Biodiversity

The unintentional effects that conservation videos requesting financial donations might have on how people act in relation to environmental causes are investigated in this study. Read more

Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that so-called ‘non-charismatic’ animals, such as bats, could be used just as effectively... Read more

In this paper, the authors’ treatment of uncertainty in environmental applications is motivated by two leading examples: climate change and biodiversity loss. They argue that in these cases uncertainty is sufficiently far-reaching that standard decision-making tools such as expected utility theory may no longer capture important aspects of our uncertainty preferences. Richer models of decision-making, which allow us to express lack of confidence in our information, may be more desirable. Read more

This paper considers the macro-economic consequences of the continued expansion of particular forms of intensive, modern agriculture, with a focus... Read more

Bangwayo-Skeete, P. F., Bezabih, M. and Zikhali, P. (2012). Natural Resources Forum, 36: 263–273. Read more

Abstract This paper presents an empirical analysis of the role of land fragmentation, crop biodiversity and their interplay with farm... Read more