Books reviewed: Anna Carr, author. Grass Roots and Green Tape: Principles and Practices of Environmental Stewardship, Sally Marsh, ed. Steven Renzetti, author. The Economics of Water Demands, Chris Alaouze, ed. Gretchen C. Daily and Katherine Ellison, authors. The New Economy of Nature: The...

This paper reports controlled experiments on markets linking downstream water entitlement holders with upstream landholders wishing to establish large tree plantations. The present study tackles the question of whether it matters who owns the initial water rights. Coase's (1960) theorem suggests...

Declining populations in rural and regional areas have become a high political priority in Australia. Calls for measures to support rural communities have been prompted by substantial population declines in some country areas. In Europe and the USA, similar political pressures to halt population...

Environmental protection and poverty alleviation in the developing world are usually heralded as joint objectives. However, these two goals are often associated with different sectoral policy instruments. While so-called payments for environmental services (PES) are increasingly being promoted...