Institutions, Sustainability, and Natural Resources

List of Figures and Tables.About the Contributors.Preface and Acknowledgements.1. Sustainability, Institutions, and Forest Management; Shashi Kant & R. Albert Berry.PART ONE: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON INSTITUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT.2. In Search of Optimal Institutions for Sustainable Forest Management: Lessons from Developed and Developing Countries; M.K. (Marty) Luckert.3. Modern Economic Theory and the Challenge of Embedded Tenure Institutions: African Attempts to Reform Local Forest Policies; Mariteuw Chimère Diaw.4. Organizations, Institutions, External Setting and Institutional Dynamics; Shashi Kant & R. Albert Berry.5. Valuing Forest Ecosystems - An Institutional Perspective; Arild Vatn.PART TWO: MARKETS AND SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT.6. The Great Tragedy of Science: Sustainable Forest Management and Markets for Environmental Services; Clark S. Binkley.7. Property Rights and Efficiency of Markets for Environmental Services; Graciela Chichilnisky.PART THREE: DEFORESTATION, SPECIALIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT.8. Deforestation and Population Increase; John M. Hartwick.9. Limitations of Sustainable Forest Management: An Economics Perspective; William F. Hyde.10. Sustainable Forestry in a World of Specialization and Trade; Roger Sedjo.PART FOUR: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC INSTITUTIONAL EXPERIENCES.11. Forest Carbon Sinks: A Temporary and Costly Alternative to Reducing Emissions for Climate Change Mitigation; G. Cornelis ('Case') van Kooten & Alison J. Eagle.12. The International Trade and Environmental Regime and theSustainable Management of Canadian Forests; Harry Nelson & Ilan Vertinsky.13. Sustainable Forest Management: Ciriacy-Wantrup's Definition of Conservation in Today's Forest Resource Context; William R. Bentley & Richard W. Guldin.14. Stakes, Suspicions, and Synergies in Sustainable Forest Management - The Asian Experience; Cherukat Chandrasekharan.PART FIVE: EPILOGUE.15. Institutions, SFM, and Post-Newtonian Economics; Shashi