Trading with the Environment: Ecology, economics, institutions and policyRoutledge, 2013 M11 26 - 160 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? Trading the Environment examines both the dependence and the effects of international trade on the earth's life support systems and looks at ways in which trading regulations could be adapted to promote ecologically sustainable economic development. It addresses the issues from a fully integrated approach, focusing on the interrelations between ecosystems, economic development and trade. The authors provide a carefully constructed ecological and economic analysis of trade and the environment, examine the existing legal and institutional frameworks and set out 16 recommendations to achieve environment beneficial trade at both national and international levels. Trading with the environment was originally commissioned by the Swedish government and is already regarded thereon essential reference. It makes an excellent introduction as well as constructive analysis, both for students and for policy-makers and professional economics and other scientists working on the issues. Published in 1995 |
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... ecological systems as the basis for all economic activities is discussed in the first chapter. The role of the environment and the ecological services it provides are presented, as well as society's dependence on them. Environmental ...
... ecological cycle, whether we recognize it or not. Because of our interdependence with ecological systems 5 it is not only the environment which is saved when society strives towards ... ecological services, renewable and non-renewable.
Ecology, economics, institutions and policy Thomas Andersson, Carl Folke, Stefan Nystrom. 9 Natural capital consists of ecological services, renewable and non-renewable resources. The first two are produced and sustained by ecosystems ...
... services, for example the circulation of nutrients essential to agriculture ... ecological services would be generated. If soil ... Ecological boundaries and society's carrying capacity Ecological (bio-physical) carrying capacity.
Ecology, economics, institutions and policy Thomas Andersson, Carl Folke, Stefan Nystrom. increasing the risk for ... ecological services increasingly restricts the development of society. Growth. and. the. Environment. A strongly rooted ...
Contents
Economic Perspectives on Trade and the Environment | |
Trade Regulations the Institutional Framework and Current | |
The New Playing Field Towards Sustainable Development | |
International environmental agreements with trade provisions | |
Excerpts from the GATT | |
Trade and Environment in the GATT | |