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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... increasing income Figure 6 Three different perspectives of the socio-eeonomy's relationship to nature. A) Growth and technical optimism. B) Environmental pessimism. C) The ecological—economic perspective. Figure 7 The role of trade in ...
... increased in the face of comprehensive demands for product information, especially in relation to packaging. A swarm of symbols such as swans, evergreens, falcons, angels, dandelions and green dots are appearing more and more on ...
... increasing. Attention has shifted from local environmental issues to regional and global problems. More diffuse and elusive challenges such as depletion of the ozone layer, the greenhouse effect and threats to biological diversity, are ...
... increased internationalization are some of the themes explored. The overall goal is a society that develops within ... increases. To some extent, economics is about seeking the means to achieve certain goals, for example to increase ...
... increased enormously without any active method of revitalization or recycling. 17 17 See, for example, the annual ... increasing the risk for catastrophic results. We have begun to. Figure 3 The population explosion. Source: Pe•ey, J ...
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 | |