On trade, land-use, and biodiversity

Polasky, Stephen; Costello, Christopher; McAusland, Carol

doi:10.1016/j.jeem.2003.11.003

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“…This is in line with previous models in this context (e.g. [5] [14][11] [18] ). We stylise these agents as being distinctive in several important respects: capital endowments, industrial structures and land use choices.…”

Section: The Model: Biotechnology Randd and Land Usesupporting

confidence: 92%

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The Biodiversity Bargaining Problem

Gatti

Goeschl²,

Groom³

et al. 2010

Environ Resource Econ

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The Convention on Biodiversity has arisen to facilitate cooperation between the North and South, capture the global value of biological diversity and, concomitantly, divide the cooperative surplus. We employ cooperative bargaining theory and Nash's 'rational threats' idea to cast light on the biodiversity bargaining problem. We show that destructibility of natural resources means; a) strategic threats are only credible in the South and; b) e¢ cient contracts require payment for stocks of reserves. We then show that the Incremental Cost contract of the CBD, which does not accord with these …ndings, re ‡ects institutional pre-commitment by the North.as a response to this perceived asymmetry.

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Section: The Model: Biotechnology Randd and Land Usesupporting

confidence: 92%

“…[17]. 18 In order to determine the respective endowments of bargaining power in this context, we need to assess the availability of such rational threats to either party within our NBG. Our portrayal of a 'gene rich' South and a 'technology rich' North is one of specialised yet interdependent regions.…”

Section: Rational Threats In the Bbpmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Biodiversity Bargaining Problem

Gatti

Goeschl²,

Groom³

et al. 2010

Environ Resource Econ

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“…In analyzing the nexus between globalization, trade and the incidence of biological invasions, it is important to note that free trade serves an important springboard for increased specialization in production which also promotes specialization in ecosystems and biodiversity as well as improved standards of living [5,[80][81][82]. For instance, [80] shows by combining a simple trade model with a species-area curve to derive the effect of trade on biodiversity conservation that when trading partners contain similar species in autarky, trade has little impact on global biodiversity but lowers local biodiversity.…”

Section: International Trade As a Vector Of Hismentioning

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Economics of Harmful Invasive Species: A Review

2014

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Abstract:The purpose of this study is to review theoretical and empirical findings in economics with respect to the challenging question of how to manage invasive species. The review revealed a relatively large body of literature on the assessment of damage costs of invasive species; single species and groups of species at different geographical scales. However, the estimated damage costs show large variation, from less than 1 million USD to costs corresponding to 12% of gross domestic product, depending on the methods employed, geographical scale, and scope with respect to inclusion of different species. Decisions regarding optimal management strategies, when to act in the invasion chain and which policy to choose, have received much less attention in earlier years, but have been subject to increasing research during the last decade. More difficult, but also more relevant policy issues have been raised, which concern the targeting in time and space of strategies under conditions of uncertainty. In particular, the weighting of costs and benefits from early detection and mitigation against the uncertain avoidance of damage with later control, when the precision in targeting species is typically greater is identified as a key challenge. The role of improved monitoring for detecting species and their spread and damage has been emphasized, but questions remain on how to achieve this in practice. This is in contrast to the relatively large body of literature on policies for mitigating dispersal by trade, which is regarded as one of the most important vectors for the spread of invasive species. On the other hand, the literature on how to mitigate established species, by control or adaptation, is much more scant. Studies evaluating causes for success or failure of policies against invasive in practice are in principal non-existing. OPEN ACCESSDiversity 2014, 6 501

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“…Kanellakis 1975;McAusland and Costello 2004;Polasky et al 2004; shown that biodiversity is beneficial for tourism and economic development, it is sensible to invest into biodiversity or create incentives to protect biodiversity.…”

Section: Tourism Environment and Economic Development: The Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The assumption of biodiversity being a factor of production is not standard in the literature (e.g. Taylor 1997, 1998;Hannesson 2000;Polasky et al 2004;Smulders et al 2004). Nevertheless, it seems highly plausible to treat biodiversity as factor rather than as product: First, tourists consume services such as recreation and sightseeing.…”

Section: Trade In Tourism and Economic Development: The Theorymentioning

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Can nature promote development? The role of sustainable tourism for economic growth

Freytag

Vietze

2013

Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Abstract: Terms of use: Documents inWe analyze whether biodiversity is enhancing the development process in developing countries (DCs) via increasing tourism receipts in a trade based endogenous growth framework. The underlying assumption is that a rich biodiversity -only if used sustainably -provides a comparative advantage in tourism for most DCs. The main empirical findings are that biodiversity while being significantly and positively correlated with inbound tourism receipts in DCs, has no significant relation with tourist arrivals. This can be interpreted as an indicator that mass tourism is not influenced by biodiversity whereas individual tourism (as the superior good) is. Consequently, we are able to show empirical a positive influence of sustainable tourism on economic growth. Therefore, it may be a promising development strategy to invest in biodiversity and attract high budget tourists. JEL-Classification:F18, Q26

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On trade, land-use, and biodiversity

Cited by 81 publications

References 31 publications

The Biodiversity Bargaining Problem

The Biodiversity Bargaining Problem

Economics of Harmful Invasive Species: A Review

Can nature promote development? The role of sustainable tourism for economic growth

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