ENVS 2300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Desert Tortoise, Ivory Trade, Free-Market Environmentalism
20 Nov 2015
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In contemporary environmental politics: from margins to mainstream (pp. 2) they support the creation of property rights over the environment, and author presents this approach by the view of economists and school of environmentalists. 1) environmental problems are caused by the absence of markets; market trading of those rights; 3) they regard distributional concerns as political", and therefore tend to favour current patterns of ownership and income. There are two kinds of property rights instruments: first one is the privatization of the environment itself. selling off or giving away of land, air or water, air or specific natural assets to private owners. Over time elephant population increased and became a threat a threat to the habitat which sustains them. The free market environmental economist advises that the success of the scheme would require a relaxation of the ivory trade ban.
