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Economics of Evironmental Conservation,

Second Edition

Economics of

Environmental

Conservation, Second

Edition

Clement A. Tisdell

Professor of Economics, School of Economics, The University

of Queensland, Australia

Edward Elgar

Cheltenham, UK • Northampton, MA, USA

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permission of the publisher.

Published by

Edward Elgar Publishing Limited

Glensanda House

Montpellier Parade

Cheltenham

Glos GL50 1UA

Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc.

136 West Street

Suite 202

Northampton

Massachusetts 01060

USA

A catalogue record for this book

is available from the British Library

ISBN 1 84376 614 0 (cased)

Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin, Cornwall

Contents

List of

ﬁ

gures

List of tables

Preface to the second edition

xvi

Preface to the

rst edition

xviii

1. Economics and the living environment

1.1

Introduction

1.2

Welfare economics, environment and the biosphere

1.3

Ethics, values and environmental economics:

alternative views

1.4

Economic growth, dynamics, uncertainty and the

environment: di

ﬀ

ering views

1.5

Uncertainty, welfare and environmental issues

1.6

Conclusion

2. Global conservation strategies and concerns

2.1

Introduction

2.2

A classi

ﬁ

cation of conservation policies

2.3

The World Conservation Strategy and Caring for the

Earth : origins, aims and basic principles

2.4

Ecological processes and life-support systems:

agriculture, forests, marine and freshwater systems

2.5

Preservation of genetic diversity

2.6

Sustainable utilisation of species and ecosystems

2.7

erences between Caring for the Earth

and the World Conservation Strategy

ﬁ

cant di

ﬀ

2.8

International conservation concerns and priorities

2.9

Concluding comments

3. Markets and government intervention in environmental

conservation

3.1

Introduction – choices about resource use and

conservation

3.2

Market e

ciency and externalities

3.3

Government policies ‘to correct’ for externalities

ﬁ

Signi

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