Nature''s Wealth: The Economics of Ecosystem Services and Poverty

Name: Nature''s Wealth: The Economics of Ecosystem Services and Poverty
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781107698048
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Increasing pressure from economic development and population growth has resulted in the degradation of ecosystems around the world and the loss of the essential services that they provide. Understanding the linkages between ecosystem service provisioning and human well-being is crucial for the establishment of effective environmental and economic development policy. Presenting new insights into the relationship between ecosystem services and livelihoods in developing countries, this book takes up the challenge of assessing these links to demonstrate their importance in policy development. It pays special attention to innovative management opportunities that improve local livelihoods and alleviate poverty while enhancing ecosystem protection. Based on eighteen studies in more than twenty developing countries, the authors explore the role of biodiversity-, marine-, forest-, water- and land-related ecosystem services, making this an invaluable contribution to research on the role of ecosystems in supporting the livelihoods of the poor around the world. See more

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Weight: 710g
Dimensions: 153 x 228mm
Publication Date: 28 Mar 2013
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781107698048

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Pieter J. H. van Beukering is an Associate Professor in the field of environmental economics at the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) of VU University Amsterdam. Most of his research work takes place in Asia the Caribbean the Pacific and Africa with a strong focus on natural resource management economic valuation and poverty alleviation. Elissaios Papyrakis is a Senior Researcher in environmental economics and climate change at VU University Amsterdam and a senior lecturer in economics at the University of East Anglia. His work involves both theoretical and empirical analysis in development and environmental economics with a particular emphasis on the economics of climate change sustainable development and environmental management. Jetske Bouma is a Senior Researcher at the IVM VU University Amsterdam. She specializes in community-based natural resource management and the conditions for collective action and her current work focuses on conservationdevelopment trade-offs and synergies community co-management and effective policy design. Roy Brouwer is Professor and Head of the Department of Environmental Economics at IVM VU University Amsterdam and also Professor of Water Economics at the Dutch National Research Programme 'Living with Water'. He is a recipient of a National Research Flagship Fellowship Award from CSIRO Australia for his work on water economics.