Ecosystem Service Value and Agricultural Conversion in the Amazon: Implications for Policy Intervention

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 279-295

  Mann, Michael L ^a,b   Kaufmann, Robert K ^a   Bauer, Dana Marie ^a   Gopal, Sucharita ^a   Baldwin, James G ^a   Del Carmen Vera Diaz, Maria ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Ecosystem services; Land use policy; Tax policy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; LAND USE; TAXATION;

AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE VALUES; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; LAND USE POLICY; TAX POLICIES; VALUE OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; WELFARE IMPLICATIONS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; POLICY MAKING; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SOYBEAN; TAX SYSTEM; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84866302221     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-012-9562-6     Document Type: Article

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