Economic growth and biodiversity

被引：9
作者：
Fuentes, Marcelino [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ A Coruna, Fac Ciencias, La Coruna 15071, Spain
来源：
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION | 2011年 / 20卷 / 14期
关键词：
Biodiversity; Economic growth; Human preferences; Inefficiency; Governance; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ECOLOGY;
D O I：
10.1007/s10531-011-0132-y
中图分类号：
X176 [生物多样性保护];
学科分类号：
090705 ;
摘要：
I argue that there is no fundamental conflict between economic growth and biodiversity. Humans can maintain and produce biological diversity just as we can maintain and produce other goods. Efforts to preserve and enhance biodiversity add to the size and growth of the economy. We are losing biodiversity because of human preferences and human inefficiencies, not because of economic growth. Inefficiency occurs when our actions do not reflect our real preferences, and is mainly due to failures of social coordination. To alleviate the problem of biodiversity loss we should address these failures.
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页码：3453 / 3458
页数：6
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