Economic benefits of forest conservation: Assessing the potential rents from Brazil nut concessions in Madre de Dios, Peru, to channel REDD+ investments

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 132-143

  Nunes, Felipe ^a   Soares Filho, Britaldo ^a   Giudice, Renzo ^a   Rodrigues, Hermann ^a   Bowman, Maria ^b   Silvestrini, Rafaella ^a   Mendoza, Elsa ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA AMBIENTAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Bertholletia excelsa; Brazil nut; deforestation; MAP region; opportunity cost; Peru; simulation model

Indexed keywords

AMAZON; BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA; BRAZIL NUT; OPPORTUNITY COSTS; PERU; SIMULATION MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION; COSTS; DEFORESTATION; INVESTMENTS; PROFITABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMICS;

CERTIFICATION; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; YIELD RESPONSE;

BERTHOLLETIA; CONSERVATION; COSTS; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMICS; INVESTMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERU; PROFITABILITY; SIMULATION; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

BRAZIL; MADRE DE DIOS; PERU;

BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA;

EID: 84860816769     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892911000671     Document Type: Article

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