The New Economy of Nature
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Island Press
Published: April 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9781559639453
Subjects: Conservation of the environment; Environmental Economics; Management of land & natural resources; Nature conservation; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Conservation Of Natural Resources (General); Nature; Business / Economics / Finance; Nature/Ecology; Natural Resources; Development - Sustainable Development; Green Business; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection; Economics - General; Economic aspects
First sentence: ADAM DAVIS STRODE PAST the doily-covered parlor sofas at Lilianfels Blue Mountains, an elegant hotel in the New South Wales resort city of Katoomba.
Description: "Earth's ecosystems - forests, wetlands, coral reefs, and the like - are among humanity's most precious assets, offering such vital services as climate control and water purification. So why are they being rapidly destroyed? A major reason is that protecting them has been seen as largely a charitable venture, and philanthropy isn't up to the job. Increasing numbers of environmentally minded people are therefore trying to harness a more potent force - self-interest - to preserve our environmental endowment.

Theirs is the quest portrayed in The New Economy of Nature. In this timely and provocative book, Gretchen Daily, one of the world's leading ecologists, and Katherine Ellison, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, give us an informative look at a new "new economy" that recognizes the full value of natural systems and the potential profits in protecting them."--BOOK JACKET.