The Preservation and Valuation of Biological Resources
Author: Gordon H. Orians
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780295970295
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Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780295970295
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780295970042
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: David Pearce
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-11-05
Total Pages: 203
ISBN-13: 1134165293
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Biodiversity loss is one of the major resource problems facing the world, and the policy options available are restricted by inappropriate economic tools which fail to capture the value of species and their variety. This study describes in non-technical terms how cost-benefit analysis techniques can be applied to species and species loss, and how they provide a measure of the efficiency of conservation measures. Only when conservation can be shown to pass such a basic economic test, the authors claim, will it be incorporated into policies.;David Pearce has also written Blueprint for a Green Economy.
Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: OECD
Published: 2002-04-11
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →All societies depend on biodiversity and biological resources, and policy makers are increasingly aware that development pressures are today generating unprecedented rates of biodiversity loss. The fact that biodiversity issues often receive low priority in policy decisions is at least in part due to problems involved in assessing its contribution to society -- these values defy easy description and quantification. What cannot be quantified, or is difficult to monitor and evaluate, is easy to disregard. The result is that biodiversity fails to compete on a level playing field in policy decisions with the forces driving their decline. This Handbook describes the types of values usually associated with biodiversity. While there are exceptions to the need to prioritise economic values over other cultural, traditional and spiritual values, economic valuation has a sound theoretical foundation that can help clarify the tradeoffs implicit in public policy decisions. On the other hand, the Handbook recognises the limitations of the economic approach, and considers how economic and non-economic values can eventually be reconciled. The Handbook also reviews the various methodological approaches often used to quantify these values. Data requirements and limitations are discussed. These methodologies are then applied to a series of concrete policy contexts, ranging from land use planning to the determination of legal damages for environmental degradation.
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1999-10-01
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 030906581X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Resource-management decisions, especially in the area of protecting and maintaining biodiversity, are usually incremental, limited in time by the ability to forecast conditions and human needs, and the result of tradeoffs between conservation and other management goals. The individual decisions may not have a major effect but can have a cumulative major effect. Perspectives on Biodiversity reviews current understanding of the value of biodiversity and the methods that are useful in assessing that value in particular circumstances. It recommends and details a list of components-including diversity of species, genetic variability within and among species, distribution of species across the ecosystem, the aesthetic satisfaction derived from diversity, and the duty to preserve and protect biodiversity. The book also recommends that more information about the role of biodiversity in sustaining natural resources be gathered and summarized in ways useful to managers. Acknowledging that decisions about biodiversity are necessarily qualitative and change over time because of the nonmarket nature of so many of the values, the committee recommends periodic reviews of management decisions.
Author: Daniel J. Decker
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-03-07
Total Pages: 382
ISBN-13: 0429714793
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book provides an understanding of the many biological and sociopolitical considerations involved in the conservation of biological resources. It is intended to provide practical advice on procedures that can be used by professional resource managers who work at local and regional levels.
Author: Detlef Virchow
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 3642584500
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Over the past decade the importance of natural resources for sustainable agricultural development has been increasingly discussed at international forums and conferences. Aside from the sustainable management of soil, water, and air, it now seems to be accepted that the sustainable management of genetic resources is one of the four indispensable preconditions for a sustainable agriculture. The discussion on conservation of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA), however, has to reflect the costs of conservation as well. These have not yet been discussed intensively. The study analyzes the conservation costs of plant genetic resources; it also assesses the effectiveness of conservation and the efficiency of the different conservation instruments. It is based on extensive surveys in relevant countries. Following the detailed cost and impact analysis, the results show that the effectiveness of conservation strategies may be increased.
Author: Melinda Smale
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9400900112
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