Conserving Nature's Diversity: Insights from Biology, Ethics and Economics

G.C. Van Kooten; Erwin Bulte; A.R.E. Sinclair

• List of Tables, List of Figures, List of Contributors, Foreword, 1 Introduction: Conserving Biological Diversity, 2 The Loss of Biodiversity: The Sixth Great Extinction, 3 Biodiversity: Concerns and Values, 4 Is Conservation Achieving its Ends?, 5 The End of Conservation on the Cheap, Revisited, 6 Threat to Biodiversity: The Invasion of Exotic Species, 7 Economic Perspectives on Preservation of Biodiversity, 8 Biodiversity: Forests, Property Rights and Economic Value, 9 Economics, Endangered Species and Biodiversity Loss: The Dismal Science in Practice, 10 Biodiversity and Ethics: Religion, Science and Economics, 11 Implications for Democratic Theory: A Normative Analysis, References, Index