Review: The New Economy of Nature
The New Economy of Nature
Gretchen C. Daily and Katherine Ellison
260 pages (Island Press/Shearwater Books, 2002)
Stanford ecologist Gretchen Daily and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Katherine Ellison describe a new approach to environmental conservation that takes market realities into account, rather than relying upon philanthropy and altruism. Through engaging examples from New York City’s investment in conservation of wetlands and streamside habitat in the Catskills to orange juice companies footing the bill for ecological protection in Costa Rica, you’ll meet entrepreneurs who are overcoming the challenges of making conservation profitable. Whether it’s in pollination, waste processing, carbon sequestration, or water…
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