This article explores the various economic mechanisms that can be implemented for environmental protection. The sustainable development of any country depends on preserving natural systems and maintaining appropriate quality environment. discusses history thought its impact problems, as well new concepts development. discussed include taxes, emissions trading, subsidies, fees, others. Additiona...

Validity of Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis has been tested by several researchers. While macro approaches towards EKC are largely discussed in the literature, microeconomic quite scarce. This paper, this respect, aims to provide individual insights on environmental preferences. Using priority protection rather than economic growth as an indicator, I investigate factors affecting p...

The Baltic Sea, the heart of region, is one most polluted seas worldwide. For countries relative importance Sea varies, but all coastal states use sea and influence it through their manifold activities. protection therefore a shared concern for states. This has led to emergence specific international legal régime governing Sea. In this text, current threats Sea's natural environment measures th...

A key response to environmental degradation, climate change and declining biodiversity has been the growing adoption of market principles in an effort to better value the social good of nature. Through concepts such as 'natural capitalism' and 'corporate environmentalism', nature is increasingly viewed as a domain of capitalist endeavour. In this article, we use convention theory and a pluralis...