1 Framing the Problem -- 1 Biodiversity conservation and economic development: the policy problem -- 2 Biodiversity conservation and economic development: local and global dimensions -- 2: Understanding Biodiversity Change -- 3 Population extinction and the biodiversity crisis -- 4 Diversity...

This book reports the more policy-oriented results of the Biodiversity programme of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Beijer Institute. The programme brought economists and ecologists together to consider where the problem in biodiversity loss really lies, what costs it has for society, and...