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Fish invasions linked to GDP
by Fred Pearce
Vol. 9 No 2 (April-Jun) page 11
Reduced tariffs benefit wildlife
by Nick Atkinson
Vol. 9 No 2 (April-Jun) page 13
Do Trees Grow on Money?
by Fred Pearce
Vol. 9 No 2 (April-Jun) page 14
Greener Grass
by Nick Atkinson
Vol. 9 No 1 (January-March) page 10
Urban Myths
by Jonah Lehrer
Vol. 9 No 1 (January-March) page 14
RU Shopping 4 Fish?
by Justin Matlick
Vol. 9 No 1 (January-March) page 33
Till Death Us Do Part
Vol. 9 No 1 (January-March) page 36
The Price of Power
Vol. 8 No 4 (October-December) page 7
Saint Ursus Maritimus
Icons are about simplicity and clarity. No gray areas. But what happens when the real polar bear clashes with the symbol it has become?
by Jim Robbins
Vol. 8 No 4 (October-December) page 12
The Vision Thing
Imagine swapping Tony Blair for Winston Churchill. Would it transform the timid politics of global warming?
by Ted Nordhaus & Michael Shellenberger
Vol. 8 No 4 (October-December) page 28
Arresting Evidence
State-of-the-art forensic technology is forcing us to face the reality that even our most applauded trade bans and moratoriums aren’t working. From ivory cell phones to shark fin soup, it’s all available—at a price.
By Natasha Loder
Vol. 8 No 3 (July-Sept 2007) page 12
10 Solutions to Save the Oceans
We asked a select group of innovative thinkers to go out on a limb. By Martín Hall, Daniel Pauly, David Conover, Amanda Vincent, Kimberly Davis, Carl Safina, George Sugihara, Ussif Rashid Sumaila, and Tundi Agardy
Vol. 8 No 3 (July-Sept 2007) page 23
Bears, Bulls, and Birds
Economic inequality linked to species at risk
By Nick Atkinson
Vol. 8 No 3 (July-Sept 2007) page 10
That Sinking Feeling
We dig fossil fuel out of the ground, burn it and fill the atmosphere with carbon dioxide, and then plant trees to soak it back up. If only it were so simple.
by Nick Atkinson
Vol. 8 No 2 (Apr-Jun 2007) page 22
Buy 'em, Trade 'em, Protect 'em
Cap-and-trade system for park visitor permits
by Cameron Walker
Vol. 8 No 2 (Apr-Jun 2007) page 39
Green Giants
by George Monbiot
Vol. 8 No 2 (Apr-Jun 2007) page 48
Are We Putting Tigers in Our Tanks?
The connection between biodiesel, land use, and habitat loss isn't easy to pin down, but it isn't easy to ignore, either.
Vol. 8 No. 1 (January-March 2007) page 40
Could Viagra® Be a Conservation Tool?
The advent of aspirin did not eliminate the use of rhinoceros horn as a traditional Chinese remedy. But maybe aspirin doesn't work as well as Viagra.
Vol. 7 No. 4 (October-December 2006) page 40
Carbon Credits on eBay
Subsistence farmers sell ecosystem services in a virtual marketplace.
by Amanda Hawn
Vol. 7 No. 4 (October-December 2006) page 38
Fish Futures Print Only
George Sugihara thinks the way fish quotas are set is all wrong. Instead, he wants to tap into people's baser instincts by treating fish catches like tradable poker chips.
by Rex Dalton
Vol. 7 No. 3 (July-Sept 2006) page 22-27
Environmental Heresies
Over the next ten years, the mainstream environmental movement will reverse its opinion and activism on population growth, urban-ization, genetically engineered organisms, and nuclear power.
An Interview with Stewart Brand
Vol. 7 No. 2 (April-June 2006) page 22-27
Live Rock
A new cash crop for the aquarium trade protects Fiji’s reefs.
by Nancy Bazilchuck
Vol. 7 No. 2 (April-June 2006) page 36-38
Raising the Bar on Kyoto
New standards require projects to save more than just carbon.
by Adelheid Fischer
Vol. 7 No. 1 (January-March 2006) page 38-39
Oil Change
The interests of big businesses, environmentalists, and society coincide more often than you might guess from all the mutual blaming. So who needs to change?
by Jared Diamond
Vol. 6 No. 4 (October-December 2005) page 12-19
Four Futures
The seeds of the future are to be found in the extremes of the present. So our wildest ideas are the ones that give us insights into the surprises of the next few decades.
by Erik Ness
Vol. 6 No. 4 (October-December 2005) page 20-27
Businesses Come Clean
New initiative sets global standards for sustainability reporting.
by Nancy Bazilchuk
Vol. 6 No. 4 (October-December 2005) page 38-39
The Protein Gap
John Fa is the first researcher to frame the bushmeat crisis as a protein crisis. And his analysis suggests that wildlife activists are behaving like Marie-Antoinette: “Let them eat cake.”
By Fred Pearce
Vol. 6 No. 3 (July-September 2005) pages 20-27
The Ecosystem Marketplace
Timely information fuels emerging markets in ecosystem Services
By Katherine Ellison
Vol. 6 No. 3 (July-September 2005) pages 38-39
Are We Consuming Too Much?
