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Through simple illustrations and examples from across the globe, Field Guide to Economics for Conservationists explains the central economic principles that are relevant to conservation. Understanding the economic forces behind decisions people make every day can help conservationists safeguard biodiversity in a more sophisticated and effective way.

Contents

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction: Why Economics is Important for Conservation

Chapter 2: Opportunity Cost and Cost-Benefit Analysis: Why Conservation Often Loses out to Other Stuff

Chapter 3: The Economist’s Punch Line: Supply and Demand

Chapter 4: Ecosystem Services: The Economic-Ecological Sandwich

Chapter 5: Valuing the Environment

Chapter 6: Institutions: Capturing and Securing the Value of Nature

Chapter 7:  Managing the Landscape: Economics and Conservation at Scale

Chapter 8:  A Few Wrinkles and Time

Authors

Brendan Fisher

Brendan Fisher is a Research Associate Professor at the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont. He spends much of his nonworking time playing hockey, soccer, and board games with his three children. Brendan’s research focus is on the nexus of economics, ecosystem services, human behavior, and poverty alleviation. He is a senior fellow at the World Wildlife Fund and a fellow at the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE) at the University of East Anglia.  Brendan graduated the 8th grade from St. Joseph’s School in Aston, Pennsylvania, with a solid B in social studies.


Robin Naidoo

Robin Naidoo is Canadian and therefore gives this book a modicum of credibility. For the last decade he has worked as a conservation scientist for the World Wildlife Fund, investigating the ecology, economics, and conservation of biodiversity. He works closely with the Community-Based Natural Resources Management Program in Namibia, where he gets to collar large and dangerous wildlife, to the chagrin of his office-based coauthors. He is an adjunct professor in the Institute of Resources, Environment, and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia; fellow at the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE) at the University of East Anglia; and a fellow at the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont.


Taylor Ricketts

Taylor Ricketts is professor and director of the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont. That makes him sound like an economist, but he really is a biologist who could have used this book to avoid a decade of trying to understand his coauthors. His research focuses on the overarching issue, How do we meet the needs of people and nature in an increasingly crowded, changing world? Specific work includes estimating the economic benefits provided to people by forests, wetlands, reefs, and other natural areas. In addition to his work at the Gund Institute, Taylor is a senior fellow at World Wildlife Fund. He considers the bees he studies to be equally impressive—and easier to collar—than Namibian wildlife.


Through simple illustrations and examples from across the globe, Field Guide to Economics for Conservationists explains the central economic principles that are relevant to conservation. Understanding the economic forces behind decisions people make every day can help conservationists safeguard biodiversity in a more sophisticated and effective way.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction: Why Economics is Important for Conservation

Chapter 2: Opportunity Cost and Cost-Benefit Analysis: Why Conservation Often Loses out to Other Stuff

Chapter 3: The Economist’s Punch Line: Supply and Demand

Chapter 4: Ecosystem Services: The Economic-Ecological Sandwich

Chapter 5: Valuing the Environment

Chapter 6: Institutions: Capturing and Securing the Value of Nature

Chapter 7:  Managing the Landscape: Economics and Conservation at Scale

Chapter 8:  A Few Wrinkles and Time

Brendan Fisher

Brendan Fisher is a Research Associate Professor at the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont. He spends much of his nonworking time playing hockey, soccer, and board games with his three children. Brendan’s research focus is on the nexus of economics, ecosystem services, human behavior, and poverty alleviation. He is a senior fellow at the World Wildlife Fund and a fellow at the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE) at the University of East Anglia.  Brendan graduated the 8th grade from St. Joseph’s School in Aston, Pennsylvania, with a solid B in social studies.


Robin Naidoo

Robin Naidoo is Canadian and therefore gives this book a modicum of credibility. For the last decade he has worked as a conservation scientist for the World Wildlife Fund, investigating the ecology, economics, and conservation of biodiversity. He works closely with the Community-Based Natural Resources Management Program in Namibia, where he gets to collar large and dangerous wildlife, to the chagrin of his office-based coauthors. He is an adjunct professor in the Institute of Resources, Environment, and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia; fellow at the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE) at the University of East Anglia; and a fellow at the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont.


Taylor Ricketts

Taylor Ricketts is professor and director of the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont. That makes him sound like an economist, but he really is a biologist who could have used this book to avoid a decade of trying to understand his coauthors. His research focuses on the overarching issue, How do we meet the needs of people and nature in an increasingly crowded, changing world? Specific work includes estimating the economic benefits provided to people by forests, wetlands, reefs, and other natural areas. In addition to his work at the Gund Institute, Taylor is a senior fellow at World Wildlife Fund. He considers the bees he studies to be equally impressive—and easier to collar—than Namibian wildlife.


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