A National Policy of "No Net Loss" of Wetlands: What Do Agricultural Economists Have to Contribute?
Year: 1991
Type: preprint
Abstract: Most wetlands lost recently were converted for agricultural production. President Bush proposed "no net loss" as a national goal, meaning that restoring wetlands must complement conserving wetlands to offset unavoidable losses. This symposium explored how "no net loss" might operate and the economist's role in developing this policy. Wetland policy evolution, costs of acquiring public rights to wetlands, valuing wetland benefits, and alternatives to existing institutional mechanisms for controlling wetland loss were discussed.
Authors: Heimlich, Ralph E., Heimlich, Ralph E.
Language: English
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2941177515