Ruhl, J.B.

The law and policy of ecosystem services/ J.B. Ruhl, Steven E. Kraft and Christopher L. Lant - Washington: Island Press, 2007. - x, 345 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

pt. I. The context of ecosystem services. Ecology ; Geography ; Economics --
pt. II. The status of ecosystem services in law and policy. Property rights ; Regulation ; Social norms --
pt. III. Empirical case studies in ecosystem services law and policy. An odyssey on 6,000 acres : pre-1670 to 2006 ; Water : blue, green, and virtual ; The conservation reserve program 1985-2006 : from soil erosion to ecosystem services ; The National Conservation Buffer Initiative : ecosystem services from riparian buffers ; From amber to green: the common agricultural policy of the European Union ; Ecosystem services from an agricultural watershed: the case of Big Creek ; Wetland mitigation banking : an ecosystem market without ecosystem services ; Ecosystem services and pollution trading I : a sulfurous success and a nutritious failure ; Ecosystem services and pollution trading II : carbon trading to ameliorate global warming --
pt. IV. Designing new law and policy for ecosystem services. Drivers and models ; Trade-offs and transitions ; Instruments and institutions.

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Biodiversity conservation--Law and legislation
Ecosystem management
Environmental economics
Ecosystem services--Law and legislation

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