Environmental Fiscal Reform in Namibia

Land, as a valuable natural resource, is an important pillar of Rwanda’s sustainable development. The majority of Rwanda’s 80% rural population rely on agriculture for their livelihood, and land is crucial for agriculture. However, since a high population density has made land a scarce commodity, growth in the agricultural sector and plans for rapid urbanisation are being constrained, and cross-sectoral trade-offs are becoming increasingly important, with a risk that long-term sustainability may be threatened if these trade-offs are not considered. To help track land value trends and assess trade-offs, and to help assess the sustainability of trends in land use and land cover, Rwanda has begun developing natural capital accounts for land in keeping with the United Nations’ System of Environmental-Economic Accounting. This paper reports on Rwanda’s progress with these accounts. The accounting approach adopted in our study measures changes in land use and land cover and quantifies stocks for the period under study (2014–2015). Rwanda is one of the first developing countries to develop natural capital accounts for land, but the wide range of possible uses in policy analysis suggests that such accounts could be useful for other countries as well.

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A Survey of Community Perception on Policy Acceptance of Environmental Taxation in Nigeria

Garba

Gunawardana

2017

Colombo J. Multi-Discip. Res.

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The paper examines what will motivate the public to accept a policy that will acknowledge environmental taxation in Nigeria. Most of the reviewed literature revealed that the public support for policy instrument is dependent on their trust and their confidence in others, hence, we argued whether political trust and interpersonal trust affect individual support for acceptance or rejection of environmental taxation. Survey technique was used and a close-ended questionnaire was administered to an individual to elicit their responses. The researcher applied Yaro Yamane sample size calculation formulae based on the number of Samples under discussion. The finding of the study reveals that political confidence, interpersonal trust, ethical beliefs and norms of people are the major key player in determining policy acceptance of environmental taxes.

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Environmental Fiscal Reform in Namibia

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Environmental fiscal reform and the possibility of triple dividend in European and non-European countries: evidence from a meta-regression analysis

Environmental fiscal reform and the possibility of triple dividend in European and non-European countries: evidence from a meta-regression analysis

Natural Capital Accounting for Land in Rwanda

A Survey of Community Perception on Policy Acceptance of Environmental Taxation in Nigeria

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