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Tag Archives: tradeoffs
Are ecosystem service trade-offs relatively common?
A recent paper by Heather Tallis et al. reports the finding that win-win conservation projects — those that aim to achieve both conservation objectives and economic gains — are relatively rare. In this paper (Proc Natl Acad Sci U S … Continue reading
Can Payments to Farmers Expand Agricultural Production and the Supply of other Ecosystem Services
Agriculture are argueably is the human activity that has the largest impact on the world, impacting many ecosystem services. However, most farmers have minimal financial incentive to enhance ecosystem services other than crop yield. WRI Earthtrends reviews the evidence that … Continue reading
Posted in Ecosystem services, General
Tagged agriculture, payment for ecosystem services, tradeoffs, WRI
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Biofuel production vs. Aquatic ecosystems
Simon Donner writes about his new paper Corn-based ethanol production compromises goal of reducing nitrogen export by the Mississippi River (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 10.1073/pnas.0708300105) on his weblog maribo: A new paper by my colleague Chris Kucharik and I … Continue reading
Posted in Ecosystem services, Greenlash, Regime Shifts
Tagged agriculture, biofuels, climate change, coastal eutrophication, Gulf of Mexico, Simon Donner, tradeoffs
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