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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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Earthscan from Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | Abingdon, Oxon : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
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." |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 172 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [149]-166) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781138166691 1138166693 |
| Index Number: | QH 75 PEA |
| CLC: | F062.2 |
| Call Number: | F062.2/P359 |
| 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. |