Ecosystem values are not well accounted for in decisions concerning natural resources. In
this context, the concept of ecosystem services offers an important opportunity to develop a …

Dead organic matter is an important structural and functional element in natural forests, but
its quantity, quality, and spatial distribution are greatly modified by intensive harvesting and …

Economists and others have long believed that by balancing the costs of such public goods
as air quality and wilderness areas against their benefits, informed policy choices can be …

With their remarkable electoral successes, Green parties worldwide seized the political
imagination of friends and foes alike. Mainstream politicians busily disparage them and …

This report has been prepared by the London Environmental Economics Centre (LEEC).
LEEC is a joint venture, established in 1988, by the International Institute for Environment …

Ecological economics is a way of rethinking the relationship between humans and the
environment and working out the implications of how we manage our lives and the planet …

Renowned scholar Robert Adams explores the relation between religion and ethics through
a comprehensive philosophical account of a theistically-based framework for ethics. Adams' …

This book develops an outline of a broad land-based strategy for biodiversity conservation in
the USA. It synthesizes information and offers general guidelines for biodiversity …

Environmental ethics is the discipline in philosophy that studies the moral relationship of
human beings to, and also the value and moral status of, the environment and its non …

We explored the relationships among human attitudes towards biodiversity, its economic
value and the public awareness for biodiversity conservation. Behavioural items and specific …