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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... example, discussed trade restrictions against imports of tropical timber. In Sweden, import restrictions regarding blue-finned tuna, a species threatened with extinction, have been debated. There are a variety of reasons why trade and ...
... example, Sweden reduced emissions from the thousand largest sources by 70 per cent during the 1970s and 1980s.3 At the same time as point source emissions were being reduced, new environmental issues began appearing. The new problems ...
... example to increase human welfare. Therefore, one role of economics is to assist in finding suitable means to shape international trade so that it results in sustainable development. In this chapter, a short introduction to basic trade ...
... example the circulation of nutrients essential to agriculture, forestry and fishing. Ecosystems create fertile fields, pollinate crops, produce nourishment from the sea, maintain genetic diversity and the quality of the atmosphere, and ...
... examples of this phenomenon. Soil erosion is compensated for in a variety of ways, such as the use of artificial ... example higher smokestacks, extended pipe systems and transportation of waste). This method delays the solving of ...
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 | |