The search for a framework to study globalisation, economics and ecology for nature conservation and biodiversity protection requires the integration of concepts, theories and models from economics and ecology. This allows for the study of interactions between economic and ecological processes,...

We introduce the notion of a stone age equilibrium to study societies in which property rights are absent, bilateral exchange is either coercive or voluntary, and relative strength governs power relations in coercive exchange. We stress the importance of free disposal of goods which allows for...