Biodiversity Loss: Economic and Ecological Issues

Introduction: Framing the problem of biodiversity loss C. Perrings, K.-G. Maler, C. Folke, C. S. Holling and B. O. Jansson Part I. Conceptualising Diversity and Ecosystem Functions: 1.1. Diversity functions M.Weitzman 1.2. Biodiversity in the functioning of ecosystems C. S. Holling, D. W. Schindler, B. W. Walker and J. Roughgarden 1.3. Scale and biodiversity in coastal and estuarine ecosystems R. Constanza, M. Kemp and W. Boynton Part II. Integrating Ecology and Economics in the Analysis of Biodiversity Loss: 2.1. Wetland valuation: three case studies R. K. Turner, C. Folke, I. M. Gren and I. Bateman 2.2. An ecological economy: notes on harvest and growth G. Brown and J. Roughgarden 2.3. Biodiversity loss and the economics of discontinuous change in semi-arid rangelands C. Perrings and B. W. Walker Part III. The Economic Issues: 3.1. Economic growth and the environment K.-G. Maler 3.2. The international regulation of biodiversity decline T. Swanson 3.3. Policies to control tropical deforestation E. B. Barbier and M. Rauscher 3.4. On biodiversity conservation S. Barrett Part IV. Conclusions: 4.1. Unanswered questions C. Perrings, K.-G. Maler, C. Folke, C. S. Holling and B. O. Jansson References.