'… a challenging and stimulating collection of views and opinions, and a useful contribution to a pressing and serious issue.' John C. Bowman, Biologist

• List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgement; 1. Why does biodiversity decline? The analysis of forces for global change Timothy M. Swanson; Part I. Diversity Decline as Choice of Development Path: 2. Incentives, development and population: a growth-theoretic perspective Jeffrey A. Krautkraemer; 3. Biodiversity, economic growth and the discount rate Bob Rowthorn and Gardner Brown; 4. Uniformity in development and the decline of biological diversity Timothy M. Swanson; Part II. Diversity Decline as Institutional Failure: 5. Decline in biodiversity and risk-adjusted net national product John M. Hartwick; 6. Biodiversity conservation as insurance Charles Perrings; 7. Property rights, externalities and biodiversity Roger A. Sedjo and R. David Simpson; Part III. Diversity Decline as Policy Failure: 8. Economic progress and habitat conservation in Latin America Douglas Southgate; 9. Prudence and profligacy: a human ecological perspective Madhav Gadgil; 10. Tropical deforestation: population, poverty and biodiversity Norman Myers; Part IV. Diversity Decline as Consequence of Development: 11. Human population dynamics and biodiversity loss Fraser D. M. Smith, Gretchen C. Daily and Paul R. Ehrlich; 12. Scale and the feedback mechanism in market economics Colin W. Clark; 13. Can economics protect biodiversity? Jonathan Roughgardern; Index.

'… a challenging and stimulating collection of views and opinions, and a useful contribution to a pressing and serious issue.' John C. Bowman, Biologist

• List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgement; 1. Why does biodiversity decline? The analysis of forces for global change Timothy M. Swanson; Part I. Diversity Decline as Choice of Development Path: 2. Incentives, development and population: a growth-theoretic perspective Jeffrey A. Krautkraemer; 3. Biodiversity, economic growth and the discount rate Bob Rowthorn and Gardner Brown; 4. Uniformity in development and the decline of biological diversity Timothy M. Swanson; Part II. Diversity Decline as Institutional Failure: 5. Decline in biodiversity and risk-adjusted net national product John M. Hartwick; 6. Biodiversity conservation as insurance Charles Perrings; 7. Property rights, externalities and biodiversity Roger A. Sedjo and R. David Simpson; Part III. Diversity Decline as Policy Failure: 8. Economic progress and habitat conservation in Latin America Douglas Southgate; 9. Prudence and profligacy: a human ecological perspective Madhav Gadgil; 10. Tropical deforestation: population, poverty and biodiversity Norman Myers; Part IV. Diversity Decline as Consequence of Development: 11. Human population dynamics and biodiversity loss Fraser D. M. Smith, Gretchen C. Daily and Paul R. Ehrlich; 12. Scale and the feedback mechanism in market economics Colin W. Clark; 13. Can economics protect biodiversity? Jonathan Roughgardern; Index.

'… a challenging and stimulating collection of views and opinions, and a useful contribution to a pressing and serious issue.' John C. Bowman, Biologist

• List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgement; 1. Why does biodiversity decline? The analysis of forces for global change Timothy M. Swanson; Part I. Diversity Decline as Choice of Development Path: 2. Incentives, development and population: a growth-theoretic perspective Jeffrey A. Krautkraemer; 3. Biodiversity, economic growth and the discount rate Bob Rowthorn and Gardner Brown; 4. Uniformity in development and the decline of biological diversity Timothy M. Swanson; Part II. Diversity Decline as Institutional Failure: 5. Decline in biodiversity and risk-adjusted net national product John M. Hartwick; 6. Biodiversity conservation as insurance Charles Perrings; 7. Property rights, externalities and biodiversity Roger A. Sedjo and R. David Simpson; Part III. Diversity Decline as Policy Failure: 8. Economic progress and habitat conservation in Latin America Douglas Southgate; 9. Prudence and profligacy: a human ecological perspective Madhav Gadgil; 10. Tropical deforestation: population, poverty and biodiversity Norman Myers; Part IV. Diversity Decline as Consequence of Development: 11. Human population dynamics and biodiversity loss Fraser D. M. Smith, Gretchen C. Daily and Paul R. Ehrlich; 12. Scale and the feedback mechanism in market economics Colin W. Clark; 13. Can economics protect biodiversity? Jonathan Roughgardern; Index.