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The extinction of key species and the decline of biodiversity in general has promoted interest in current levels of exploitation of endangered species and in the trade of these wild plants and animals and their products. Economic studies of the trade in endangered species and other resource products have an important role to play in:
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understanding the nature of the resource product trade and its impact on the supply and demand of species and species products;
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evaluating policies in both exporting and importing countries that affect the trade flow and the incentives for sustainable resource management; and
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developing appropriate trade and complementary domestic policy options to improve incentives for sustainable resource management (Barbier, 1991).
I am grateful to Edward Barbier and Wilfred Beckerman for their constructive comments and Tim Swanson, Richard Luxmoore and Jorgen Thomsen for their helpful advice. All errors and omissions are of course mine alone.
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Burgess, J.C. (1993). Economics of the Trade in Endangered Species: Implications for Sustainable Management. In: Giersch, H. (eds) Economic Progress and Environmental Concerns. A Publications of the Egon-Sohmen-Foundation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78074-5_9
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