Trading with the Environment: Ecology, economics, institutions and policy: 8 (Earthscan Library Collection: Environmental and Resource Eco) - Hardcover

Andersson, Thomas; Folke, Carl; Nystrom, Stefan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1844079600 ISBN 13: 9781844079605

Publisher: Routledge, 1995

Synopsis

Should there be firmer restrictions on trade, with more policies aimed at protecting its environmental impacts, or would the environment benefit most from unrestricted free trade? Do importing countries have a responsibility only to their local ecosystems, or are they also responsible for environmental degradation caused by the production of traded goods in exporting countries? Trading the Environment examines both the dependence and the effects of international trade on the earth's life support systems and looks at ways in which trading regulations could be adapted to promote ecologically sustainable economic development. It addresses the issues from a fully integrated approach, focusing on the interrelations between ecosystems, economic development and trade. The authors provide a carefully constructed ecological and economic analysis of trade and the environment, examine the existing legal and institutional frameworks and set out 16 recommendations to achieve environment beneficial trade at both national and international levels. Trading with the environment was originally commissioned by the Swedish government and is already regarded thereon essential reference. It makes an excellent introduction as well as constructive analysis, both for students and for policy-makers and professional economics and other scientists working on the issues. Published in 1995

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1844079600
• ISBN 13: 9781844079605
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160