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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... Ecosystems are factors of production supplying the human economy with ecological goods and services . Being parts of ecosystems , species sustain those crucial services . Ecosystems produce renewable resources such as fish , crops ...
... Ecosystems are factors of production supplying the human economy with ecological goods and services . Being parts of ecosystems , species sustain those crucial services . Ecosystems produce renewable resources such as fish , crops ...
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... ecosystems to support society . This situation is serious , since society cannot function without healthy ecosystems . Despite our sophisticated societies , humans remain biological crea- tures who are undeniably part of ecological ...
... ecosystems to support society . This situation is serious , since society cannot function without healthy ecosystems . Despite our sophisticated societies , humans remain biological crea- tures who are undeniably part of ecological ...
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... ecosystems , and thereby the goods and services it produces , it implies that people rely on a technology which seems to make it possible to substitute the loss of domestically produced goods and ser- vices for similar goods and ...
... ecosystems , and thereby the goods and services it produces , it implies that people rely on a technology which seems to make it possible to substitute the loss of domestically produced goods and ser- vices for similar goods and ...
Contents
Natures Life Support Systems as the Foundation | 4 |
Economy and ecosystems | 21 |
An ecologicaleconomic synthesis | 27 |
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