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The economic value of biodiversity / David Pearce and Dominic Moran, in association with the Biodiversity Programme of IUCN--the World Conservation Union.

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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."

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Pearce, David W. (David William)
Corporate Author: IUCN Biodiversity Programme
Other Authors: Moran, Dominic
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Earthscan, 1994.
Subjects:
Biodiversity conservation > Economic aspects.
Nature conservation > Economic aspects.
Biodiversity > Economic aspects.
Conservation of natural resources.
Biodiversity conservation > Economic aspects
Biodiversity > Economic aspects
Conservation of natural resources
Nature conservation > Economic aspects
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Saving biodiversity: an overview of the causal factors
  • Conservation versus development
  • The causes of biodiversity loss
  • Methodologies for economic valuation
  • Valuing biodiversity: economic estimates
  • The development Alternative
  • Capturing global environmental value
  • Summary and conclusions.

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