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  Income level and environmental quality in the MENA countries: discussing the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2011

  The relationship between environmental quality and economic growth is puzzling. This paper illustrates that according to the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis, as income increases, emissions increase as well until some threshold level of income is reached after which emissions begin to decline.
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  Mitigating industrial solid waste in Tunisia: landfill use vs. recycling

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2011

  Tunisia over the last few years has put in place a coherent and progressive program to manage waste through control, elimination and recycling. This paper reviews the Tunisian legislation on the management of solid waste and assesses the effectiveness of economic instruments in controlling its generation.
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  REDD: A Collection of Conflicts, Contradictions and Lies

  World Rainforest Movement, 2015

  The complexity of REDD initiatives from another perspective.
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  Sustainable development and environmental challenges in the MENA region: accounting for the environment in the 21st century

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2011

  Although many of MENA’s economic challenges have been widely analysed, environmental challenges are rarely taken into consideration in the process of formulating economic policies in the region. This paper addresses the major gaps in knowledge about the economics of environment in the MENA, and analyses the most current trends regarding MENA’s sustainable resource management.
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  Loss and Damage to Ecosystem Services

  United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, 2014

  This working paper highlights loss and damage to ecosystems from climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report (2014) indicates that adaptation options for ecosystems may be more limited than for human systems and consequently loss and damage both to ecosystems, and to ecosystem services, may be expected.
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  Regulating industry emissions: assessing the Moroccan cement experiences

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2011

  In the MENA region, the cement industry grew rapidly during the last decades; however, while producing the main building material in the world, the cement industry is also one of the most significant industrial polluters.
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  Monetary incentives to avoid deforestation under the Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD)+ climate change mitigation scheme in Tanzania

  Springerlink, 2014

  The paper estimates and compares the level of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) payments required to compensate for the opportunity costs (OCs) of stopping the conversion of montane forest and miombo woodlands into cropland in two agro-ecological zones in Morogoro Region in Tanzania. Data collected from 250 households were used for OC estimation.
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  Water scarcity in Jordan: economic instruments, issues and options

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2011

  This paper explores the complexity and implications of water scarcity in Jordan, and the potential use of incentives, economic instruments and regulation to balance demand growth and supply shortages.
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  Addressing land degradation: benefits, costs, and policy directions

  Philippine Journal of Development, 2010

  Land degradation in the Philippines is a serious environmental problem with long-term implications for the sustainability of agricultural production. Protection of the resource base has thus become a policy priority, whether in terms of improving crop management in the lowlands or more urgently, arresting soil erosion in the uplands.
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  An assessment of the local service delivery of potable water in Dumaguete City and selected areas of Agusan del Sur Province

  Philippine Journal of Development, 2009

  This paper assessed the local service delivery (LSD) of potable water in Dumaguete City and selected areas of Agusan del Sur. It is based on a study conducted by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

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