy of two citizen engagement mechanisms to help in the prevention of wildfires. We design a preference elicitation survey to study preferences for forests and
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To spend or to avoid? A critical review on the role of money in aiming for sufficiency. Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Fatemeh Jouzi, Jarkko Levänen, Mirja Mikkilä, Lassi Linnanen
Efforts to address the consequences of growth-oriented economics through efficiency-oriented strategies have been ineffective, while sufficiency strategies and absolute reduction of consumption face implementation challenges. The role of money in the reduction of consumption is complex and largely an unclear phenomenon. In this paper, we critically review the concept of money in sufficiency research
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Institutional quality and bioeconomy performance in European countries: Unveiling the evidence Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Cristian Barra, Pasquale Marcello Falcone
The bioeconomy, emerging as a beacon of sustainable development and global competitiveness, relies on renewable biological resources. This study investigates the interplay between institutional quality and bioeconomy performance in 28 European countries. By employing a Fixed Effect Regression and different sensitivity analyses, we unveil a robust, positive, and statistically significant relationship
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Multidimensional welfare indices and the IPCC 6th Assessment Report scenarios Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Johannes Emmerling, Ulrike Kornek, Stéphane Zuber
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Peatland restoration in Germany: A dynamic general equilibrium analysis Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Dirk Willenbockel
Drained peatland currently contributes 7.5% of Germany's total national greenhouse gas emissions. The National Peatland Protection Strategy adopted by the German government in 2022 recognizes that these emissions need to be reduced significantly to meet the country's climate change mitigation commitments. The present study employs a global dynamic computable general equilibrium model to assess the
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Psychological distances to climate change and public preferences for biodiversity-augmenting attributes in family-owned production forests Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Do-hun Kim, Hanne K. Sjølie, Francisco X. Aguilar
Understanding public perceptions on how management can help adapt forests to climate change is fundamental to the design of socially-acceptable policies. A binary discrete choice experiment in Norway and Sweden was conducted to elicit public preferences for biodiversity-augmenting changes in three forest management attributes (set-aside, proportion of uneven-aged tree stands, and number and type of
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Economic inequality and the ecological footprint: Time-varying estimates for four developed economies, 1962–2021 Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Fredrik N.G. Andersson
This paper explores the link between income, and wealth inequality and the ecological footprint in France, Netherlands, United States, and United Kingdom from 1962 to 2021. Based on theoretical considerations, we allow the relationship to vary over time. Our analysis provides some support for income inequality influencing ecological footprints, specifically through carbon emissions. Yet, we do not
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Analysis of the environmental and economic performance of common agricultural policy eco-schemes in soil organic carbon sequestration Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Sergio Colombo, Juan Castro-Rodríguez, Daniel Peréz-Pérez, María Almagro
The Andalusian olive grove in South Spain is employed as a case study to assess the environmental and economic effects of the green architecture (eco-schemes) of the Common Agricultural Policy in relation to low carbon agriculture under different soil management policy scenarios to support more efficient agri-environmental policy making. To do so, we adopted a multidisciplinary approach in which we
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Self-efficacy toward prescribed burning among female and male family forest landowners in Georgia, US Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Carolina Berget, Anne Mook, Puneet Dwivedi
Around 9.6 million family forest landowners (FFLs) collectively own 36% of the forestland in the United States (US), playing a vital role in managing and shaping the forests across the country. There is an array of forest management practices that these families can pursue on their forestlands, including prescribed burning, which, although controversial, is a tool with many social and environmental
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Analysis of location, feedstock availability, and economic impacts of potential mass timber processing facilities in Michigan Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Naresh Khanal, Raju Pokharel, Jagdish Poudel, Shivan Gc, Elliot Shannon, Emily Huff, Andrew Finley
Mass timber, an engineered wood product, offers exceptional strength and versatility as a building material, is lightweight, which makes it easy to transport and assemble, is aesthetically appealing, and offers the potential to reduce GHG emissions. This study attempts to identify the potential locations for mass timber production in Michigan, estimate the available feedstock, and evaluate the economic
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Mixed farmers' perception of the ecological-economic performance of diversified farming Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Julia Rosa-Schleich, Jacqueline Loos, Marco Ferrante, Oliver Mußhoff, Teja Tscharntke
