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Nature in the Balance : the Economics of Biodiversity / [edited by] Dieter Helm, Cameron Hepburn.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (xx, 416 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780191664588
  • 0191664588
  • 9780191756252
  • 0191756253
  • 9781306194532
  • 1306194539
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Nature in the balance.DDC classification:
  • 333.9516 23
LOC classification:
  • QH75 .N38 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Introduction / Cameron Hepburn -- 2. The Economic Analysis of Biodiversity / Cameron Hepburn -- pt. I Concepts and Measurement -- 3. Biodiversity: Its Meanings, Roles, and Status / Georgina M. Mace -- 4. Identifying and Mapping Biodiversity: Where Can We Damage? / Peter Long -- 5. The UK National Ecosystem Assessment: Valuing Changes in Ecosystem Services / Grischa Perino -- pt. II Valuing Biodiversity -- 6. Valuing Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity / Susana Mourato -- 7. The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB): Challenges and Responses / Dustin Miller -- pt. III Natural Capital and Accounting -- 8. Natural Capital / Edward B. Barbier -- 9. Biodiversity and National Accounting / Kirk Hamilton -- pt. IV International and Development Aspects -- 10. Biodiversity, Poverty, and Development: A Review / Salvatore Di Falco -- 11. Regulating Global Biodiversity: What is the Problem? / Ben Groom -- pt. V Policy Instruments and Incentives -- 12. Do Biodiversity Policies Work? The Case for Conservation Evaluation 2.0 / Paul J. Ferraro -- 13. Are Investments to Promote Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Services Aligned? / Kris Johnson -- 14. Incentives, Private Ownership, and Biodiversity Conservation / Paul R. Armsworth -- 15. On the Potential for Speculation to Threaten Biodiversity Loss / Charles (Chuck) Mason.
Summary: This title addresses the economic and policy issues involved in biodiversity protection. It brings together conceptual and empirical work on valuation, international agreements, the policy instruments, and the institutions.
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Text in English.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 14, 2013).

This title addresses the economic and policy issues involved in biodiversity protection. It brings together conceptual and empirical work on valuation, international agreements, the policy instruments, and the institutions.

1. Introduction / Cameron Hepburn -- 2. The Economic Analysis of Biodiversity / Cameron Hepburn -- pt. I Concepts and Measurement -- 3. Biodiversity: Its Meanings, Roles, and Status / Georgina M. Mace -- 4. Identifying and Mapping Biodiversity: Where Can We Damage? / Peter Long -- 5. The UK National Ecosystem Assessment: Valuing Changes in Ecosystem Services / Grischa Perino -- pt. II Valuing Biodiversity -- 6. Valuing Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity / Susana Mourato -- 7. The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB): Challenges and Responses / Dustin Miller -- pt. III Natural Capital and Accounting -- 8. Natural Capital / Edward B. Barbier -- 9. Biodiversity and National Accounting / Kirk Hamilton -- pt. IV International and Development Aspects -- 10. Biodiversity, Poverty, and Development: A Review / Salvatore Di Falco -- 11. Regulating Global Biodiversity: What is the Problem? / Ben Groom -- pt. V Policy Instruments and Incentives -- 12. Do Biodiversity Policies Work? The Case for Conservation Evaluation 2.0 / Paul J. Ferraro -- 13. Are Investments to Promote Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Services Aligned? / Kris Johnson -- 14. Incentives, Private Ownership, and Biodiversity Conservation / Paul R. Armsworth -- 15. On the Potential for Speculation to Threaten Biodiversity Loss / Charles (Chuck) Mason.

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