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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... human dimension Figure 5 How environmental problems evolve in relation to increasing income Figure 6 Three different perspectives of the socio-eeonomy's relationship to nature. A) Growth and technical optimism. B) Environmental ...
... human populations and economies increase the pressure on life-support ecosystems, such as forests, coastal areas, agricultural land, rivers, lakes and oceans. Some people argue that humanity is far away from environmental constraints ...
... 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 theory is presented ...
... Human beings are dependent on and a part of the 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 ...
... human life. This constitutes nature's support for society and its economy. It is sustained by the ecosystems; species interacting and evolving with their environment. Figure 2 Society and its economy is a sub-section of the ecosphere ...
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 | |