Biodiversity economics / edited by Andreas Kontoleon, Unai Pascual and Timothy Swanson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kontoleon, Andreas, editor.

Pascual, Unai, 1973- editor.

Swanson, Timothy M., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biodiversity conservation--Economic aspects.

Biodiversity conservation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 664 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Human induced biodiversity loss is greater now than at any time in human history, with extinctions occurring at rates hundreds of times higher than background extinction levels. The field of biodiversity economics analyses the socio-economic causes of and solutions to biodiversity loss by combining the disciplines of economics, ecology and biology. This field has shown a remarkable degree of transformation over the past four decades and now incorporates the analysis of the entire diversity of biological resources within the living world. Biodiversity Economics presents a series of papers that show how bio-economic analysis can be applied to the examination and evaluation of the problem of various forms of biodiversity loss. Containing insightful bio-economic research by some of prominent practitioners in the field, this volume will be an essential research tool to those working on biodiversity issues in the academic, policy and private sectors.

Contents:

Causes of biodiversity loss

The value of biodiversity

Policies for biodiversity conservation

Managing agro-biodiversity : causes, values and policies.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-17900-9

1-283-33100-4

0-511-53393-4

9786613331007

0-511-55107-X

0-511-53240-7

0-511-53424-8

0-511-53149-4

0-511-53331-4

OCLC:

609834218