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Special Issue On Climate Change And Land Conservation And Restoration: Advances In Economics Methods And Policies For Adaptation And Mitigation, Sarah Cline, Sahan T.M. Dissanayake Aug 2018

Special Issue On Climate Change And Land Conservation And Restoration: Advances In Economics Methods And Policies For Adaptation And Mitigation, Sarah Cline, Sahan T.M. Dissanayake

Economics Faculty Publications and Presentations

Climate change will likely impact the ecosystem services and biodiversity generated from conserved land. Land conservation can also play a significant role in achieving cost-effective mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. In this special issue we feature seven papers from the 2017 NAREA Workshop, “Climate Change and Land Conservation and Restoration: Advances in Economics Methods and Policies for Adaptation and Mitigation.” The articles include papers furthering the methodological frontier; portfolio optimization, dynamic rangeland stocking, and global timber harvest models, and those highlighting innovative applications; climate smart agricultural practices in Nigeria and Vietnam, welfare impacts on birding, and carbon and albedo pricing.