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Author : Rasmus Ejrnæs
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN 13 : 9289311320
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (893 download)
Download or read book Valuation of Habitats for Conservation written by Rasmus Ejrnæs and published by Nordic Council of Ministers. This book was released on 2005-03-18 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821363794
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (213 download)
Download or read book How Much is an Ecosystem Worth? written by and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The international community has committed itself to achieve, by 2010, a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss at the global, regional, and national levels. Yet, despite growing awareness, and major efforts in all countries, the latest evidence indicates that biodiversity continues to be lost at a terrifying pace, resulting in what some call the greatest mass extinction since dinosaurs roamed the planet, 65 million years ago. A range of methods have been developed to value ecosystems, and the services they provide, as well as the costs of conservation. The methods available are increasingly sensitive, and robust, but they are often incorrectly used. One reason is poor understanding of the purposes of valuation and what questions it can, or cannot, answer. As a result, decision makers may get misleading guidance on the value of ecosystems, and their conservation. In this context, the Bank, IUCN-The World Conservation Union, and the Nature Conservancy have worked together to clarify the aims and uses of economic valuation, focusing on the types of questions that valuation can answer, and the type of valuation that is best suited to each purpose. How Much is an Ecosystem Worth? is the result of that cooperation. It aims to provide guidance on how economic valuation can be used to address specific, policy-relevant questions about nature conservation."
Author : David Pearce
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781138166691
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (666 download)
Download or read book The Economic Value of Biodiversity written by David Pearce and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-02-02 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains in non-technical terms how economic cost-benefit analysis techniques can be applied to biodiversity loss, and how they can provide a measurement for the efficiency of conservation efforts. The author has also written "Blueprint for a Green Economy."
Author : Sarah Bracking
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351625101
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)
Download or read book Valuing Development, Environment and Conservation written by Sarah Bracking and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-17 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Policy-makers are increasingly trying to assign economic values to areas such as ecologies, the atmosphere, even human lives. These new values, assigned to areas previously considered outside of economic systems, often act to qualify, alter or replace former non-pecuniary values. Valuing Development, Environment and Conservation looks to explore the complex interdependencies, contradictions and trade-offs that can take place between economic values and the social, environmental, political and ethical systems that inform non-monetary valuation processes. Using rich empirical material, the book explores the processes of valuation, their components, calculative technologies, and outcomes in different social, ecological and conservation domains. The book gives reasons for why economic calculation tends to dominate in practice, but also presents new insights on how the disobedient materiality of things and the ingenuity of human and non-human agencies can combine and frustrate the dominant economic models within calculative processes. This book highlights the tension between, on the one hand, a dominant model that emphasises technical and ‘universalising’ criteria, and on the other hand, valuation practice in specific local contexts which is more likely to negotiate criteria that are plural, incommensurable and political. This book is perfect for researchers and students within development studies, environment, geography, politics, sociology and anthropology who are looking for new insights into how processes of valuation take place in the 21st century, and with what consequential outcomes.
Author : David William Pearce
Publisher : Earthscan
ISBN 13 : 9781853831522
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Economic Values and the Natural World written by David William Pearce and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 1993 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author looks at the challenge facing agriculture today and details the concepts and characteristics of alternative, sustainable agricultural practices. Empirical evidence from a diverse range of agro-ecological and community setting show the impact of more sustainable practices. In addition existing policy frameworks and institutional processes are considered and alternatives, which are known to work, are presented
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ISBN 13 : 9789289336765
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (367 download)
Download or read book The Valuation of Habitats for Conservation written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: This report summarises the work carried out in the last two years of a four-year project funded by Nordic Council of Ministers. The objective of the project was to develop concepts and methods for assessment of nature quality in selected habitat types. The motivation for the project lies in increasing societal demands for information on the state of our natural environment and especially the state of our biodiversity has attracted increased attention over the last decades. The project have explored the normative concepts of conservation, and found that consensus about objectives are needed before numerical methods for quality assessments can be developed. In this project naturalness has been adopted as the overall conservation objective, and it is described how this concept is related to other concepts in conservation biology. The criteria for conservation as they have been used in the Nordic countries till now have also been reviewed
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 926419584X
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (641 download)
Download or read book Valuation of Biodiversity Benefits Selected Studies written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2001-10-23 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These case studies cover the state of the art on economic valuation and on the interface between economic and ecological valuation.
