Books reviewed: Anna Carr, author. Grass Roots and Green Tape: Principles and Practices of Environmental Stewardship, Sally Marsh, ed. Steven Renzetti, author. The Economics of Water Demands, Chris Alaouze, ed. Gretchen C. Daily and Katherine Ellison, authors. The New Economy of Nature: The...

This paper presents an econometric analysis of the relationship between economic and environmental factors and biodiversity change in Scotland over the period 1600-2000. Our main hypothesis is that economic development, as captured by changes in prices, technological improvements and management...

Advocacy for a shift from an individual farm‐level to a landscape‐level approach in agri‐environmental policy is a focal point in the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy. Such a shift aims to address spatial mismatches between ecological processes and targeted environmental outcomes,...