Product Description

For decades conservation has been based on the donor-driven principle. It hasn't worked. For centuries, environmental pollution or degradation has been addressed by the same attitude, the "Polluter pays" principle. That hasn't worked either. The cycle has to stop. But while everyone talks about using a market-driven approach, few know how to do it. Faced with the situation on the ground what do you do? What is happening? How can you engage a system so that it is self-sustaining and the people self-motivated? This study explores how the growing market in carbon can help to conserve carbon-based life forms. It discusses how reducing global warming and saving biodiversity can both be achieved with the right market conditions. The contributors include conservation biologists, ecologists, biologists, economists, lawyers, community and tribal specialists, financial specialists, market makers, environment specialists, climatologists, resource managers, atmospheric scientists, project developers and corporate fund managers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #688777 in Books
• Published on: 2003-05-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 250 pages

Review
"The failure of traditional forms of conservation to stop ecological devastation is clear. It ishoped that market-based approaches can reduce carbon emissions and save the planet from global warming. Yet the critical question remains: How do we do it? This title makes the case for the maximum use of carbon sinks, particularly in the developing wold. The authors reveal the benefits of a market-based system of reducing and sequestering carbon, combined with emissions trading" -- Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

About the Author
Ian Swingland is a conservation biologist and an Emeritus Professor with visiting chairs in four countries. He acts as an advisor to Development Banks and Governments.