Conserving and Valuing Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity: Economic, Institutional and Social Challenges [Paperback]

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.

Introduction  Part 1: 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 2: Incentives and Institutions  Payments for Ecosystem Services: An International Perspective  Developing mechanisms for in situ biodiversity conslóÉ