Trading with the Environment: Ecology, Economics, Institutions and PolicyEarthscan, 1995 - 140 pages Should there be firmer restrictions on trade, with more policies aimed at protecting its environmental impacts, or would the environment benefit most from unrestricted free trade? Do importing countries have a responsibility only to their local ecosystems, or are they also responsible for environmental degradation caused by the production of traded goods in exporting countries? |
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Page 25
... become scarce is that environmental effects are often delayed in both time and space . They accumulate and spread geographically and it takes time before the effect on nature's life support capacity becomes visible . It takes longer for ...
... become scarce is that environmental effects are often delayed in both time and space . They accumulate and spread geographically and it takes time before the effect on nature's life support capacity becomes visible . It takes longer for ...
Page 30
... become waste . It is not easy to make this type of division in reality . At the intermedi- ary stage , effects on the ecosystem from , for example , the petrochemical industry can be regarded as environmental effects from either oil ...
... become waste . It is not easy to make this type of division in reality . At the intermedi- ary stage , effects on the ecosystem from , for example , the petrochemical industry can be regarded as environmental effects from either oil ...
Page 65
... become less common and be replaced by those which are more resource - effective and ecocycle - adjustable . Reality indicates that the process towards an internalization of environmental costs is still in its infancy . Certain countries ...
... become less common and be replaced by those which are more resource - effective and ecocycle - adjustable . Reality indicates that the process towards an internalization of environmental costs is still in its infancy . Certain countries ...
Contents
Natures Life Support Systems as the Foundation | 4 |
Economy and ecosystems | 21 |
An ecologicaleconomic synthesis | 27 |
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