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Wild Capital : Nature's Economic and Ecological Wealth /

In Wild Capital, Barbara Jones demonstrates that looking at nature through the lens of the marketplace is a surprisingly effective approach to protecting the environment. Showing that policy-makers and developers rarely associate wild places with monetary values, Jones argues that nature should be v...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Jones, Barbara K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University of Florida Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Creating wild capital from the ecosystem services model
  • The ecotourist question
  • The question of charisma
  • The quirky moose
  • Florida's endearing manatee
  • Post-jaws shark
  • Green fire in her eyes
  • America's iconic bald eagle
  • Conclusion: Economics as the answer to a sustainable future.