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...table in a way that governments and institutions can work with. "In speaking the language of economics, you can play a role in the policy process," says Edward B. Barbier, Professor of Economics at the University of Wyoming, who does research on the economics of natural resources. "Twenty-five years ago, people said, 'That's horrendous - you can't discuss nature that way!' Now they say, 'You're right. We've got to put a value on nature." (See the top 10 invasive species...
...site-specific example, in Southern Thailand converting mangroves into commercial shrimp farms yields financial returns of about $1,220 per hectare per year. However, this does not consider the rehabilitation costs of $9,318 per hectare necessary when the area has been "shrimped out" after five or ten years. Other economic benefits the mangroves provide include: collected wood and other forest products; cultivation for off-shore fisheries; and coastal protection against storms, a total of $12,392 per hectare over the course of nine years. If the developer were accountable for the mangrove depletion, would you still want to invest...
...been a long time coming. For much of the past five years, the euro has floated between $1.45 and $1.55, in large part due to U.S. policies aimed at keeping the dollar undervalued so dollar-priced American exports would be more affordable abroad. Debt-spooked markets are now reversing that - something that could over time take the currency closer to the $1.15-to-$1.20 range that experts say is its true value. "The return to a euro-dollar balance of under $1.30 by the end of the year now seems possible," French bank BNP Paribas recently reported. Of course, those...
...study, published online Monday in the journal Pediatrics, tracked 1,826 women from pregnancy through their children’s first five years and finds that African American and Latino children in particular stand a much greater risk of being overweight...
...even get to that point, the Crimson will still have to take care of business against the Golden Knights and either the Big Red or the Engineers. Neither game will be easy—two are top-10 teams in the country, the other is coming off a five-overtime win over Quinnipiac in the longest NCAA women’s hockey game in history...