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Ecological Efficiency of Voluntary Conservation of Boreal-Forest Biodiversity

2008

Current networks of protected areas are biased in many countries toward landscapes of low productivity. Voluntary conservation incentives have been suggested as a socially acceptable way to supplement existing networks with more productive, privately owned areas of high priority for nature conservation. The limited resources committed to nature conservation demand cost-efficiency. Efficiency, however, depends not only on costs incurred to society from alternative ways of maintaining biodiversity but also on ecological values that can be captured. We examined the ecological efficiency of the new market-based voluntary program to preserve forest habitats on private land in southwestern Finlan…

Conservation of Natural ResourcesTime FactorsLichensEcologyArctic RegionsNatural resource economicsmedia_common.quotation_subjectBiodiversityEcological efficiencyBiodiversityTreesNegotiationIncentiveHabitatEnvironmental protectionBusinessCoarse woody debrisProtected areaProductivityFinlandEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsNature and Landscape Conservationmedia_commonConservation Biology
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Sustainable tourist development in Italian holiday destinations

2008

This paper argues that tourism, will become a major activity in a modern welfare state, which will have serious consequences for environmental sustainability. This issue calls for an assessment of the pros and cons of the ecological efficiency of tourism. We propose an overall efficiency indicator that comprises both a sustainable tourism index and an economic efficiency index. Based on a data set for Italian provinces and using Activity Analysis, a quantitative assessment of the relative position of Italian tourist destination areas is made from the perspective of sustainable tourism. Copyright © 2008 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

Economic efficiencySustainable Tourism DestinationStrategy and ManagementEcological efficiencyDestinationsGeneralLiterature_MISCELLANEOUSjel:L83Data Envelopment AnalysiRegional sciencejel:Q26Activity Analysis; Data Envelopment Analysis; Sustainable Tourism Destination; Tourist PerformanceSustainable tourismMarketingSustainable developmentTourist Performance.InformationSystems_INFORMATIONSYSTEMSAPPLICATIONSTourism geographyGeneral EngineeringSDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/decent_work_and_economic_growthComputer Science ApplicationsActivity AnalysiEconomySettore SECS-S/03 - Statistica EconomicaSustainabilityBusinessTourism
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Increasing Sustainability of Growing Media Constituents and Stand-Alone Substrates in Soilless Culture Systems

2020

Peat-free growing media constituents and stand-alone substrates are the basis for the economic and ecological efficiency of the soilless culture system. Nevertheless, divergence between the model and practice still exists, coming from large gaps in the knowledge of alternative organic materials and of their effects on crop performance. A more detailed understanding of these topics is necessary to increase the soilless culture management capacity. In this respect, this critical review collects research outcomes concerning the sustainability of soilless culture and growing media constituents and their impact on the environment. In particular, the review covers designated articles stressing th…

organic substratesplant performanceDivergence (linguistics)soilless cultivation systemNatural resource economicsorganic substratelcsh:SEcological efficiencypeat-free growing mediaSettore AGR/04 - Orticoltura E Floricolturalcsh:Agriculturesubstrate mixtureSustainabilityEconomicsAgronomy and Crop ScienceAgronomy
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