Estimates of climate change's economic impacts vary widely, depending on the applied
methodology. This uncertainty is a barrier for policymakers seeking to quantify the benefits of …

Global agriculture consumes substantial resources and produces significant pollution. By
shifting its production to new locations, and inducing changes in technology and input use …

Between 2004 and 2012, multiple policies contributed to one of the great conservation
successes of the twenty-first century—an 84% decrease in the rate of Brazilian Amazon …

Abstract The Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal
Amazon (PPCDAm), launched in 2004, promoted a drastic conservation reform in Brazil. To …

There is a continuing debate over the role that woody bioenergy plays in climate mitigation.
This paper clarifies this controversy and illustrates the impacts of woody biomass demand …

Using a newly-available panel dataset of gridded annual crop yields in conjunction with a
dynamic econometric model that distinguishes between farmers' short-run and long-run …

Computable general equilibrium (CGE) models play an important role in supporting public-
policy making on such issues as trade, climate change and taxation. This significantly …

Agricultural intensification, an increase in per-area productivity, may spare forests otherwise
lost to agricultural expansion. Yet which conditions enable such sparing or whether …

Countries around the world are devising and implementing bioeconomy strategies to initiate
transformation towards sustainable futures. Modern concepts of bioeconomy extend beyond …

Land conservation and increased carbon uptake on land are fundamental to achieving the
ambitious targets of the climate and biodiversity conventions. Yet, it remains largely …