Environmental Context



Valuing the
Environment

Measuring Social Welfare
The Case for Valuation
Pricing the Environment 


Case Against Valuation
Assumptions/Agendas
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Case Study: Biodiversity
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Arguments Against Valuation

It cannot and should not be done
Decisions better made by politicians
Economic assumptions inappropriate
  • nature can be substituted for individualism and rationalism
  • economic priorities
  • no need to change economic system

It will not save the environment

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