Biodiversity Economics: Principles, Methods and Applications (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521866835)

Human induced biodiversity loss is greater now than at any time in human history, with extinctions occurring at rates hundreds of times higher than background extinction levels. The field of biodiversity economics analyses the socio-economic causes of and solutions to biodiversity loss by combining the disciplines of economics, ecology and biology. This field has shown a remarkable degree of transformation over the past four decades and now incorporates the analysis of the entire diversity of biological resources within the living world. Biodiversity Economics presents a series of papers that show how bio-economic analysis can be applied to the examination and evaluation of the problem of various forms of biodiversity loss. Containing insightful bio-economic research by some of prominent practitioners in the field, this volume will be an essential research tool to those working on biodiversity issues in the academic, policy and private sectors.

Author: Andreas Kontoleon
ISBN-10: 0521866839
ISBN-13: 9780521866835
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/13/2007
Pages: 692
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.69lbs
Size: 9.16h x 6.31w x 1.87d