Jagannadha Rao Matta

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an environmental economic logic for developing incentive policies to internalize environmental services especially in the industrialized countries, focusing on North America in general and southern United States in particular.

TL;DR: In this paper, an empirical analysis of the joint forest management program in Tamil Nadu, India, explores the variation in the perceptions of collective action among community members, and analyzes the factors influencing perceptions of its performance.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the willingness of private forest owners to participate in a conservation program that requires adopting management regimes beyond the existing regulations for silvicultural best management practices.

TL;DR: Public preferences for forest biomass based liquid biofuels, particularly ethanol blends of 10% and 85% appeared to be heterogeneous, as respondents’ were willing to pay a premium for E10 in all three states to facilitate the reduction of CO2 and the improvement of biodiversity but were not willing to paid more for E85 in order to enhance biodiversity.

TL;DR: In this paper, a survey of foresters' perspectives on JFM in Tamil Nadu, India, revealed that despite foresters motivation toward implementing this policy, uncertain incentives and institutional complexities make the task complex and difficult.