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Gordon, H. Scott (1958). "Economics and the Conservation Question."
Journal of Law and Economics, 14:110-121.
The chief purpose of this paper is to present, in as nontechnical terms
as possible, the basic economic theory of the conservation problem. It is
written with the hope of contributing something towards the rationalization of
conservation policy by making the economist's point of view more widely
understood.
Gorte, Ross W., Eugene H. Buck, David M. Sale, and Adrienne C. Grenfell
(1985). "Limiting Access for Commercial Fish Harvesting."
Prepared at the Request of the House Committee on Merchant Marine
and Fisheries by Congressional Research Service, The Library of
Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540, October 7, 71 pp.
Commercial fish harvesters are often able to exploit fisheries resources
beyond sustainable levels, heightening competition and reducing their incomes.
Limited access (restricting who is allowed to harvest fisheries resources) is
one approach to addressing such problems. This paper describes the three
basic limited access mechanisms (input restrictions: licenses and permits;
economic disincentives: taxes and fees; and harvest allocations: harvester
quotas and shares) and briefly catalogs existing limited access programs.
There are also sections on case law involving limited access in the United
States and on access to other natural resources as well as an extensive
bibliography on limited access.
Gosselink, James G., Eugene P. Odum, and R.M. Pope (1974). "The Value
of the Tidal Marsh." LSU-SG-74-03, Center For Wetland Resources,
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
Natural tidal marshes are evaluated in monetary terms. Byproduct
production (fisheries, etc.) on a per acre basis yields a value of only about
$100 per year, even when the whole value of the fishery is imputed to the
marsh. More intensive uses, such as oyster aquaculture, that preserve many of
the natural functions of the marsh-estuarine ecosystem, have a potential up to
$1000 per acre per year. The potential for waste assimilation is much higher,
about $2500 per acre per year for tertiary treatment. Summation of the
noncompeting uses approaches an ecological life support value of about $4000
per acre per year, based on the gross primary productivity (in energy terms)
of the natural marsh, using a conversion ratio from energy to dollars based on
the ratio of Gross National Product to National Energy Consumption. When
these annual social values of $2500 - $4000 are income capitalized at a 5%
interest rate the estimated total social values are $50,000 to $80,000 per
acre. Some estuaries, such as the Potomac or the Hudson, are now performing
waste assimilation work of even greater value, but such estuaries are
overloaded to the point of degradation.
Analysis based on the total value of the life support role of a natural
tidal marsh-estuary suggests that a strategy of optimization in land use
planning should replace, or supplement, reliance on the pricing system which
is inadequate for preservation of natural systems that increase in value with
the intensity of adjacent development.
Gottinger, Hans Werner (ed.) (1974). Systems Approaches and
Environmental Problems. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Gottingen,
Germany.
An international conference on new methods and techniques relating to
the problems involved in solving environmental problems using systems theory.
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