Biodiversity Conservation in Asia

Dale Squires

Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies from Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University

Abstract: Asian's remarkable economic growth brought many benefits but also fuelled threats to its ecosystems and biodiversity. Economic growth brings biodiversity threats but also conservation opportunities. Continued biodiversity loss is inevitable, but the types, areas and rates of biodiversity loss are not. Prioritising biodiversity conservation, tempered by what is tractable, remains a high priority. Policy and market distortions and failures significantly underprice biodiversity, undermine ecosystems and create perverse incentives, leading to over-consumption and under-conservation. Properly priced biodiversity creates price signals and incentives that account for all contributions from biodiversity and ecosystems. Habitat conservation remains the centrepiece of biodiversity conservation. The next steps forward include selected command-and-control measures and economic policies that eliminate perverse incentives and creating positive ones along with improved enforcement.

Keywords: Asia; biodiversity conservation; policy; sustainable growth; economic incentives (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15 pages
Date: 2014
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