Category: Natural Resource Damages

Valuing the Effects of Great Barrier Reef Bleaching

By CostBenefit on Sep 13, 2009 | In General, Water, Climate Change GHG Carbon CO2, Land + Water, Natural Resource Damages, Australia, New Zealand, Contamination Cost, Research Institute NGO NonProfit, Costs and Benefits, Opinion (Not Likely Ours EV&CBN), Recreation | Send feedback »

The economic cost of a total and permanent bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef due to climate change would be $37.7bn, according to a special report commissioned by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. The landmark Oxford Economics report puts the present… more »

Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) Letter to the Senate on Hardrock Mining Laws

By CostBenefit on Jul 11, 2009 | In General, Land, Contaminated Properties, U.S., Companies,CSR,Business,Finance, Natural Resource Damages, Regulatory Analysis, Savings, Research Institute NGO NonProfit, Costs and Benefits | Send feedback »

June 23, 2009 Dear Senator, For more than 137 years the law that governs precious metal mining on federal land has remained unchanged. Mining companies have benefited from an outdated law that continues to allow minerals to be extracted without payme… more »

Evaluating natural resource amenities in a human life expectancy production function

By CostBenefit on Jul 7, 2009 | In General, Health, U.S., Academic Study/Journal Article, Preservation & Open Space, Weather, Agriculture, Forestry and Food, Natural Resource Damages, Ecosystem Valuation, Costs and Benefits, Recreation | Send feedback »

Abstract: This study examined the effect of natural resource amenities on human life expectancy. Extending the existing model of the life expectancy production function, and correcting for spatial dependence, we evaluated the determinants of life expecta… more »

Conserving and Valuing Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity: Economic, Institutional and Social Challenges

By CostBenefit on Mar 15, 2009 | In General, Climate Change GHG Carbon CO2, Academic Study/Journal Article, Wetlands, Preservation & Open Space, Endangered Species, Agriculture, Forestry and Food, Natural Resource Damages, Ecosystem Valuation, Regulatory Analysis, Book, Contingent Valuation, Surveys,.., Environmental Economics / Ecological Economics, Costs and Benefits | Send feedback »

From the Publisher: This is the most comprehensive book to address the economic, social and institutional difficulties in conserving biodiversity and the ecosystem services that it provides. It covers a wide range of issues such as biodiversity, ecosyst… more »

Florida's $5.5 Billion Reef Economy at Risk From Climate Change, Report Finds Tens of Thousands of Florida Jobs Threatened by Environmental Damage to Corals

By CostBenefit on Jan 27, 2009 | In Water, Climate Change GHG Carbon CO2, Land + Water, Economic Development and Green Jobs, Endangered Species, Florida, Natural Resource Damages, Ecosystem Valuation, Research Institute NGO NonProfit, Costs and Benefits, Recreation, Free Report at Time of Entry | Send feedback »

A comprehensive new analysis of business generated by Florida's coral reefs warns that more than 70,000 jobs and more than $5.5 billion in economic activity in the state are in grave jeopardy from climate change. "A business-as-usual approach to clima… more »
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