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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810557703321

Autore

Ginn William J

Titolo

Investing in nature : case studies of land conservation in collaboration with business / / William J. Ginn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, : Island Press, c2005

ISBN

1-59726-767-8

1-4294-9530-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Disciplina

333.76/16

Soggetti

Business enterprises - Environmental aspects - United States - States

Conservation of natural resources - United States - States - Finance

Land use, Rural - United States - States - Planning

Nature conservation - United States - States

Open spaces - United States - States - Finance

Public-private sector cooperation - United States - States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

About Island Press -- Title Page -- Copyrights Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Scale of Nature -- Part I: Conservation Investment Banking -- Ch. 1: Partnering with Big Timber -- Ch. 2: Debt for Nature: The Story of the Katahdin Forest -- Ch. 3: Bankruptcy and Biodiversity -- Ch. 4: Investing with an Attitude -- Part II: Creating New Environmental Markets -- Ch. 5: Carbon and Forests -- Ch. 6: The Bank of Nature -- Part III: Incentives -- Ch. 7: Greening Business -- Ch. 8: Tax Credits for Conservation -- Ch. 9: Incentives for Working Landscapes -- Part IV: The Path Forward -- Ch. 10: If You Build It, Will They Come? -- Ch. 11: Conservation at the Scale of Nature -- Ch. 12: Crossing the Divide -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.