generally works against biodiversity conservation, policies may be devised to use discounting to implement land use policies …

Economic thought has had considerable influence on ecology and environmental management. This has been by and large to … the detriment of ecology for two reasons: first, much of the neo‐classical economics (the economics of resource allocation … conservation of resources because they are based on unfounded assumptions about the natural world and the capability for self …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine Hong Kong's newly published nature conservation policy (NCP) which … introduces two additional mechanisms to address sites deemed by Government of HKSAR to be of prime conservation importance. These … development, conservation and social pressures. Design/methodology/approach – This paper reviews the background of such measures …