[PDF][PDF] Behavioural factors affecting the adoption of sustainable farming practices: a policy-oriented review

FJ Dessart, J Barreiro-Hurlé… - European Review of …, 2019 - agriculture.ec.europa.eu
This paper reviews the findings from the last 20 years on the behavioural factors that
influence farmers, decisions to adopt environmentally sustainable practices. It also proposes …

[PDF][PDF] The devil in the detail: a practical guide on designing payments for environmental services

S Engel - … Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, 2016 - nowpublishers.com
Payments for environmental services (PES) have become a popular approach to address
environmental degradation. However, evidence on its effectiveness is scarce and rather …

[HTML][HTML] Policy design for forest carbon sequestration: A review of the literature

M Gren, AZ Aklilu - Forest Policy and Economics, 2016 - Elsevier
Forest carbon enhancement provides a low-cost opportunity in climate policy, but needs
efficient policy design to be implemented. This paper reviews studies in economics on …

Quantification of the coupling relationship between ecological compensation and ecosystem services in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China

Y Jiang, D Guan, X He, B Yin, L Zhou, L Sun, D Huang… - Land Use Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of human society, the self-regulation ability of ecosystem
services has lagged far behind the degree of human destruction. As an effective …

[HTML][HTML] Protecting tropical forests from the rapid expansion of rubber using carbon payments

EM Warren-Thomas, DP Edwards, DP Bebber… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Expansion of Hevea brasiliensis rubber plantations is a resurgent driver of deforestation,
carbon emissions, and biodiversity loss in Southeast Asia. Southeast Asian rubber extent is …

Determining eco-compensation standards based on the ecosystem services value of the mountain ecological forests in Beijing, China

W Sheng, L Zhen, G Xie, Y Xiao - Ecosystem Services, 2017 - Elsevier
Ecological forests play a key role in the maintenance of urban ecological security in Beijing,
and 91% of these ecosystems are located in mountain areas. To better address the issues …

Spatial characteristics of land uses and ecological compensations based on payment for ecosystem services model from 2000 to 2015 in Sichuan Province, China

M Fan, L Chen - Ecological informatics, 2019 - Elsevier
The ecosystem services provision is constantly under threat by anthropogenic pressures,
especially which is mainly related to land use changes. A solution proposed to address …

Maize price volatility and deforestation

C Lundberg, R Abman - American Journal of Agricultural …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We develop a model of deforestation using a real option on agricultural land conversion and
establish an important link between agricultural commodity price volatility and forest loss …

Payments for ecosystem services and their institutional dimensions: Institutional frameworks and governance structures of PES schemes.

B Matzdorf, G Hickey, C Sattler, S Engel - 2013 - cabidigitallibrary.org
This special issue contains seven papers on'Payments for ecosystem services and their
institutional dimensions: Institutional frameworks and governance structures of PES …

Utilising portfolio theory in environmental research–New perspectives and considerations

BD Matthies, JB Jacobsen, T Knoke, C Paul… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Modern Portfolio Theory is a well-established method in economic research for
considering the risks and returns in asset allocations and the potential benefits of …