Most natural resources that are used in production are non‐renewable. When they become
depleted they are lost for future use. Does it follow that the limited availability of natural …

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my students, the past, current and future ones Page 5 Weak versus Strong Sustainability …

In the debate about sustainable development, the key question is whether natural capital
can be substituted by man-made capital. Proponents of weak sustainability maintain that …

This paper presents the case for adopting ecosystem rebuilding as the goal of fisheries
management. Movement toward this goal may represent the only hope for fisheries, as we …

The idea for this book began in 1995 when the senior author spent a sabbatical leave at
Wageningen Agricultural University (later renamed Wageningen University). As a result of …

In the sixteenth century, North America contained 25 to 30 million buffalo; by the late
nineteenth century fewer than 100 remained. While removing the buffalo east of the …

During its ten year history Ecological Economics has made a real difference in the way
economists look at the natural world and in the way biologists look at the economy. In this …

It is vital that we adopt interdisciplinary approaches such as ecological economics to gain an
understanding of the values that determine human interaction with, and use and abuse of …

Environmental crises are distinguished by rapid and largely unexpected changes in
environmental quality that are difficult if not impossible to reverse. Examples would be major …

From the 1870s to the 1930s, the Lake Superior Ojibwes of Minnesota and Wisconsin faced
dramatic economic, political, and social changes. Examining a period that began with the …