Accounting for mother nature : changing demands for her bounty
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Accounting for mother nature : changing demands for her bounty
Stanford Economics and Finance, an inprint of Stanford University Press, c2008
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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In the face of growing pressure on our natural landscapes and increasingly bitter conflict over their management and use, simply defending the status quo is not enough. Finding a balance between producing commodities, such as lumber, and maintaining amenities, such as open space, is crucial if we hope to promote environmental stewardship and healthy economies. Accounting for Mother Nature brings together experts with wide-ranging experience to provide a comprehensive examination of the critical debate around the management of scarce natural resources.
The contributors to this volume consider how unconstrained use of nature's bounty had lead not only to damage and waste, but also to divisive conflict. With a focus particularly on the American West, this volume examines the often-negative outcomes of government's management of land and natural resources. In turn, the contributors explore the role that private individuals and organizations can play in protecting natural and agrarian landscapes.
Through its detailed analyses, Accounting for Mother Nature makes the case for innovation within the private nonprofit sector and marks out new frontiers for research.
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PARTONE PERSPECTIVES ON THE WEALTH OF NATURE I. Natural Amenities and Ecosystem Services: The Need for Additional Institutional Innovation 11 BY THOMAS MICHAEL POWER 2. Maximizing the Wealth of Nature: A Property Rights Approach 33 BY TERRY L. ANDERSON PARTTWO DEVOLUTION TO FACILITATE CHANGE 3. Institutional Reform for Public Lands? 53 BY DANIEL KEMMIS 4. The State of the Parks: Enhancing or Dissipating the Wealth of Nature? 73 BY HOLLY LIPPKE FRETWELL PARTTHREE PROPERTY RIGHTS TO FACILITATE CHANGE 5. Homegrown Property Rights for the Klamath Basin 95 BY TERRY L. ANDERSON AND LAURA E. HUGGINS 6. Fishing for Wealth in Coastal Fisheries 119 BY DONALD R. LEAL 7. The Mining Landscape: Bootleggers, Baptists, and the Promised Land 143 BY ROGER E. MEINERS AND ANDREW P. MORRISS 8. The Effects of Public Funding Systems on the Success of Private Conservation Through Land Trusts 167 BY DOMINIC P. PARKER PARTFOUR MEASURING THE WEALTH OF NATURE 9. The Wealth of Nature: Costs as Well as Benefits? 195 BY F. ANDREW HANSSEN IO. Counting the Wealth of Nature: An Overview of Ecosystem Valuation 211 BY TIMOTHY FITZGERALD AND A. MYRICK FREEMAN III n1. Do Resource States Do Worse? 235 BY RONALD N. JOHNSON 12. Why Individuals Provide Public Goods 261 BY DAVID D. HADDOCK Conclusion 289 Contributors 293
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