A MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR DEVELOPING ETHNO-BIOLOGICALLY DIVERSE TROPICAL FORESTS

Richard J. Brazee and Douglas Southgate

No 11895, Working Papers from Environmental and Natural Resources Policy Training Project

Abstract: This paper presents a dynamic optimal control model describing the benefits and costs associated with the development of tropical forests rich in plant and animal species and folk knowledge. The model is a framework to assess how various market and institutional incentives might influence both deforestation and the collection of "ethno-biological information."

Keywords: Resource/Energy; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12
Date: 1993
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.11895

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