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Do forest conservation policies undermine the soybean sector in the Brazilian Amazon? Evidence from the priority listing of municipalities 森林保护政策会损害巴西亚马逊地区的大豆产业吗？来自市镇优先名单的证据

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108212

Léa Crepin

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Fighting crime to improve recycling: Evaluating an anti-mafia policy on source separation of waste 打击犯罪，改善回收：评估废物源头分类的反黑手党政策

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108291

Anna Laura Baraldi, Claudia Cantabene, Alessandro De Iudicibus

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Short-haul flights ban in France: Relevant potential but yet modest effects of GHG emissions reduction 法国的短途航班禁令：减少温室气体排放的潜在但有限的影响

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108289

Andoni Txapartegi , Ignacio Cazcarro , Ibon Galarraga

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Banking on ecosystem services 利用生态系统服务

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108284

Luis Mundaca, Jan-Niklas Heintze

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Ecological labour or why environmentally friendly practices struggle to become mainstream 生态劳动或环保做法为何难以成为主流

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108286

Ieva Snikersproge

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Challenges and perspectives of the circular economy in the European Union: A comparative analysis of the member states 欧盟循环经济的挑战和前景：成员国比较分析

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108294

Francisco José Castillo-Díaz , Luis J. Belmonte-Ureña , Fernando Diánez-Martínez , Francisco Camacho-Ferre

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Turning less into more: Measuring real GDP growth in the green transition 变少为多：衡量绿色转型中的实际国内生产总值增长

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108293

Nick O'Donovan

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Offsetting schemes and ecological taxes for wind power production 风力发电的补偿计划和生态税

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108292

Mads Greaker , Cathrine Hagem , Andreas Skulstad

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Effects of residential self-taxing districts on urban surface water quality 住宅自征税区对城市地表水质量的影响

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108282

Andrew Hutchens , David Scrogin

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Ecological design of a production plant 生产工厂的生态设计

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108290

Tibor Kiss , Zsolt Hetesi , Viktor Kiss

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