Wildlife in the Marketplace - Hardcover

Anderson, Terry L.; Hill, Peter J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 084768024X ISBN 13: 9780847680245

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1995

Synopsis

This collection of new and classic essays by a group of distinguished economists and wildlife experts challenges the prevailing idea that wildlife and markets are inimical to one another, arguing that markets can play an important role in preserving animal species and their habitat. In fact, the editors argue, the late nineteenth-century slaughter of wild game occurred because common ownership gave no incentive for hunters to limit their take or for owners of habitat to invest in wildlife. Using case studies from North America and southern Africa, the essays discuss how 'enviro-capitalism' has been successfully implemented to encourage elephant and rhino preservation and look at the politics of the international ivory ban. They examine the historical role of incentive wildlife management and the problems with political wildlife management that do not take into account the ownership of habitat.

About this title

About the Author:

Terry L. Anderson is Professor of Economics at Montana State University and Executive Director of the Political Economy Research Center. Peter J. Hill is Professor of Economics at Wheaton College. Among their many publications is The Political Economy of the American West co-edited for Rowman & Littlefield (1994).

Review:

Extremely relevant to current policy debates in Congress. (Adler, Jonathan H.)

. . . is a scientific, highly readable, and thoughtful assessment of wildlife management policies in the National Park System. (Forum For Applied Research And Public Policy)

Compelling case studies that prove why property rights and markets promote successful wildlife conservation policies . . . (Tom Bourland)

Wildlife in the Marketplace offers valuable suggestions on how commercialization and private ownership can supplement current species-protection efforts. The book captures the essence of a major trend in wildlife conservation. Anderson and Hill present the data and thoughts from people shaping the future marketplace for wildlife conservation. (Hal Salwasser)

In the management of any resource, we must not ignore the strengths and weaknesses of markets and property rights as motivators of appropriate behavior. This volume provides some good scholarship on this topic. (Howe, Charles W.)

This book should stimulate professional and academic wildlife and conservation biologists to explore ways to transform wildlife on privately held lands from liability to asset . . . Wildlife conservationists should read this book. (Choice)

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 084768024X
• ISBN 13: 9780847680245
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208