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02247aam a2200385 i 4500 001 DEB7AC54471C11EA8C4E586797128E48 003 SILO 005 20200204010450 008 190315t20192019flua b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2019012753 020 $a 1683401042 020 $a 9781683401049 035 $a (OCoLC)1096214343 040 $a PUL $b eng $e rda $c PUL $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a TD170 $b .J66 2019 082 00 $a 333.7 $2 23 100 1 $a Jones, Barbara K. $e author. 245 10 $a Wild capital : $b nature's economic and ecological wealth / $c Barbara K. Jones. 264 1 $a Gainesville : $b University of Florida Press, $c 2019. 300 $a xiv, 290 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-278) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Creating wild capital from the ecosystem services model -- The ecotourist question -- The question of charisma -- The quirky moose -- Florida's endearing manatee -- Post-jaws shark -- Green fire in her eyes -- America's iconic bald eagle -- Conclusion: Economics as the answer to a sustainable future. 520 $a In Wild Capital, Barbara Jones demonstrates that looking at nature through the lens of the marketplace is a surprisingly effective approach to protecting the environment. Showing that policy-makers and developers rarely associate wild places with monetary values, Jones argues that nature should be viewed as a capital asset like any other in order for environmental preservation to be a competitive alternative to construction projects. 650 0 $a Environmental protection. 650 0 $a Conservation of natural resources. 650 0 $a Natural resources $x Management. 650 7 $a Conservation of natural resources. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00875502 650 7 $a Environmental protection. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00913324 650 7 $a Natural resources $x Management. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01034438 776 08 $i Online version: $a Jones, Barbara K., author. $t Wild capital $d Gainesville : University of Florida Press, 2019 $z 9781683401339 $w (DLC) 2019017021 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220706013740.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DEB7AC54471C11EA8C4E586797128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search