New Economy of Nature The Quest to Make Conservation Profitable

Name: New Economy of Nature The Quest to Make Conservation Profitable
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ISBN: 9781559631549

ISBN-10: 1559631546

ISBN-13: 9781559631549

Edition: 2002

Authors: Gretchen Daily, Katherine Ellison, Gretchen C. Daily

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Why shouldn't people who deplete our natural assets have to pay, and those who protect them reap profits? Conservation-minded entrepreneurs and others around the world are beginning to ask just that question, as the increasing scarcity of natural resources becomes a tangible threat to our own lives and our hopes for our children. The New Economy of Nature brings together Gretchen Daily, one of the world's leading ecologists, with Katherine Ellison, a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, to offer an engaging and informative look at a new "new economy" -- a system recognizing the economic value of natural systems and the potential profits in protecting them.Through engaging stories from around…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Island Press
Publication date: 9/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 260
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Prologue: The Wealth of Nature



Katoomba and the Stratosphere



How to Make Carbon Charismatic



New York: How to Put a Watershed to Work



Napa, California: How a Town Can Live with a River and Not Get Soaked



Vancouver Island: Project Snark



King County, Washington: The Art of the Deal



Down Under: How to Make a Numbat Turn a Profit



Costa Rica: Paying Mother Nature to Multitask



Teresopolis: The Spinning Motor



The Birds, the Bees, and the Biodiversity Crisis


Epilogue: The Revolution in the Wings


Acknowledgments


Further Reading


Index