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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... Society and its economy is a sub-section of the ecosphere Figure 3 The population explosion Figure 4 The scale increase of the human dimension Figure 5 How environmental problems evolve in relation to increasing income Figure 6 Three ...
... society ought to use all scarce resources, including environmental resources, in the most efficient way within this framework. Social norms and rules, the institutions that recognize the necessity to account for ecological realities ...
... society's carrying capacity and ecological thresholds, transportation and various driving forces in relation to increased internationalization are some of the themes explored. The overall goal is a society that develops within the ...
... society has mentally distanced us from our dependence on healthy and functioning ecosystems. The dependence of our society and its welfare on nature's life support systems will be described in the first section. This is followed by a ...
... society strives towards sustainable development, but also present and future generations of human beings. 5 An ecological system, or ecosystem, consists of populations and communities of plants, animals, and microorganisms dynamically ...
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 | |