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Conserving Biodiversity on South Africa’s Privately-Owned Grasslands
Farmer Experiences with Protected AreasDocumentos de TrabalhoJulho 2020South Africa’s Biodiversity Stewardship Initiative and Protected Areas Act are programs designed to help protect threatened species and provide other conservation benefits. Private grasslands...
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Motor Fuel Taxation, Energy Conservation, and Economic Development
A Regional ApproachDocumentos de TrabalhoAbril 2006Richard W. EnglandCombustion of motor fuels has a variety of environmental impacts on local, regional and global scales. Taxing motor fuels more heavily would mitigate those environmental impacts. However, many...
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Reinventing Conservation Easements
A Critical Examination and Ideas for ReformDocumentos de TrabalhoMarço 2005Jeff PidotThis working paper has been published as a Lincoln Institute Policy Focus Report. No recent happening in land conservation rivals the deployment from coast-to-coast of conservation easements. Beyond...
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Assessing Land Encumbered by Conservation Restrictions
Documentos de TrabalhoMaio 2003James J. Czupryna, ASAThe assessment of land in Massachusetts encumbered by conservation restrictions was not a particular problem in the past since most towns tended to assess large tracts of land at comparatively low...
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Land Value Taxation and Eco-taxation
Their Social and Economic Inter-relationshipDocumentos de TrabalhoOutubro 2000Nathaniel Lichfield and Owen ConnellanThis Report is a preliminary exploration of the inter-relationship between two forms of taxation: the long established land value taxation an the recently emerging eco-taxation. The exploration...
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The Evolution of Zoning Since the 1980s
The Persistence of LocalismArtigos de ConferênciasNovembro 2011This paper, by William A. Fischel, examines three broad themes in the evolution of zoning. The first theme is the persistence of localism in zoning despite numerous top down attempts to reform zoning...
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Private Conservation Easements
Balancing Private Initiative and the Public InterestArtigos de ConferênciasMaio 2009A commonly used property rights approach to conserving the environment is private conservation easements. Gerald Korngold discusses the benefits of this policy and proposes methods to mediate some of...