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• Title:Conserving and valuing ecosystem services and biodiversity : economic, institutional and social challenges / edited by K.N. Ninan ; with foreword by Achim Steiner.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Ninan, K. N. (Karachepone Ninan), 1950-
  
• Published/Created:London ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, 2010, ©2009.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QH75 .C6817 2009
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    
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• Library of Congress Subjects:Biotic communities--Economic aspects.
  Biodiversity conservation--Economic aspects.
  Environmental degradation--Economic aspects.
  
• Description:xxix, 402 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
  
• Summary:"This is the most comprehensive book to address the economic, social and institutional difficulties in conserving biodiversity and the ecosystem services that it provides. It covers a wide range of issues such as biodiversity, ecosystem services and valuation in the context of diverse ecosystems such as tropical forests, marine areas, wetlands and agricultural landscapes, non-timber forest products, incentives and institutions, payments for ecosystem services, governance, intellectual property rights and the protection of traditional knowledge, management of protected areas, and climate change and biodiversity. It also covers the application of environmental economics and institutional economics to different cases and the use of techniques such as contingent valuation method and game theory. The book spans the globe with case studies drawn from a cross section of regions and continents including the UK, US, Europe, Australia, India, Africa and South America."--Publisher's website.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:1844076512
  9781844076512
  
• Contents:1. Introduction / K. N. Ninan
  Pt. 1. Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Valuation
  2. Total Economic Valuation of Endangered Species: A Summary and Comparison of United States and Rest of the World Estimates / Leslie Richardson and John Loomis
  3. Economics of Fish Biodiversity: Linkages between Aquaculture and Fisheries - Some Perspectives / Clem Tisdell
  4. Biodiversity Conservation in Sea Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: The Economic Problem / Charles Perrings
  5. Making the Case for Investing in Natural Ecosystems as Development Infrastructure: The Economic Value of Biodiversity in Lao PDR / Larry Emerton
  6. Non Timber Forest Products and Biodiversity Conservation: A Study of Tribals in a Protected Area in India / K. N. Ninan
  7. National Parks as Conservation and Development Projects: Gauging Local Support / Randall A. Kramer, Erin O. Sills and Subhrendu K. Pattanayak
  Pt. 2. Incentives and Institutions
  8. Payments for Ecosystem Services: An International Perspective / Jeffrey A. McNeely
  9. Developing Mechanisms for In Situ Biodiversity Conservation in Agricultural Landscapes / Unai Pascual and Charles Perrings
  10. Institutional Economics and the Behaviour of Conservation Organizations: Implicarions for Biodiversity Conservation / Clem Tisdell
  Pt. 3. Governance
  11. Ecological Economics Approach to the Management of a Multi-purpose Coastal Wetland / R. K. Turner, I. J. Bateman, S. Georgiou, A. Jones, I. H. Langford, N. G. N. Matias and L. Subramanian
  12. East African Cheetah Management via Interacting Political and Ecological Process Models / Timothy C. Haas
  13. Co-management of Protected Areas: A Case Study from Central Sulawesi, Indonesia / Regina Birner and Marhawati Mappatoba
  Pt. 4. IPRs and Protection of Indigenous Knowledge
  14. Intellectual Property Rights and Problems in the Protection of Indigenous Knowledge: A Case Study of the Philippines Legal Reforms / Timothy Swanson, Ray Purdy and Ana Lea Uy
  15. Protecting Traditional Knowledge: A Holistic Approach Based on Customary Laws and Bio-cultural Heritage / Krystyna Swiderska
  Pt. 5. Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
  16. Adaptation to Climate Change and Livestock Biodiversity: Evidence from Kenya / Jane Kabubo-Mariara
  17. Socio-economic Impacts of Climate Change on Coastal Ecosystems and Livelihoods: A Case Study of Southwestern Cameroon / Ernest L. Molua.