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020			_a9781139014922 (ebook)
020			_z9781107007277 (hardback)
020			_z9780521189279 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aQH75 _b.B268 2011
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100	1		_aBarbier, Edward B., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aCapitalizing on Nature : _bEcosystems as Natural Assets / _cEdward B. Barbier.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2011.
300			_a1 online resource (336 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aThe basic unit of nature – the ecosystem – is a special form of wealth, which we can think of as a stock of natural capital. However, perhaps because this capital is free, we have tended to view it as limitless, abundant and always available for our use, exploitation and conversion. Capitalizing on Nature shows how modeling ecosystems as natural capital can help us to analyze the economic behavior that has led to the overuse of so much ecological wealth. It explains how this concept of ecosystem as natural capital sheds light on a number of important issues, including landscape conversion, ecological restoration, ecosystem resilience and collapse, spatial benefits and payments for ecosystem services. The book concludes by focusing on major policy challenges that need to be overcome in order to avert the worsening problem of ecological scarcity and how we can fund novel financing mechanisms for global conservation.
650		0	_aEcosystem management
650		0	_aEnvironmental economics
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107007277
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139014922
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c38496 _d38496