Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions

Download or read book Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions written by Clement Tisdell and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative book identifies socio-economic processes which transform the stock of genetic resources and ecosystems and discusses sustainability issues raised by variations in this stock. It focuses subsequently on the socio-economics of the conservation and change in the stock of human developed germplasm and ecosystems. Particular attention is given to crops, livestock, GMOs, reduced economic value due to biological erosion, alternative agroecosystems, and property rights in germplasm. the book concludes with an exploration of the economic topics dealing with changes in the stock of wild germplasm and natural ecosystems, and discusses the associated valuation problems.