which identifies the best auction structure for securing ecosystem services particularly those provided by private landowners.
Building on established auction theory the paper breaks new ground in structuring an auction that addresses three key challenges to inducing private landowners to provide optimal levels of ecosystem services.
Those services may be underprovided due to a lack of price incentives for private activities taken for the public good.
Improved education for private landowners and accountability for public managers would help ensure the future productivity of the northern hardwood resource says Froese.
Fortunately private initiatives have sprung up to support compliance in the form of international certification standards commodity roundtables
While the cellulosic biofuel production process has yet to be commercialized extensively several private companies are specialized developing biorefineries capable of converting tough corn fibers into fuel.
The document should be completed soon. â#oemost of the land in Kansas is privately ownedâ#he said. â#oevoluntary actions of private landowners are the key to maintaining enhancing restoring
and Synthesis. The study is part of the Northwoods Climate Change Response Framework a collaboration of federal state academic and private partners led by the Forest Service's Northern Institute of Applied Climate
In cooperation with Zurich Zoo and private camel keepers scientists from the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich have measured methane production in three types of camelids.
and 144 from private households) after preparation of various meats (i e. poultry beef/veal pork lamb game
Screening was also more likely for patients with private insurance than for patients who were uninsured
+and Green Economy approaches such as through better coordination stronger private sector engagement changes in fiscal incentive frameworks greater focus on assisting policymakers to understand the role forests play in propping up economies
which is part of the Central Hardwoods Climate Change Response Framework a collaboration of federal state academic and private partners led by the Forest Service's Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS).
and resulted in the flooding of an additional 30000 acres of Illinois public and private lands.
 â#oeimpacts of 2011 Len Small levee breach on private and public Illinois landsâ#co-authored by Kenneth R. Olson
The researchers calculated the value of the bat pest control service each year from 1990 through 2008 by estimating the value of avoided crop damage and the reduced social and private costs of insecticide use in the presence of bats.
and the private actors as planned says Professor Sami Myyrã¤MTT Agrifood Research Finland. He believes that the new system can be implemented
Thanks to the designation from the UN's Every Woman Every Child program the technology was displayed for the U n. General assembly Sept. 23 as part of an effort to mobilize governments multilaterals the private sector and civil society
Established in 1981 by retired printing industry executive Edmund Ted Stanley Town Creek Foundation is a private philanthropic foundation dedicated to a sustainable environment.
and funded by private equity. Those funds were used to install solar on 26 schools, which now buy their power from the city at fixed rate about 35 percent lower
or connect VPN (virtual private network) to the clinic. So how do we make it easier?
Former HUD secretary Henry Cisneros, now chairman of Cityview, a private equity firm that invests in urban development,
the technology should be licensed to private industry for commercial production by early 2013
Smarter sprinklers help your garden growpodcast Your browser does not support the audio element. My husband and I live in San francisco. The lawn in our backyard is the size of a coffee table.
We have to overcome reluctance about public-private partnerships. We need financing. We know that that is of the essence.
take a stroll through the gated and private Gramercy Park. Venture into another borough to uncover the beauty of Brooklyn's Prospect Park and Brooklyn Botanic Gardens or the stunning Pelham Bay Park in The bronx.
They would rather socialize an unlimited amount of private losses than wrestle an out-of-control financial system back onto solid ground.
The private medical data were exposed for nearly a year before officials ordered it taken down.
could they pay to keep their medical records private? Word travels fast in Brownsville, a city of 175,000 people,
It s an interesting way to get the public, private industry and nonprofits involved. It s good for everybody
Earlier this week, the Brazilian government announced it will begin allowing private companies to manage almost 42,000 square miles of the Amazon over the next 5 years.
which could help stoke private investment. Bloomberg reports: The World bank agreement with the C40 will give cities one window  access to receive funding through climate investment funds,
and go to popular private equity center Sand Hill Road. There are a lot of incentives out there. Once you're successful there are incentives,
because, before last year, almost all of the funding for Information and Communication Technology in agriculture was private,
but much of 2011's tests were funded publicly in coordination with some of Spain's top public and private universities.
The Secret Gardens are private booths on a balcony (the designers say it's sun-trapped,
We have some private companies that rent out bicycles. We have a car share program through U Car Share.
It was discovered by private Austrian biotech Polymun. The GM tobacco plants that churned it out are grown in soil in greenhouses at the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular biology and Applied Ecology in Aachen, Germany.
UPS under online drug shipment investigation Why nothing is private: How the FBI can read your emails Will coffee soon be a thing of the past
Or on Mars. There are a lot of folks who view private space flight as an escape plan for humanity,
especially since the new standards, said Lawrence Soler, president and chief executive of the Partnership for a Healthier America, a nonprofit working with the private sector in the childhood obesity fight.
he said. â Å There been marked a increase in the amount of interest we â â¢ve had from vendors and private sector companies,
Farmers have been another private sector partner in the movement to make school food healthier. The USDA Farm to School program,
will vertical farming best gain traction through public mandate, via the private sector, or through a partnership?
Land matrix global observatoryresearchers have released a new version of a database that records global land acquisitions by governments and private investors.
For several years now, media reports of land acquisitions have highlighted the growing trend of private investors
We need the private sector to come in, "he added
Baby milk rationed in UK over China export fearretailers in the UK are rationing sales of powdered baby milk because of a surge in demand in China.
Citing Elanco acquisition of Chemgen a private food specialization company Aukerman promoted food enzymes earlier this year as oenatural digestives.
through the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), is now working with private companies in South africa to offset their water consumption oefootprints
oeengaging the private sector is one piece of the puzzle, said Carroll. oeredirecting more of the government, multilateral bank and aid dollars away from grey infrastructure concrete,
Greig-Gran and Porras say governments can raise funds from the private sector for payments schemes in other, more indirect ways, directing revenue from taxes on energy and water.
Synthetic life delivers private benefits. Many forms of life being developed by synthetic biology are being patented. The benefits provided by these organisms will reflect the economic interests of those able to invest in
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