A National policy of "no net loss" of wetlands
1991
Heimlich, Ralph E.
Introduction / Jon Goldstein -- The Policy Context / Ralph E. Heimlich -- Costs of Wetlands Protection and Restoration Policies: Positive and Normative Approaches / Peter J. Parks and Randall A. Kramer -- Benefit Estimation / John Bergstrom and Richard Brazee -- Integrating Agricultural Reconversion of Wetlands into Achieving Environmental Goals in Urbanizing Regions / Leonard Shabman -- Questions and Answers -- References.
Show more [+] Less [-]Most wetlands lost recently were converted for agricultural production. President Bush proposed "no net loss" as a national goal, meaning that restoring wetlands must complement conserving wetlands to offset unavoidable losses. This symposium explored how "no net loss" might operate and the economist's role in developing this policy. Wetland policy evolution, costs of acquiring public rights to wetlands, valuing wetland benefits, and alternatives to existing institutional mechanisms for controlling wetland loss were discussed.
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Publisher U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Resources and Technology Division, | Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Resources and Technology Division, [1991]
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