Economics

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Gene Drive: A Potential Power-Tool for the Toolbox

A Potential Power-Tool for the Toolbox: Exploring Gene Drive for Eradicating Invasive Rodent Populations An international conference focused on the impacts and management of invasive alien species on islands is taking place at University of Dundee, Scotland July 10-14. In anticipation of this event, we’re sharing research that will be presented by experts in the field. […]

Written by on July 11, 2017

Restoration of Lord Howe Island Offers High ROI

Removal of invasive rodents from Lord Howe Island, Australia would yield high return on investment.  How would you like a 15-to-1 return on your investment? The recently released Public Environment Report (PER) for the Lord Howe Island rodent eradication calculates that the net social benefit from implementing the plan is $141M over 30 years. That […]

Written by on November 23, 2016

For a Sustainable Business, Account for Biodiversity

A paper by Cambridge Conservation Initiative breaks down the relationship between biodiversity and business and presents a Natural Capital Protocol, offering initial guidelines for companies to identify and account for environmental resource use.   The Cambridge Conservation Initiative, a collaboration of NGO’s, has published a paper investigating the role of natural resources in business. The report brings attention to the ways […]

Written by on July 26, 2016

The Economic Toll of Invasive Species

A new study finds that China and the U.S. pay the highest absolute price and developing countries dependent on agriculture pay the highest relative price for the spread of invasive species.  Experts have long known that invasive species disrupt ecosystems and threaten native wildlife. Now, research by Dean Paini and colleagues at the Commonwealth Scientific and […]

Written by on July 1, 2016

Is Marrying Ecology and Economics Essential?

What is the value of the natural world? Can it be put in economic terms? What are different peoples’ perspectives on the meaning of “natural,” and what responsibilities do humans have to nature? This article doesn’t answer these questions, but invites you to consider them. We have a duty to fix battered ecosystems. But if we […]

Written by on February 20, 2016