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  • The Economics of the Tropical Timber Trade

    de Edward B Barbier, Joanne C. Burgess Barbier, Joshua Bishop, Bruce Aylward ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 1994, The Economics of the Tropical Timber Trade provides a detailed analysis of the economic linkages between the trade and forest degradation. Based on a report prepared for the ITTO, it looks current and future market conditions at the time of publication, and assesses the impacts on current and future market conditions, and assesses the impacts on tropical forests of ... Leer más

    $51.99 USD

  • The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity in Business and Enterprise

    Edición de Joshua Bishop ...
    Series series TEEB - The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
    This book is a product of the TEEB study (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity). It provides important evidence of growing corporate concern about biodiversity loss and offers examples of how leading companies are taking action to conserve biodiversity and to restore ecosystems.This book reviews indicators and drivers of biodiversity loss and ecosystem decline, and shows how these present ... Leer más

    $73.99 USD

  • Selling Forest Environmental Services

    Market-Based Mechanisms for Conservation and Development

    Edición de Joshua Bishop, Stefano Pagiola, Natasha Landel-Mills ...
    The risks posed by forest destruction throughout the world are highly significant for all. Not only are forests a critical source of timber and non-timber forest products, but they provide environmental services that are the basis of life on Earth. However, only rarely do beneficiaries pay for the goods and services they experience, and there are severe consequences as a result for the poor and ... Leer más

    $82.99 USD

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  • Winner Take All

    China's Race for Resources and What It Means for the World

    de Dambisa Moyo ...
    Commodities permeate virtually every aspect of modern daily living, but for all their importance -- their breadth, their depth, their intricacies, and their central role in daily life -- few people who are not economists or traders know how commodity markets work. Almost every day, newspaper headlines and media commentators scream warnings of impending doom -- shortages of arable land, clashes ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • Trends and Impacts of Foreign Investment in Developing Country Agriculture: Evidence from Case Studies

    de FAOoftheUN ...
    Substantial increases in agricultural investments in developing countries are needed to combat poverty and realize food security and nutrition goals. In order to acquire an in-depth understanding of potential benefits, constraints and costs of foreign investment in agriculture and of the business models that are more conducive to development, FAO has undertaken research in developing countries. ... Leer más

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  • The Global Farms Race

    Land Grabs, Agricultural Investment, and the Scramble for Food Security

    Edición de Michael Kugelman, Susan L. Levenstein ...
    As we struggle to feed a global population speeding toward 9 billion, we have entered a new phase of the food crisis. Wealthy countries that import much of their food, along with private investors, are racing to buy or lease huge swaths of farmland abroad. The Global Farms Race is the first book to examine this burgeoning trend in all its complexity, considering the implications for investors, ... Leer más

    $38.99 USD

  • The Price of Oil

    de Roberto F. Aguilera, Marian Radetzki ...
    Drawing on their extensive knowledge of the oil industry, Roberto F. Aguilera and Marian Radetzki provide an in-depth examination of the price of the world's most important commodity. They argue that although oil has experienced an extraordinary price increase over the past few decades, we have now reached a turning point where scarcity, uncertain supply and high prices will be replaced by ... Leer más

    $39.99 USD

  • Eco-nomics

    What Everyone Should Know about Economics and the Environment

    de Richard L. Stroup ...
    It’s one thing to be passionate about protecting the environment. It’s another to be successful at it. This history of environmentalism includes a constant shift from one concern to another, and many laws have been enacted to clean up pollution or preserve natural beauty. However, many of these laws are ineffective and others have had unintended consequences. In this updated edition, Richard ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • The Role of Smallholder Farms in Food and Nutrition Security

    Edición de Sergio Gomez y Paloma, Laura Riesgo, Kamel Louhichi ...
    This open access book discusses the current role of smallholders in connection with food security and poverty reduction in developing countries. It addresses the opportunities they enjoy, and the constraints they face, by analysing the availability, access to and utilization of production factors. Due to the relevance of smallholder farms, enhancing their production capacities and economic and ... Leer más

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  • Blue Future

    Protecting Water for People and the Planet Forever

    de Maude Barlow ...
    Water is a human right: "A rousing case for what will be one of the key environmental challenges of the twenty-first century." — BooklistThe United Nations has recognized access to water as a basic human right—but there is still much work to be done to stem this growing environmental crisis. In this book, water activist Maude Barlow draws on her extensive experience to lay out a set of key ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • A Twenty-First Century U.S. Water Policy

    de Juliet Christian-Smith, Peter H. Gleick, Heather Cooley, Lucy Allen, Amy Vanderwarker, Kate A. Berry ...
    It is zero hour for a new US water policy! At a time when many countries are adopting new national approaches to water management, the United States still has no cohesive federal policy, and water-related authorities are dispersed across more than 30 agencies. Here, at last, is a vision for what we as a nation need to do to manage our most vital resource. In this book, leading thinkers at world ... Leer más

    $34.19 USD

  • The Global Economics of Forestry

    de William F. Hyde ...
    This book traces the economic and biological pattern of forest development from initial settlement and harvest activity at the natural forest frontier to modern industrial forest plantations. It builds from diagrams describing three discrete stages of forest development, and then discusses the management and policy implications associated with each, supporting its observations with examples and ... Leer más

    $73.99 USD