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Edward B. Barbier, Joanne C. Burgess and Thomas J. Dean
How to Pay for Saving Biodiversity
Can private sector involvement in a global agreement help to conserve global biodiversity?
Science, 2018
What's inside?
Only for “do-gooders”? Investing in global biodiversity has more of a pay-off than you might think.
Recommendation
Protecting the environment is often seen more as a “nice-to-have” than something that needs to be prioritized. Global funding for protecting biodiversity falls woefully short of what is actually required. For this initiative to be successful, the private sector needs to step up. But how do you encourage business to adopt a goal that does not seem to have any immediate pay-offs? Anyone interested in finding a workable way to protect the global ecosystem should read this article.
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About the Authors
Edward B. Barbier is a professor at Colorado State University and a senior scholar in the School of Global Environmental Sustainability. Joanne C. Burgess is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics. Thomas J. Dean is a professor of Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Enterprise.
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