The Economics of ecosystems and biodiversity : recent instances for debate
Rodríguez-Labajos, Beatriz (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Martínez Alier, Joan

Date:	2013
Abstract:	After 1992 many conservation biologists thought that the use of economic instruments would be more effective to halt biodiversity loss than policies based on setting apart some natural spaces outside the market. At the same time there was a new elaboration of the concept of ecosystem services and, since 1997, there have been attempts at costing in money terms the loss of ecosystem services and biodiversity, including the high profile TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) project (2008-2011). Our discussion rests on instances showing the analytical implications of three main socio-economic meanings of biodiversity loss: 1) the loss of natural capital; 2) the loss of ecosystem functions; and 3) the loss of cultural values and human rights to livelihood. We review several approaches to include economic considerations in biodiversity conservation. We show cases where monetary valuation is relevant and other cases where it is controversial and even counterproductive, as it undermines the objectives of conservation.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Comunitats biòtiques ; Aspectes econòmics ; Economia ambiental ; Natural capital ; Ecosystem services ; Commensuration ; Valuation languages ; Chevron-Texaco case ; Yasuni ITT ; GDP of the poor ; Mangroves ; Niyamgiri hill ; TEEB
Published in:	Conservation and society, Vol. 4, Num. 11 (2013) , p. 326-342, ISSN 0972-4923

DOI: 10.4103/0972-4923.125744

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