BIO 1000
THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

 Topic 3 summary questions

• What is the environment worth?

• What economic values can be placed on the environment ?

• What is the benefit of placing such values?  What are the difficulties?

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Planet Money stories

• How Solar Got Cheap

• Rhino Bonds

• Water's Worth

• Planet Money Buys Oil

• Battle Over New Oil Train Standards Pits Safety Against Cost

• Holding a Rainforest Hostage?

• The One Page Plan to Fix Global Warming

• How much is a pelican worth?

• Should Someone Pay Canada to Leave It's Oil in the Ground?

• Kid Rock vs the Scalpers (setting prices)

Recent News Stories

• For Protesters, Keystone Pipeline Is Line In Tar Sand

• In Jobs Debate, GOP Targets 'Regulatory Burdens'

• The economics of addressing climate change

Interviews

• Determining economic value
  • Economist view  video | audio only
  • Business view  video | audio only
  • ...of intangibles  video | audio only
• What is common property and how is it treated?  video | audio only
• Environmental responsibility & business
  • responsibility  video | audio only
  • incentives  video | audio only

On-line resources:

• article: Environmental Ethics: Sustainability, Competition, and Forestry
• Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics
• Forestnet.com (industry journals)
• About.com (a tree's value)
• Tree Values (ISA)
• Tree Appraisal
• Native Americans and the Environment: Forestry