a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Ecosystem-based management Cultural capital Forest policy Silviculture Bureaucracy Forests in North America have been managed, or unmanaged, under a number of different policy regimes, most recently ecosystem-based management (EBM), which has emerged in response to perceived widespread ecological degradation. But as policy regimes shift, links between stated obje...

Ecological economics studies the interactions and coevolution in time and space between ecosystems and human economies. The rate at which humans exploit or harvest ecosystems services exceeds what might be regarded as a desirable level from society’s point of view. The consequences of this overexploitation are well known (e.g., climate change, biodiversity loss and extinction of species, collap...

1. Introduction The question of value has been central to economics since its inception as a scientific discipline. The Classical economists thought deeply about the distinction between use value and exchange value and the relationship between human happiness and the market prices of goods and services. With the development of marginal value theory, beginning in the 1870s, the value problem see...

Continuing depletion of forest resources, particularly in tropical developing countries, has turned vast areas of intact ecosystems into urbanized and agricultural lands. The degree of degradation varies, but in most cases, the ecosystem functions and the ability to provide a variety of ecosystem services are severely impaired. In addition to many other challenges, successful forest restoration...

The construction of ecological culture is a major issue concerning the national economy and people's livelihood. In order to clearly recognize image characteristics rural development based on revitalization policy background achieve harmonious economic operation, this paper, case study under performed, an in-depth analysis performed with respect natural ecology social culture. Then, results ind...

This paper analyses normative change in electricity supply in order to understand the challenges associated with the introduction of a non-negotiable environmental norm, a change necessary to ensure long-term environmental sustainability of the supply system. The analysis combines the work of Wolfgang Streeck together with that of ecological modernisation to trace the fate of an environmental n...