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Timothy Cadman, Lauren Eastwood, Federico Lopez-Casero Michaelis, Tek N. Maraseni, Jamie Pittock, Tapan Sarker - Political Economy of Sustainable Development, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

Political Economy of Sustainable Development

Policy Instruments and Market Mechanisms

Av Timothy Cadman, Lauren Eastwood, Federico Lopez-Casero Michaelis, Tek N. Maraseni, Jamie Pittock, Tapan Sarker

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Beskrivning
Since the Rio 'Earth' Summit of 1992, sustainable development has become the major policy response to tackling global environmental degradation, from climate change to loss of biodiversity and deforestation. Market instruments such as emissions trading, payments for ecosystem services and timber certification have become the main mechanisms for financing the sustainable management of the earth's natural resources. Yet how effective are they - and do they help the planet and developing countries, or merely uphold the economic status quo? This book investigates these important questions.Providing a comprehensive analysis and the latest research on sustainable development, the authors compare the divergent approaches to emissions trading. Included is a detailed investigation into illegal logging and the effectiveness of policy responses, with an evaluation of different forest certification schemes. Biodiversity offsets and environmental payments are also explored. Integral to the book are interviews and opinions of the key stakeholders in the political economy of sustainable development.This uniquely comprehensive analysis of the governance quality of different sustainable development mechanisms, unprecedented in its panorama of comparative case studies, is essential reading for all those in the policy, academic and non-governmental communities.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2015-11-27
  • Mått: 156 x 234 x undefined mm
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Förlag: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781783474837
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Timothy Cadman, Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law, Griffith University, Australia, Lauren Eastwood, State University of New York at Plattsburgh, US, Federico Lopez-Casero Michaelis, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan, Tek Narayan Maraseni, University of Southern Queensland, Australia, Jamie Pittock, Australian National University, Australia and Tapan Sarker, Professor of Finance, School of Business, Law, Humanities and Pathways, University of Southern Queensland, Australia

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‘This is a well thought-out and well- written book. The authors display mastery of the subject and bring in invaluable insights into climate change and forest protection. The format for the chapters makes for easy reading. Each chapter gives a history and descriptive background of the subject it is dealing with, then the analyses of the subject itself, followed by a discussion of the sources of finance, a detailed table on the quality of governance, then a report on empirical study and commentary on the results. Analysis of the survey and conclusions finish the chapter. This makes the work very practical and helpful. It is indispensable material for policy makers and very important sourcebook for researchers and NGOs.’

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