The Age of Ecological Scarcity

Edward Barbier

Chapter 4 in Nature and Wealth, 2015, pp 81-100 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract A critical problem facing humankind today is the rapid disappearance and degradation of many ecosystems worldwide. For the first time in history, fossil fuel energy and raw material use, environmental degradation and pollution has occurred on such an unprecedented scale that the resulting consequences in terms of global warming, ecosystem decline and environmental degradation are generating worldwide impacts. As a consequence, we are on the verge of a new era, the “Age of Ecological Scarcity”.1

Keywords: Ecosystem Service; Trade Credit; Natural Capital; Wild Food; Oyster Reef (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137403391_5

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