Conserving and Valuing Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity: Economic, Institutional and Social Challenges - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1849711739 ISBN 13 : 9781849711739

Editeur : Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

K. N. Ninan is Professor of Ecological Economics at the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India, and Visiting Professor, Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1849711739
• ISBN 13: 9781849711739
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 432
• Éditeur: Ninan K N
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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