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1. After the Green Revolution

   Sustainable Agriculture for Development

   By Gordon R. Conway, Edward B. Barbier

   Series: Natural Resource Management Set

   'The Green Revolution' of the 60's and 70's produced immense gains in food cereal production in the Third World. But there are huge problems in the 'post-revolutionary' era: farmers with small or marginal holdings have benefited less than wealthier farmers; intensive mono-cropping has made...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. Economics, Natural-Resource Scarcity and Development (Routledge Revivals)

   Conventional and Alternative Views

   By Edward B Barbier

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   Global warming is an increasing problem, tropical forests are being wiped out and major upper watersheds are being degraded. Using insights provided by environmentalism, ecology and thermo-dynamics, this book – first published in 1989 – outlines an economic approach to the use of natural resources...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
3. Elephants, Economics and Ivory

   By Edward B. Barbier, Joanne C. Burgess, Timothy M. Swanson, David W. Pearce

   Series: Environmental and Resource Economics Set

   Ivory is big business, and in some parts of Africa elephants have been hunted almost to extinction in the quest for it. The losses to African economies have been catastrophic. Now there is an international ban on the trade and conservation is. the principal goal. This should be a matter for...

   Published February 28th 2013 by Routledge
4. A New Blueprint for a Green Economy

   By Edward B. Barbier, Anil Markandya

   Published in 1989, Blueprint for a Green Economy presented, for the first time, practical policy measures for 'greening' modern economies and putting them on a path to sustainable development. This new book, written by two of the Blueprint for a Green Economy authors, revisits and updates its main...

   Published September 17th 2012 by Routledge
5. Blueprint 6

   For a Sustainable Economy

   By David Pearce, Edward B. Barbier

   Series: Blueprint Series

   Ten years ago, Blueprint for a Green Economy made front-page news. Its central message, that environmental problems have their roots in economic 'failures', served to change the direction of environmental policy. The goal of sustainable development was seen to be illusory unless an economic...

   Published January 31st 2000 by Routledge