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- catalog abstract ""Earth's ecosystems - forests, wetlands, coral reefs, and the like - are among humanity's most precious assets, offering such vital services as climate control and water purification. So why are they being rapidly destroyed? A major reason is that protecting them has been seen as largely a charitable venture, and philanthropy isn't up to the job. Increasing numbers of environmentally minded people are therefore trying to harness a more potent force - self-interest - to preserve our environmental endowment. Theirs is the quest portrayed in The New Economy of Nature. In this timely and provocative book, Gretchen Daily, one of the world's leading ecologists, and Katherine Ellison, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, give us an informative look at a new "new economy" that recognizes the full value of natural systems and the potential profits in protecting them."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12476116.
- catalog contributor b12476117.
- catalog contributor b12476118.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""Earth's ecosystems - forests, wetlands, coral reefs, and the like - are among humanity's most precious assets, offering such vital services as climate control and water purification. So why are they being rapidly destroyed? A major reason is that protecting them has been seen as largely a charitable venture, and philanthropy isn't up to the job. Increasing numbers of environmentally minded people are therefore trying to harness a more potent force - self-interest - to preserve our environmental endowment. Theirs is the quest portrayed in The New Economy of Nature. In this timely and provocative book, Gretchen Daily, one of the world's leading ecologists, and Katherine Ellison, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, give us an informative look at a new "new economy" that recognizes the full value of natural systems and the potential profits in protecting them."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-247) and index.".
- catalog description "The wealth of nature -- Katoomba and the stratosphere -- How to make carbon charismatic -- New York : how to put a watershed to work -- Napa, California : how a town can live with a river and not get soaked -- Vancouver Island : project Snark -- King County, Washington : the art of the deal -- Down under : how to make a numbat turn a profit -- Costa Rica : paying mother nature to multitask -- Teresopolis : the spinning motor -- The birds, the bees, and the biodiversity crisis -- The revolution in the wings.".
- catalog extent "260 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "New economy of nature.".
- catalog identifier "1559639458 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "New economy of nature.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington [D.C.] : Island Press/Shearwater Books,".
- catalog relation "New economy of nature.".
- catalog subject "333.7/2 21".
- catalog subject "Nature conservation Economic aspects.".
- catalog subject "QH75 .D345 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "The wealth of nature -- Katoomba and the stratosphere -- How to make carbon charismatic -- New York : how to put a watershed to work -- Napa, California : how a town can live with a river and not get soaked -- Vancouver Island : project Snark -- King County, Washington : the art of the deal -- Down under : how to make a numbat turn a profit -- Costa Rica : paying mother nature to multitask -- Teresopolis : the spinning motor -- The birds, the bees, and the biodiversity crisis -- The revolution in the wings.".
- catalog title "The new economy of nature : the quest to make conservation profitable / Gretchen C. Daily and Katherine Ellison.".
- catalog type "text".