Ebook: Biodiversity Conservation: Problems and Policies. Papers from the Biodiversity Programme Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

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.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Biodiversity and Economic Development: The Policy Problem....Pages 3-21
Biodiversity Conservation and Economic Development: Local and Global Dimensions....Pages 22-39
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
Population Extinction and the Biodiversity Crisis1 ....Pages 43-53
Diversity Conservation in Relation to Fisheries in the Baltic Sea....Pages 54-64
Rangeland Ecology: Managing Change in Biodiversity....Pages 65-81
Biodiversity, Natural Resource Accounting and Ecological Monitoring....Pages 82-105
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Modelling the Value of Biodiversity Using a Production Function Approach: The Case of the Anolis Lizard in the Lesser and Greater Antilles....Pages 109-119
Ecology and Microeconomics as ‘Joint Products’: The Bonaire Marine Park in the Caribbean....Pages 120-138
Tropical Wetland Values and Environmental Functions....Pages 139-161
Valuation in the Management of Biological Diversity....Pages 162-182
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
Environmental Impact of Governmental Policies and External Shocks in Botswana: A Computable General Equilibrium Approach....Pages 185-204
A Dynamic CGE Model of Deforestation in Costa Rica....Pages 205-225
Biodiversity Loss Through Tropical Deforestation: The Role of Timber Production and Trade....Pages 226-244
Sustainable Use of Tropical Forests in Asia....Pages 245-265
Front Matter....Pages 267-267
Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Biodiversity, Resilience and Sustainability....Pages 269-287
Conservation of Biodiversity and Economic Development: The Concept of Transferable Development Rights....Pages 288-305
Biodiversity Conservation and Local Development Aspirations: New Priorities for the 1990s....Pages 306-320
Unresolved Issues....Pages 321-328
Back Matter....Pages 329-391

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Biodiversity and Economic Development: The Policy Problem....Pages 3-21
Biodiversity Conservation and Economic Development: Local and Global Dimensions....Pages 22-39
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
Population Extinction and the Biodiversity Crisis1 ....Pages 43-53
Diversity Conservation in Relation to Fisheries in the Baltic Sea....Pages 54-64
Rangeland Ecology: Managing Change in Biodiversity....Pages 65-81
Biodiversity, Natural Resource Accounting and Ecological Monitoring....Pages 82-105
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Modelling the Value of Biodiversity Using a Production Function Approach: The Case of the Anolis Lizard in the Lesser and Greater Antilles....Pages 109-119
Ecology and Microeconomics as ‘Joint Products’: The Bonaire Marine Park in the Caribbean....Pages 120-138
Tropical Wetland Values and Environmental Functions....Pages 139-161
Valuation in the Management of Biological Diversity....Pages 162-182
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
Environmental Impact of Governmental Policies and External Shocks in Botswana: A Computable General Equilibrium Approach....Pages 185-204
A Dynamic CGE Model of Deforestation in Costa Rica....Pages 205-225
Biodiversity Loss Through Tropical Deforestation: The Role of Timber Production and Trade....Pages 226-244
Sustainable Use of Tropical Forests in Asia....Pages 245-265
Front Matter....Pages 267-267
Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Biodiversity, Resilience and Sustainability....Pages 269-287
Conservation of Biodiversity and Economic Development: The Concept of Transferable Development Rights....Pages 288-305
Biodiversity Conservation and Local Development Aspirations: New Priorities for the 1990s....Pages 306-320
Unresolved Issues....Pages 321-328
Back Matter....Pages 329-391
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