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Can carbon tariffs based on domestic embedded carbon emissions reduce more carbon leakages? Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Zhijie Jia, Rongxin Wu, Yu Liu, Shiyan Wen, Boqiang Lin
Carbon pricing has proven to be effective in reducing regional carbon emissions, but it has also resulted in carbon leakage, one way to handle this is a carbon tariff, but controversial. This study examines the role of carbon tariffs in mitigating carbon leakage. It proposes various carbon tariff schemes that take into account both direct and embedded carbon emissions. The research findings demonstrate
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Does economic performance matter for forest conversion in Congo Basin tropical forests?FMOLS-DOLS approaches Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Jonathan Bakadila Ngoma, Ling Yang
Deforestation through forest conversion is a significant threat to the environment that leads to biodiversity loss, land degradation, soil erosion, and climate change. We add to the literature by analyzing the aggregated (with the basic model estimated using GDP as a proxy for economic activity) and disaggregated (with the extended models using agriculture and mining as proxies for economic activities)
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Conversion to organic farming: Does it change the economic and environmental performance of fruit farms? Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Jaime Martín-García, José A. Gómez-Limón, Manuel Arriaza
This paper compares the performance of conventional and organic fruit farms in Spain, using a set of base indicators to assess their economic and environmental performance on a per hectare basis. Composite indicators are also calculated to measure the overall economic and environmental performance of both production systems. Comparisons are made using propensity score matching to minimize the non-randomization
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African Rhino Conservation and the Interacting Influences of Property, Prices, and Policy Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Michael ’t Sas-Rolfes, Richard Emslie
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Confronting the dilemma of growth. A response to Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Tim Jackson, Jason Hickel, Giorgos Kallis
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On entrepreneurship in forestry Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Daowei Zhang
In this paper, I first present two main economic entrepreneurship theories and an analytical framework for forest-based entrepreneurships that include personal, socio-economic, forestry or forest-management specific, and institutional/contextual factors. I then present a few successful forestry entrepreneurs in the United States to highlight importance of various factors. Finally, I speculate on the
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Inflation dynamics under different weather regimes: Evidence from Mexico Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Daniel Ventosa-Santaulària, Edwin Tapia, Anna Karina Pérez-Peña
In countries with substantial agricultural sectors, such as Mexico, extreme weather conditions linked to the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) wield significant influence. This study focuses on Mexico, examining how ENSO affects the interplay between headline inflation (excluding energy) and economic activity. Employing a nonlinear local projection within two weather scenarios – acute and neutral
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Adaptation and operationalisation of sustainable degrowth for policy: Why we need to translate research papers into legislative drafts? Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Andrzej Strzałkowski
Sustainable degrowth offers effective alternative strategies for tackling social and environmental problems such as climate crisis, resource depletion, biodiversity loss, and species hecatomb. However, it plays a marginal role in policy. Moreover, researchers need to operationalise many degrowth proposals in a more sufficient way for the policy. This mainly conceptual-methodological article conceptualises
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Ecosystem service values provided by National Parks to residential property owners Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 John Loomis, Leslie Richardson, Putri Komala Dara, Julie Mueller, Jeffrey Zabel, Paige Smalley, Ryan Fitch, Christoph Nolte, Robert Paterson
This paper focuses on the ecosystem service benefits to homeowners from living in close proximity to three National Parks. Knowing these ecosystem service benefits is of policy and management relevance as expansion of existing Parks and protected areas along ecosystem boundaries often requires acquisition of undeveloped private land or other multiple use public lands, something that local officials
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Unlocking the potential: Expert insights on the long-term compatibility of forest carbon credits with the EU ETS Forest Policy Econ. (IF 4.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Sebastian Bleuel, Carsten Müller
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Material services in an emerging economy: Tracking resource utilization in Vietnam's shelter, thermal comfort, and road transportation Ecol. Econ. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Thi Cuc Nguyen, Alessio Miatto, Junbeum Kim
Emerging economies continue to exhibit notable growth rates in material consumption. This research employs the Stock-Flow-Service (SFS) nexus to evaluate the use of resources in providing shelter, thermal comfort, and transport services in Vietnam from 2004 to 2019. The investigation encompasses material stocks and flows involved in expanding and maintaining residential buildings, roads, key household