Capitalizing on Nature Ecosystems as Natural Assets Edward B. Bar… 9781107007277
Capitalizing on NatureEcosystems as Natural Assets\nAuthor(s): Edward B. Barbier\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107007277, 978-1107007277\nSynopsis\nThe basic unit of nature the ecosystem is a special form of wealth, which we can think of as a stock of natural capital. However, perhaps because this capital is free, we have tended to view it as limitless, abundant and always available for our use, exploitation and conversion. Capitalizing on Nature shows how modeling ecosystems as natural capital can help us to analyze the economic behavior that has led to the overuse of so much ecological wealth. It explains how this concept of ecosystem as natural capital sheds light on a number of important issues, including landscape conversion, ecological restoration, ecosystem resilience and collapse, spatial benefits and payments for ecosystem services. The book concludes by focusing on major policy c.
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