Nature and the Marketplace: Capturing The Value Of Ecosystem Services

摘要: In recent years, scientists have begun to focus on the idea that healthy, functioning ecosystems provide essential services human populations, ranging from water purification food and medicine climate regulation. Lacking a healthy environment, these would be provided through mechanical means, at tremendous economic social cost. "Nature Marketplace" examines controversial proposition markets should designed capture value of those services. Written by an economist with background in business, it evaluates real prospects for several nature's marketable "turn profits" levels exceed profits expected alternative, ecologically destructive, business activities. The author: describes infrastructure natural systems provide, how we depend it, are affecting it; explains market mechanism can lead more efficient resource use; looks key activities - such as ecotourism, bioprospecting carbon sequestration where forces incentives conservation; policy options other than market, pollution credits mitigation banking; considers issue sustainability equity between generations. presents accessible introduction concept ecosystem economics environment. It offers clear assessment approaches used protect illustrates number cases which has actually been captured markets. book straightforward analysis conservation issues, eschewing romantic notions about preservation favour real-world solutions. eye-opening work professionals, students scholars biology, ecology, environmental economics, related fields.