Author : Stavros Georgiou
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136549153
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)
Download or read book Valuing Ecosystem Services written by Stavros Georgiou and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-04 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecosystem services can be broadly defined as the aspects of ecosystems that provide benefits to people. This book provides guidance on the valuation of ecosystem services, using the case of multifunctional wetlands to illustrate and make recommendations regarding the methods and techniques that can be applied to appraise management options. It provides a review of ecosystem service valuation rationale, including its importance from both a policy and project appraisal perspective, and a useful reference when considering policy and appraisal of ecosystem management options. It shows how legal obligations and other high-level management targets should be taken into account in valuation exercises, thus giving important policy context to the management options. The authors set out what they call an Ecosystem Services Approach to the full appraisal of the role of ecosystem services in the economy and society. Although concentrating on wetlands, the approaches suggested provide an assessment framework that can be applied to other types of ecosystem assets.
Author : Ian Spellerberg
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401123020
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Evaluation and Assessment for Conservation written by Ian Spellerberg and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most politicians have jumped on the conservation bandwagon, and nobody running for public office these days can afford to take an overtly anti environment stand. The fascination that children have for nature, the gen erous donations people make to conservation organizations, the votes cast for 'Green Parties,' the continuing popularity of zoos and wildlife films, and the strong sales of books about the environment all provide evidence to politicians that the general public supports the idea of conservation. Conservation has become a major issue for governments. No longer is it necessary for conservationists to campaign for getting the cause on the agenda: it is already there, at least as a talking point. The issue now is how to convert this generalized interest into real action. And among the many priorities competing for attention, how is a govern ment (or a private organization) to decide wh at to do first? From a very limited budget - for budgets will always be limited - what is the package of activities that is most likely to lead to the results that the public wants? lan Spellerberg attempts to address these questions which are at the he art of modern conservation action. It is relatively easy to prescribe useful activities that will benefit both the environment and the public at large.
Author : Lloyd S. Dixon
Publisher : Rand Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0833046098
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (33 download)
Download or read book Balancing Environment and Development written by Lloyd S. Dixon and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2008 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP) is an ambitious effort to balance development and environmental concerns in an area of rapid urban growth. In return for setting up a 500,000-acre conservation reserve, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the California Department of Fish and Game granted the county and cities in western Riverside County a 75-year "take" permit for endangered species. The take permit allows the cities and county to approve development projects outside the reserve that could negatively affect 146 sensitive plant and animal species. The plan is supposed to speed the frequently time-consuming and litigious process of permitting new highway and development projects while establishing an integrated conservation reserve rather than the patchwork of uncoordinated reserves that was so often the case in the past. The Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority (RCA) acquires land for and manages the reserve. This monograph examines the value of the land needed for the reserve, the financial consequences of acquiring the land over different periods of time, and the projected costs of operating the reserve. It compares projected costs and revenues and identifies potential funding sources to fill any resulting funding gap. It also examines the prospect for achieving the MSHCP's habitat-conservation goals and whether the MSHCP has, in fact, streamlined the permitting processes. Finally, it identifies issues that the RCA Board of Directors, RCA staff, and stakeholders should address to ensure the plan's success and the ongoing economic and ecological health of the county
Author : Charles Perrings
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190613637
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)
Download or read book Conservation written by Charles Perrings and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unified theory of conservation that addresses the broad problem of conservation, the principles that inform conservation choices, and the application of those principles to the management of the natural world. The conservation of natural resources, like that of any other asset, involves trade-offs. Yet, in a world faced with the harsh realities of climate change, crafting the right environmental policies is an increasingly urgent task. In Conservation, Charles Perrings and Ann Kinzig bring together new research in economics and biodiversity to investigate conservation decisions and the theory behind them. Perrings and Kinzig apply the concept of conservation broadly to examine how the principles of conservation apply to the management of the natural world. They demonstrate that the same basic principles serve as the foundation of all rational conservation decisions, from managing financial assets to safeguarding at-risk ecosystems. Whether someone is deciding to hold or dispose of a stock or whether to exploit or preserve a natural resource, they are better off choosing to conserve a resource when its value to them, if conserved, is greater than its value when converted. The book also considers the context of such conservation decisions. Just as national tax rules influence choices about financial investments, environmental regulations within countries, and environmental agreements between countries, impact the decisions regarding natural resources. Building on their basic theory of conservation, Perrings and Kinzig address key issues in the field of environmental economics, including the valuation of ecosystem services and environmental assets; the limits on the substitutability of produced and natural capital; and the challenges posed by the often weak markets for ecosystem services oriented toward the public good. They also address the problem of scale: while decisions might be easier to make at the local level, many conservation policies need to apply at either the national or international level to succeed. Written by experts from both social and hard sciences, this book presents a unified theory of conservation and provides a model for a more effective way to approach the vitally important issue.
