Biodiversity Conservation - Problems and Policies. Papers from the Biodiversity Programme Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994)

This volume is one of a number of publications to carry the results of the first research programme of the Royal Swedish Academy of Science's Beijer Institute. The Institute was formed in 1991 in order to promote interdisciplinary research between natural and social scientists on the interdependency between economic and ecological systems. In its first research programme, the Biodiversity Programme, the Institute brought together a number of leading economists and ecologists to address the theoretical and policy issues associated with the current high rates of biodiversity loss in such systems - whether the result of direct depletion, the destruction of habitat, or specialisation in agriculture, forestry and fisheries. l This volume reports some of the more policy-oriented work carried out under the programme. The broad aim of the programme is to further our understanding of the causes and consequences of biodiversity loss, and to identify the options for addressing the problem. The results have turned out to be surprising to those who see biodiversity loss primarily in terms of the erosion of the genetic library. In various ways the work carried out under the programme has already begun to alter our perception of where the problem in biodiversity loss lies and what policy options are available to deal with it. Indeed, the programme has provided a powerful set of arguments for reappraising not just the economic and ecological implications of biodiversity loss, but the whole case for development based on specialisation of resource use.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Ecology, Economy & Environment, 4
Release date:	August 2013
First published:	1994
Editors:	C. A. Perrings
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	391
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
ISBN-13:	978-9401044370
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > General
LSN:	9401044376
Barcode:	9789401044370

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