The answer seems obvious. But it's not. Paul Ehrlich, Kenneth Arrow, and nine other brilliant minds argue that we're worrying too much about how much we consume and too little about how to invest.
by Jon Christensen
Vol. 6 No. 2 (April-June 2005) page 14-19
Liquid Assets
The Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve in central Mexico is a water factory. Can an ambitious federal program convince water users to foot the bill for the hydrological services?
by Katherine Ellison & Amanda Hawn
Vol. 6 No. 2 (April-June 2005) page 20-27
Born Again
William McDonough, a radical architect, dismisses traditional recycling as tired and inadequate. Instead, he's invented "industrial ecosystems" in which substances and machines are infinitely recycled.
By Jim Robbins
Vol. 6 No. 1 (January-March 2005) page 14-19
Good for the Economy, Good for Us?
Conservation spending is tethered to the U.S. economy-for better or worse.
Vol. 6 No. 1 (January-March 2005) page 40-41
An Answer to Our Prayers
An interfaith investment group is conservation's new patron.
By Nancy Bazilchuk
Vol. 6 No. 1 (January-March 2005) page 36-37
Who Makes the Grade? Print Only
Like an Environmental GDP, a new index pushes us to take a new look at the competing dimensions of sustainability. And it challenges the credo that economic and environmental strength are in counterpoise.
By Daniel C. Esty and Marc Levy
Vol. 5 No. 3 (Summer 2004) page 28-29
What Makes Environmental Treaties Work?
Given the way the environment ignores national boundaries, good global treaties are essential to saving it. Yet, it has become ever harder to create treaties that work. Instead of learning from history, we seem doggedly determined to repeat past failures.
By Frances Cairncross
Vol. 5 No. 2 (Spring 2004) page 12-19
Win-Win Illusions
Over the past two decades, efforts to heal the rift between poor people and protected areas have foundered. So what next?
By Jon Christensen
Vol. 5 No. 1 (Winter 2004) page 12-19
Is There Room for Conservation in an All Consuming World?Print Only
The story of consumption in the 21 st century is as much about emerging consumer nations as it is about traditional ones
By Gary Gardner, Erik Assadourian, Radhika Sarin, and Janet L. Sawin
Vol. 5 No. 1 (Winter 2004) page 28-29
Renting Biodiversity: The Conservation Concessions Approach
With all the money we spend making conservation pay for itself, we could just pay for conservation.
By Katherine Ellison
Vol. 4 No. 4 (Fall 2003) page 20-29
Harnessing Consumer Power for Ocean Conservation
Accessible, transparent, and scientifically sound information can translate choices at the cash register into better marine conservation
By Carrie Brownstein, Mercedes Lee, and Carl Safina
Vol. 4 No. 4 (Fall 2003) page 39-42
Making Conservation Profitable
by Katherine Ellison and Gretchen C. Daily
Vol. 4 No. 2 (Spring 2003) page 12-19
Where Do the Dollars Go? Print Only
U.S. Spending on the Environment and Natural Resources
by R. Neil Sampson
Vol. 4 No. 2 (Spring 2003) page 26-27
When Is Eradication a Sound Investment? Print Only
by Jeffrey A. McNeely, Laurie E. Neville, and Marcel Rejmanek
Vol. 4 No. 1 (Winter 2003) page 30-31
Agriculture versus Biodiversity
by Richard Manning
Vol. 3 No. 2 (Spring 2002) page 18-27
Virtual Tourism
If the real economic value of virtual tourism can be tapped effectively, it might be a new source of funds for wildlife conservation
by Julia F. Carpenter, Daniel Zatz, Julia Mair, and David S. Wilkie
Vol. 3 No. 1 (Winter 2002) page 37-39
Salmon and the Economy Print Only
by Ernie Niemi and Ed Whitelaw
Vol. 1 No. 1 (Spring 2000) page 20-21
Articles highlighted in Journal Watch:
Save Whales . . . and Money
Vol. 8 No 2 (Apr-Jun 2007) page 11
Enforcement Trumps Encouragement
Vol. 8 No 2 (Apr-Jun 2007) page 12
Honey Bees Get a Bump from Wild Brethren
Vol. 8 No. 1 (January-March 2007) page 9
Salmon Farms Create Deadly Clouds of Sea Lice
Vol. 8 No. 1 (January-March 2007) page 13
Culling Coyotes Doesn't Pay Off
Vol. 7 No. 3 (July-Sept 2006) page 11
Ecotourists Will Pay More—a Lot More—to See Birds
Vol. 7 No. 2 (April-June 2006) pages 8-9
Imposing Tariffs on Exotic Species
Vol. 6 No. 3 (July-September 2005) pages 12-13
African Wild Dogs May Pay Their Own Way
Vol. 6 No. 2 (April-June 2005) page 8
Predicting Habitat Size Needed for Pollination Services
Vol. 6 No. 1 (January-March 2005) page 7
Forest Fragments Boost Coffee Production
Vol. 5 No. 3 (Summer 2004) page 7-8
Marine Reserves Can Boost Local Fisheries
Vol. 5 No. 3 (Summer 2004) page 8-9
Restoration as Weed Control
Vol. 4 No. 3 (Summer 2003) page 10-11
New Ways Economics Can Benefit Ecology
Vol. 1 No. 1 (Spring 2000) page 7
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