The new economy of nature : the quest to make conservation profitable /

"Earth's ecosystems - forests, wetlands, coral reefs, and the like - are among humanity's most precious assets, offering such vital services as climate control and water purification. So why are they being rapidly destroyed? A major reason is that protecting them has been seen as larg...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Daily, Gretchen C.
Other Authors: Ellison, Katherine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : Island Press : Shearwater Books, ©2002.
Subjects:
Nature conservation > Economic aspects.
Nature > Conservation > Aspect économique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Sustainable Development.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Conservation de la nature.
Aspects économiques.
Nature conservation > Economic aspects
Naturschutz
Umweltschutz
Umweltökonomie
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The wealth of nature
  • Katoomba and the stratosphere
  • How to make carbon charismatic
  • New York : how to put a watershed to work
  • Napa, California : how a town can live with a river and not get soaked
  • Vancouver Island : project Snark
  • King County, Washington : the art of the deal
  • Down under : how to make a numbat turn a profit
  • Costa Rica : paying mother nature to multitask
  • Teresopolis : the spinning motor
  • The birds, the bees, and the biodiversity crisis
  • The revolution in the wings.

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