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Examining equity: a multidimensional framework for assessing equity in payments for ecosystem services

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In this paper, the authors present a systematic framework for the analysis of equity that can be used to examine how local equity is affected as the global value of ecosystem services changes, and how these dimensions are shaped by the scale and target group of concern, the framing of goals with respect to equity and how the decisions about the content, target and aims of equity are taken.
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This article is published in Environmental Science & Policy.The article was published on 2013-11-01 and is currently open access. It has received 418 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Equity capital markets & Equity risk.

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The local costs of biodiversity offsets: Comparing standards, policy and practice

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider the international standards which underpin the development of biodiversity offsets around the world and look at the biodiversity offset program of the Ambatovy nickel mine in eastern Madagascar.
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Double Inequity? The Social Dimensions of Deforestation and Forest Protection in Local Communities in Northern Cambodia

TL;DR: In this article, a case study examines the distribution of costs and benefits within local communities participating in the Community Forestry (CF) and Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) project.
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Communal Participation in Payment for Environmental Services (PES): Unpacking the Collective Decision to Enroll.

TL;DR: Examination of communal participation in a national payment for conservation program in Ecuador suggests that communal governance structures and outside organizations may be instrumental in gaining participation in resource-dependent communities and building consensus.
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Evaluating governance for sustainable development - Insights from experiences in the Dutch fen landscape.

TL;DR: The study shows that in order to advance the understanding of governance for sustainable development, it is indeed important to include multiple criteria in studying these modes, and shows the importance of including empirical experiences which manifest when different modes of sustainable development are applied in real-world settings.
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How fair can incentive-based conservation get? The interdependence of distributional and contextual equity in Vietnam's payments for Forest Environmental Services Program

TL;DR: In this paper, a qualitative case study approach with semi-structured in-depth interviews with local, provincial, and national respondents focusing on the district of Nam Đong was conducted to investigate the payment for forest environmental services scheme and assesses its implementation's cost benefit allocation at the local level.
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Justice and the Politics of Difference

TL;DR: Young as mentioned in this paper argues that normative theory and public policy should undermine group-based oppression by affirming rather than suppressing social group difference, and argues for a principle of group representation in democratic publics and for group-differentiated policies.
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Anarchy, State, and Utopia

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A General Framework for Analyzing Sustainability of Social-Ecological Systems

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Foundations of Economic Analysis

TL;DR: Recent statistical techniques, including nonlinear programming, have been added to a basic survey of equilibrium systems, comparative statistics, consumer behavior theory, and cost and production theory as discussed by the authors, and they have been used in a variety of applications.
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Anarchy, State, and Utopia

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