Selling out on nature

@article{McCauley2006SellingOO,
  title={Selling out on nature},
  author={Douglas J. McCauley},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2006},
  volume={443},
  pages={27-28}
}
With scant evidence that market-based conservation works, argues Douglas J. McCauley, the time is ripe for returning to the protection of nature for nature's sake.Back to natureWith scant evidence that market-based conservation works, argues Douglas J. McCauley, the time is ripe for a return to the protection of nature for nature's sake. 
View on Nature
labs.eemb.ucsb.edu
710 Citations
Highly Influential Citations
29
Background Citations
278
Methods Citations
5
Results Citations
3

710 Citations

Nature: the many benefits of ecosystem services
TLDR
Commentary in Nature last month argued that with little evidence to show that market-based conservation works, the time was ripe for a return to the protection of nature for nature's sake, and the issues are aired.
Conservation science: Trade-in to trade-up
Nature reserves and protected areas enjoy sacred status in conservation — which translates into a 'do not touch' attitude. But selling off some of the less worthy of them would pay conservation…
Conservation through Commodification?
During the past decade, we have seen the introduction of market-based mechanisms in biodiversity policy. Biodiversity markets are considered powerful tools to slow down or even stop the ongoing loss…
Market‐based conservation: Aligning static theory with dynamic systems
This paper provides a broad evaluation of the implications of market‐based conservation (MBC) strategies from economic, social and ecological perspectives. After reviewing the economic theory that…
Buying into conservation: intrinsic versus instrumental value.
Bulldozing biodiversity: The economics of offsets and trading-in Nature
Is world conservation at risk of over-reliance on booming PES ?
Using the article by Muradian et al. (2013) as entry point, I develop a broader framework for the conditions needed to allow PES to emerge and function. It is argued that PES are designed as…
Ecosystem Services Go Beyond Money and Markets: Reply to Silvertown.
Ecologists, economics and politics: problems and contradictions in applying neoliberal ideology to nature conservation in Australia
In a recent Forum Essay in Pacific Conservation Biology, the well known ecologist Harry Recher argued that over the past three decades Australia had experienced a ‘failure of science’ and a…
Can monetary valuation undermine nature conservation? Evidence from a decision experiment
Nature conservation scientists and practitioners have voiced the concern that a conservation discourse based on economic arguments and monetary valuation may undermine conservation efforts by eroding…
...
...

References

SHOWING 1-10 OF 18 REFERENCES
Economic value of tropical forest to coffee production.
TLDR
The value of tropical forest in supplying pollination services to agriculture translates into approximately 60,000 USD per year for one Costa Rican farm during 2000-2003, which is commensurate with expected revenues from competing land uses and far exceeds current conservation incentive payments.
Restoring Nature, Without Mosquitoes?
TLDR
There are pros and cons to restoration or creation of wetlands and mosquitoes pose practical and theoretical problems, and abundant mosquitoes should be viewed as a primary and foreseeable effect of providing habitat suitable for them.
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: Ecosystems and human well-being: a framework for assessment
The 245-page report lays out the approaches, assumptions, processes, and parameters scientists are using in the study. It offers decision-makers a mechanism to identify options that can better…
People and Wildlife, Conflict or Co-existence?
Foreword John G. Robinson 1. The impact of human-wildlife conflict on natural systems Rosie Woodroffe, Simon Thirgood and Alan Rabinowitz 2. The impact of human-wildlife conflict on human lives and…
Diversity of life
TLDR
It is clear that the above can lead to confusion when scientists of different countries are trying to communicate with each other, so an internationally recognized system of naming organisms is created.
Climate effects of global land cover change
When changing from grass and croplands to forest, there are two competing effects of land cover change on climate: an albedo effect which leads to warming and an evapotranspiration effect which tends…
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Nature’s Services
Requiem for Nature
In Requiem for Nature, John Terborgh examines current conservation strategies and considers the shortcomings of parks and protected areas both from ecological and institutional perspectives. He…
From the mountain to the tap: how land use and water management can work for the rural poor
...
...