The third topic module in the class examines the complicated process of monetizing nature, the benefits of doing so, and the associated potential problems or unintended consequences.
Module week 1 (10/25/16): Market-based conservation: Win-win-win or veiled green grab?
Bateman IJ, Harwood AR, Mace GM, Watson RT, Abson DJ, et al. 2013. Bringing ecosystem services into economic decision-making: land use in the United Kingdom. Science 341:45-50.
Sullivan S. 2012. Banking nature? The spectacular financialisation of environmental conservation. Antipode 45: 198-217.
Optional background reading:
Pagiola S, Platais G. 2002. Payments for environmental services. World Bank report, Washington D.C., 4 pp.
Pagiola S, von Ritter K, Bishop J. 2005. How much is an ecosystem worth? Assessing the Economic value of conservation. World Bank report, Washington D.C., 48pp. [note, this is a longer, potential reference piece]
Module week 2 (11/1/16): Ecosystem services: A practical approach or neoliberalization of nature?
Balmford A, Bruner A, Cooper P, Costanza R, Farber S, et al. 2002. Economic reasons for conserving wild nature. Science 297: 950-953.
Fairhead J, Leach M, Scoones I. 2012. Green grabbing: a new appropriation of nature? The Journal of Peasant Studies 39: 237-261.
Optional:
Chan KMA et al. 2016. Why protect nature? Rethinking values and the environment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 113: 1462-1465.
Module week 3 (11/8/16): Relationship between science, the public, and decision makers
Sukhdev P. 2011. Put a value on nature! TED talk.
Eng K. 2015. Octopus’s garden: a TED fellow with a radical approach to saving fisheries. TED Blog, available online.
Optional:
Tallis H, Lubchenco J, et al. 2014. Working together: a call for inclusive conservation. Nature 515: 27-28.
Wuerthner G. 2014. Response to “Inclusive conservation” of Tallis and Lubchenco. Online article www.thewildlifenews.com, available online.