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BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND BIOTECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
Author(s) -
FRISVOLD GEORGE B.,
CONDON PETER
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
contemporary economic policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.454
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1465-7287
pISSN - 1074-3529
DOI - 10.1111/j.1465-7287.1994.tb00429.x
Subject(s) - biodiversity , agricultural biodiversity , incentive , natural resource economics , context (archaeology) , business , agriculture , poverty , measurement of biodiversity , land use , biodiversity conservation , agroforestry , environmental planning , economics , environmental resource management , geography , economic growth , ecology , biology , archaeology , microeconomics
This paper assesses the role of Biotechnology Development Agreements (BDAs) in creating incentives to conserve biodiversity. A major cause of species loss is the conversion of tropical forests to crop and pasture land. Biodiversity conservation, therefore, fundamentally depends on the economics of agricultural land use in developing countries. BDAs can play only a limited role in a comprehensive strategy to increase incentives for biodiversity conservation. Policymakers must examine biodiversity policies in the broader context of land tenure, rural poverty, and agricultural development in tropical countries .