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Conserving and Valuing Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity
Economic, Institutional and Social Challenges
Edited By K. N. Ninan with foreword by Dr Achim Steiner
'This book addresses the economic, institutional and social challenges facing scientists and policy makers in conserving biodiversity and ecosystem services that are critical for sustaining human well-being and development'
CTA Spore
Hardback
December 2008 •
432 pages •
234 x 156mm •
ISBN 9781844076512
This book comprehensively addresses 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.
CONTENTS (Expand Contents)
Introduction
Part I: Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Valuation
Part II: Incentives and Institutions
Part III: Governance
Part IV: Intellectual Property Rights and Indigenous Knowledge
Part V: Climate Change
Introduction
Part I: Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Valuation
Total Economic Valuation of Endangered Species - A Summary and Comparison of United States and Rest of the World Estimates
The Economics of Fish Biodiversity: Linkages between Aquaculture and Fisheries - Some Perspectives
Biodiversity Conservation in Sea Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: the Economic Problem
Making the Case for Investing in Natural Ecosystems as Development Infrastructure: the Economic Value of Biodiversity in Lao PDR
Non Timber Forest Products and Biodiversity Conservation - A Study of Tribals in a Protected Area in India
National Parks as Conservation and Development Projects: Gauging Local Support
Part II: Incentives and Institutions
Payments for Ecosystem Services: An International Perspective
Developing mechanisms for in situ biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes
Institutional Economics and the Behaviour of Conservation Organizations: Implications for Biodiversity Conservation
Part III: Governance
An Ecological Economics Approach to the Management of a Multi-purpose Coastal Wetland
East African Cheetah Management via Interacting Political and Ecological Process Models
Co-Management of Protected Areas: A Case Study from Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Part IV: IPRs and Indigenous Knowledge
Intellectual Property Rights and Problems in the Protection of Indigenous Knowledge: A Case Study of the Philippines Legal Reforms
Protecting Traditional Knowledge: A framework based on Customary Laws and Bio-Cultural Heritage
Part V: Climate Change
Adaptation to Climate Change and Livestock Biodiversity: Evidence from Kenya
Climate Change and Biodiversity in Cameroon - A Socio-Economic Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Coastal Ecosystems and Livelihoods in South Western Cameroon
K. N. Ninan is Professor of Ecological Economics at the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India, and Visiting Professor, Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. Dr Ninan has also been a Visiting Professor or Fellow at the University of Tokyo, Japan, Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo, Japan, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK, University of Versailles, France, Maison Des Sciences De L'Homme, Paris, France, and University of Tokushima, Japan. He is also the author of The Economics of Biodiversity Conservation: Valuation in Tropical Forest Ecosystems (Earthscan, 2007).
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