This paper hypothesizes and empirically establishes the persistent effects of novelty-seeking traits on crosscountry differences in scientific knowledge creation. I use data on the prevalence of specific allele variants of the human DRD4 exon III gene, which population geneticists have linked to...

Conservation movements in developing countries, such as Peru, arise in relation to predominant perceptions concerning development and progress. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Peruvian government adopted a development vision that promoted the colonisation of the Amazon region, which led to the...

Man, being one of the elements of the environment, depends on its quality. Currently, the right to a clean environment is included in the basic human rights and the way to maintain it is sustainable development. One element of this development is the preservation and protection of biodiversity,...

Chaparral shrubland ecosystems are an iconic feature of the California landscape, and a highly biodiverse yet highly flammable backdrop to some of the fastest growing urban areas in the United States. Chaparral-type ecosystems are a common element of all of the world's Mediterranean-type climate...

Unter dem Begriff 'Neue Ökonomie der Natur' wird verstanden, den Naturschutz und die Erhaltung der biologischen Vielfalt vermehrt unter einer ökonomischen Sichtweise zu betrachten. Diese Perspektiven werden zum Teil heftig kritisiert. In diesem Beitrag werden die Hauptargumente der Kritiker...

A unique book which reflects the multifaceted nature of sustainability by bringing together authors from interdisciplinary backgrounds. The book highlights the opportunities and challenges associated with applying sustainability indicators in different socio-cultural and geographical settings....

Indonesian waters are known as mega-diversity resource which can produce many chemical compounds. These compounds have been identified could be a sustainable source for novel drugs, especially for the usage of pharmaceutical. Up to 2007, at least 77 new compounds are from 14 sponges and 19 new...

A 2015 World Bank report on attainment of Millennium Development Goals concludes that the number of extremely poor has dropped substantially in all regions with the exception of Sub-Saharan Africa. We assess if poverty is in the African gene by revisiting the findings of Ashraf and Galor (2013,...

The relationship between land use and biodiversity is important to understand the decision support systems in order to attain sustainability. Nowadays, land use and biodiversity management is focused on protected areas, discarding other habitats, tending to favor exclusive property rights over...

From the economic literature on the relationship between economic growth and environment pioneered by Grossman and Krueger (1991) and Shafik and Bandyopadhyay (1992) we first conduct a theoretical and critical reflection on the existence of a Kuznets curve for biodiversity. It appears that...

This paper examines the unprecedented decimation of sharks. We develop a Ricardian Gordon-Schaefer model with a continuum of heterogeneous species which are subject to combined harvesting and perfect substitutability in consumption. The model implies that slow-growing species, surviving in...

Introduction -- Theory and concepts of economic valuation -- Definitions, measures and ecological value of biodiversity -- Excursus : biodiversity value in environmental ethics -- State of the art in economic valuation of biodiversity -- Conceptual framework for economic valuation of...

The patrimonial state under Venezuela's twenty-first century socialism / Humberto García L., president, National Academy of Economic Sciences of Venezuela, Venezuela -- Use and potential of plant species biodiversity in Venezuela agroforestry systems : cultural, environmental, social and...