Tags: global land use

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  1. Market-mediated environmental impacts of biofuels

    31 Jul 2014 | Contributor(s):: Tom Hertel, Wallace E. Tyner

    This paper surveys the evidence on market-mediated environmental impacts of biofuels, with special attention to the indirect greenhouse gas emissions stemming from land cover change in the wake of increased demand for biofuel feedstocks. We find clear evidence that market mediated land use...

  2. Land, Environment and Climate: Contributing to the Global Public Good

    31 Jul 2014 | Contributor(s):: Tom Hertel

    This paper discusses global public goods related to the world's land resources, their current provision and likely future provision, their potential impacts on the world's poorest households, as well as prospects for using foreign assistance to enhance these outcomes. Specifically, the...