Friday 10:00 - 11:45 a.m. |
Session 32B Environment and Development |
Organizers: |
John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University |
Session Chairs: |
Peter W. Schuhmann, University of North Carolina - Wilmington |
Papers: |
"Differential Influence of Relative Poverty on Environmental Preferences: Evidence From Rural Indonesia" "Agricultural Price Supports as a Conservation Tool: The Case of Shade-Coffee in the Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico" "Forest Resource Management Between Conservation and Poverty Alleviation: Simulation Results From Northwest Madagascar" "Central Americans National Parks, Volcan Poas National Park in Costa Rica, Volcan Mombacho Natural Reserve in Nicaragua and La Tigra National Park in Honduras: Valuation and Variables" |
Discussants: |
Jagannadha Rao Matta, University of Florida |
Saturday 10:00 - 11:45 a.m. |
Session 125H Land Use |
Organizers: |
John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University |
Session Chairs: |
David Martin, Davidson College |
Papers: |
"The Effect of National Policies and Labor Market on Land Use Decisions in Developing Countries: An Application of Simulated Maximum Likelihood to Systems of Censored Acreages With Panel Data" "Sustainable Land Use in the Post Land Reform Era in Zimbabwe" "Practice, Theory, and the Application of Non-Market Values in Land-Use Planning" "How Do the Risks of Invasive Pests Affect Land Use? The Case of Florida Cropland" |
Discussants: |
Jagannadha Rao Matta, University of Florida |
Saturday 2:15 - 4:00 p.m. |
Session 148K Biodiversity |
Organizers: |
John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University |
Session Chairs: |
Juan Aguirre, Center for Sustainable Development - Costa Rica |
Papers: |
"Optimum Incentives and Habitat Conservation on Florida's Non-Industrial Private Forests" "Stochastic Dominance, Entropy and Biodiversity Manasgement" "Assessing the Effectiveness of Biodiversity Conservation Strategies: The Case of the United States' Endangered Species Act" "Using an Elasticity-Based Model to Assess the Economic Impact of Import Regulations to Prevent Mediterranean Fruit Fly Establishment in U.S.: Applications on the Import of Spanish Clementines" |
Discussants: |
Christian Langpap, Tulane University |