Author : Peter Milton Feather
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)
Download or read book Economic Valuation of Environmental Benefits and the Targeting of Conservation Programs written by Peter Milton Feather and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030906581X
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Perspectives on Biodiversity written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-10-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resource-management decisions, especially in the area of protecting and maintaining biodiversity, are usually incremental, limited in time by the ability to forecast conditions and human needs, and the result of tradeoffs between conservation and other management goals. The individual decisions may not have a major effect but can have a cumulative major effect. Perspectives on Biodiversity reviews current understanding of the value of biodiversity and the methods that are useful in assessing that value in particular circumstances. It recommends and details a list of components-including diversity of species, genetic variability within and among species, distribution of species across the ecosystem, the aesthetic satisfaction derived from diversity, and the duty to preserve and protect biodiversity. The book also recommends that more information about the role of biodiversity in sustaining natural resources be gathered and summarized in ways useful to managers. Acknowledging that decisions about biodiversity are necessarily qualitative and change over time because of the nonmarket nature of so many of the values, the committee recommends periodic reviews of management decisions.
Author : Rasmus Ejrnæs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (873 download)
Download or read book TemaNord written by Rasmus Ejrnæs and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Pushpam Kumar
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136942459
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)
Download or read book Valuation of Regulating Services of Ecosystems written by Pushpam Kumar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-07-13 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The valuation of regulating services is an evolving field of ecological economics. In this book, Professor Pushpam Kumar and Professor Michael D. Wood have invited some of the foremost international experts in the field of ecosystem services valuation to contribute chapters on the valuation of regulating services and highlight some of the main obstacles to the implementation and acceptance of these methodologies in the context of decision-making.
Author : Michael Markussen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9783540240228
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Valuation and Conservation of Biodiversity written by Michael Markussen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-01-13 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of this transdisciplinary book is to identify the problems and challenges facing implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) - from the global, regional and local points of view. The valuation and conservation of biodiversity are critical first steps necessary for the adequate protection of the environment. The authors give insights into the the influences the CBD exerts, and current trends in the field.
Author : K N Ninan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136569103
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)
Download or read book Conserving and Valuing Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity written by K N Ninan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-04 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comprehensively addresses the economic, social and institutional difficulties in conserving biodiversity and the ecosystem services that it provides. It covers a wide range of issues such as biodiversity, ecosystem services and valuation in the context of diverse ecosystems such as tropical forests, marine areas, wetlands and agricultural landscapes, non-timber forest products, incentives and institutions, payments for ecosystem services, governance, intellectual property rights and the protection of traditional knowledge, management of protected areas, and climate change and biodiversity. It also covers the application of environmental economics and institutional economics to different cases and the use of techniques such as contingent valuation method and game theory. The book spans the globe with case studies drawn from a cross section of regions and continents including the UK, US, Europe, Australia, India, Africa and South America.
