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Overview
Environmental Principles and Policies uses environmental and social principles to analyse the latest wave of economic-based and market-orientated environmental policies currently being adopted around the world. This book provides an in-depth examination of six key principles that have been incorporated into international treaties and the national laws of many countries:
• ecological sustainability
• the polluter pays principle
• the precautionary principle
• equity
• human rights
• public participation These principles are then used to evaluate a range of policies including pollution charges, emissions, trading, water markets, biodiversity banks and tradable fishing rights. Environmental Principles and Policies is easily accessible, using non-technical language throughout, and - in what sets it apart from other books on environmental policy-making - it takes a critical and interdisciplinary approach. It does not set out policies in a descriptive or prescriptive way, but analyses and evaluates policy options from a variety of perspectives. This enables readers to gain a thorough grasp of important principles and current policies, as well as demonstrating how principles can be used to critically assess environmental policies.
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Meet the Author
Sharon Beder, a professional engineer who researches and teaches environmental politics, is professor in the School of Social Sciences, Media and Communication at the University of Wollongong, Australia. She is an award-winning author of several successful books including Suiting Themselves (April 2006), Global Spin, Power Play and Selling the Work Ethic.
Table of Contents
Introduction
• Part I: Environmental Protection Principles
• The Sustainability Principle
• The Polluter Pays Principle
• The Precautionary Principle
• Part II: Social Principles and Environmental Protection
• The Equity Principle
• Human Rights Principle
• The Participation Principle
• Part III: Economic Methods of Environmental Valuation
• Measuring Environmental Value
• Is Monetary Valuation Principled?
• Part IV: Economic Instruments for Pollution Control
• Prices and Pollution Rights
• The Sustainability Principle and Economic Instruments
• The Polluter Pays and Precautionary Principles Applied
• Rights, Equity and Participation Principles Applied
• Part V: Markets for Conservation
• Quotas, Trades, Offsets and Banks
• The Sustainability Principle and Conservation Markets
• The Equity, Participation and Precautionary Principles Applied
• Conclusion *