"Does the Convention on Biodiversity Safeguard Biological Diversity?"
Frank G. Mueller attempts to assess and evaluate some of the economic implications of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
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"Humans Valuing Nature: Synthesising Insights from Philosophy, Psychology and Economics"
Michael Lockwood synthesizes insights from philosophy, psychology, and economics towards an understanding of how humans value nature.
"How Would you Like your 'Sustainability,' Sir? Weak or Strong? A Reply to my Critics"
Wilfred Beckerman responds to the Jacobs and Daly criticisms of his earlier article in the same journal criticising the concept of “sustainable development.”
Animal Pasts, Humanised Futures: Living with Big Wild Animals in an Emerging Economy
This article looks at India’s colonial history and the effect that recent economic and political changes have had on the country’s relationship with wild animals.
The Geopolitics of Difference: Geographical Indications and Biocultural Otherness in the New Europe
This essay focuses on the intersection between biocultural diversity and markets by examining the application of Geographical Indications (GIs) in East European contexts as methods for protection of local culinary diversity.
"Economics, Sustainable Growth, and Community"
Kelly Parker examines several kinds of growth, seeking to identify a sustainable form which could be adopted as normative for human society.
"Citizens, Consumers and the Environment: Reflections on The Economy of the Earth"
Russell Keat presents a critical evaluation of Mark Sagoff’s critique of economistic approaches to environmental decision-making in The Economy of the Earth.
"Economists' Preferences and the Preferences of Economists"
Bryan G. Norton makes a case for why economists must engage in interdisciplinary work that will clarify how preferences in relation to the environment are formed, criticised, and reformed.
"Four Dogmas of Environmental Economics"
Mark Sagoff discusses the four dogmas of environmental economics.
"A Rhetorical Critique of 'Nonmarket' Economic Valuations for Natural Resources"
Markus Peterson and Tarla Rai Peterson outline the history of valuation techniques using the Exxon Valdez disaster response and the valuation of whooping cranes as examples of how these tools can constrain policy, presenting an ethical dilemma for democracies by naturalizing, then ethicizing, existing patterns of domination.