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61. Culture and the Environment in the Himalaya

    Edited by Arjun Guneratne

    Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

    This book is concerned with human-environment relations in the Himalaya. It explores how different populations and communities in the region understand or conceive of the concept of environment, how their concepts vary across lines of gender, class, age, status, and what this implies for policy...

    Published February 5th 2012 by Routledge
62. Wild Product Governance

    Finding Policies that Work for Non-Timber Forest Products

    Edited by Sarah A. Laird, Rebecca J. McLain, Rachel P. Wynberg

    Products from the wild, also known as non-timber forest products (NTFPs), are used as medicines, foods, spices, and a multitude of other purposes. They contribute substantially to rural livelihoods, generate revenue for companies and governments, and have a range of impacts on biodiversity...

    Published January 8th 2012 by Routledge
63. Global Environmental Forest Policies

    An International Comparison

    By Constance McDermott, Benjamin Cashore, Peter Kanowski

    Series: The Earthscan Forest Library

    Market globalization and the globalization of environmental concerns have spurred demand for greater international accountability for forest stewardship. In response, a range of multi-lateral governmental and non-governmental initiatives have emerged to redefine the rules of global trade, and...

    Published January 8th 2012 by Routledge
64. Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in an Era of Oil Scarcity

    Lessons from Cuba

    By Julia Wright

    When other nations are forced to rethink their agricultural and food security strategies in light of the post-peak oil debate, they only have one living example to draw from: that of Cuba in the 1990s. Based on the first and – up till now – only systematic and empirical study to come...

    Published January 8th 2012 by Routledge
65. Agriculture, Biodiversity and Markets

    Livelihoods and Agroecology in Comparative Perspective

    Edited by Stewart Lockie, David Carpenter

    Debate about how best to ensure the preservation of agricultural biodiversity is caught in a counter-productive polemic between proponents and critics of market-based instruments and agricultural modernisation. This book argues that neither position does justice to the range of strategies that...

    Published January 8th 2012 by Routledge
66. Climate Change and Political Strategy

    Edited by Hugh Compston

    Although the science of climate change is well-established and there are well-known policy instruments that could significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions without prohibitive economic costs, political obstacles to more determined action remain despite heightened concern among mainstream...

    Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
67. Carbon Responsibility and Embodied Emissions

    Theory and Measurement

    By João F. D. Rodrigues, Tiago M. D. Domingos, Alexandra P.S. Marques

    Series: Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics

    Climate change policy and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are currently discussed at all scales, ranging from the Kyoto Protocol to the increasingly frequent advertisement of ''carbon neutrality'' in consumer products. However, the only policy option usually considered is the reduction of...

    Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
68. The Cooperation Challenge of Economics and the Protection of Water Supplies

    A Case Study of the New York City Watershed Collaboration

    By Joan Hoffman

    Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics

    How can we build the institutions that will promote the cooperation needed to meet our intertwined environmental and economic needs? Efforts to meet these twin goals in New York City’s watershed collaborations offer some guidance. The experience provides lessons in addressing scattered sources of...

    Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
69. Environmental Amenities and Regional Economic Development

    Edited by Todd L. Cherry, Dan Rickman

    Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics

    Economic development and the environment are presumed to be in conflict, but the latter part of the twentieth century experienced a series of economic changes that increasingly questioned this view. Economic activity became more footloose and the ability to attract productive labor became a...

    Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
70. The Use of Economic Valuation in Environmental Policy

    Providing Research Support for the Implementation of EU Water Policy Under Aquastress

    Edited by Phoebe Koundouri

    Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics

    This book aims to show that economics in general and non-market valuation methods in particular, together with participatory and engineering tools, can facilitate the design and implementation of the different European policies in relation to mitigation of water stress. The results presented in...

    Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge