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Conserving biodiversity by commercialization? : A model framework for a market for genetic resources
Deke, Oliver - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013261153
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Conserving biodiversity by commercialization? : a model framework for a market for genetic resources
Deke, Oliver - 2001
provision of genetic resources could generate income for the protection of biodiversity-rich areas. However, there has been a … markets for genetic resources can effectively contribute to the conservation of biodiversity. In this paper, a market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011473847
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Growth with Endogenous Risk of Biological Invasion
Barbier, Edward B.; Shogren, Jason F. - 2004
We model biological invasions as an unintended by-product of capital accumulation. We distinguish three spillover effects: (1) a negative production externality, (2) a negative or positive consumption externality and (3) an increase in the risk of future welfare loss. We also consider the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014068627
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Global Warming : Correcting the Data
Michaels, Patrick - 2008
Temperature records compiled by the International Panel on Climate Change are biased by non-climatic factors that are largely socioeconomic in origin. The result is that as much as 50 percent of the land-surface warming that has been detected in recent decades may not be the product of global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014213426
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Digging Deeper into Hardin's Pasture : The Complex Institutional Structure of 'The Tragedy of the Commons'
Cole, Daniel H.; Epstein, Graham; McGinnis, Michael D. - 2014
The institutional and ecological structure of Hardin’s “tragedy of the commons” appears deceptively simple: the open-access pasture eventually will be overexploited and degraded unless (i) it is privatized, (ii) the government regulates access and use, or (iii) the users themselves impose...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014151273
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Gaps, Inexperience, Inconsistencies, and Overlaps : Crisis in the Regulation of Genetically Modified Plants and Animals
Mandel, Gregory N. - 2012
The regulation of genetically modified products pursuant to statutes enacted decades prior to the advent of biotechnology has led to a system that is passive rather than proactive about risks, that has difficulty adapting to biotechnology advances, and that is highly fractured and inefficient -...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014079218
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Spatial diffusion of economic shocks in networks
Amarasinghe, Ashani; Hodler, Roland; Raschky, Paul A.; … - 2018
local economic shocks across Africa. We further show how counterfactual exercises based on these estimates and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011825329
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Prevention and mitigation of epidemics : biodiversity conservation and confinement policies
Augeraud-Véron, Emmanuelle; Fabbri, Giorgio; Schubert, … - 2020
This paper presents a first model integrating the relation between biodiversity loss and zoonose pandemic risks in a … preserve a greater quantity of biodiversity, thus decreasing the probability of a pandemic occurring, and second (mitigation … biodiversity conservation is shown to be more relevant for more "forward looking" societies, with a small discount rate and a high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012263718
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Chapter 74. The Place of Nature in Economic Development
Dasgupta, Partha - In: Handbook of development economics : volume 5, (pp. 4977-5046). 2010
In this chapter both theory and empirics are used to show that our picture of the processes of economic development changes radically when nature is introduced as a capital asset. Particular features of institutions that fashion societies' use of the natural-resource base are identified and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025728
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Cities and Green Growth : A Conceptual Framework
Hammer, Stephen; Kamal-Chaoui, Lamia; Robert, Alexis; … - 2011
This report examines the current state of knowledge about green growth in cities and outlines the key research questions and protocols that will guide the OECD Green Cities programme. It builds the case for an urban green growth agenda by examining the economic and environmental conditions that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446283