The Economics of the Wildlife Trade

Theory and Implications for Conservation
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-26057-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Conservation and the Environment

This book presents a thorough overview and assessment of the economics of the wildlife trade for scholars and conservationists, requiring only a basic understanding of economic principles.

Wildlife conservation and the sustainable extraction of living organisms from the wild for human use are fundamentally tied to issues of resource allocation and economics. Yet, there has been a conspicuous dearth of scholarly contribution that examines the wildlife trade using the theories and analytical tools provided by economists. This book fills this gap by presenting a theoretical framework built on a foundation of microeconomic theory that is used to analyze the trade in wildlife goods, the potential effects of various conservation policies, and the economic forces that govern the workings of the markets for wildlife goods. The focus of the book is on explicating the possible impacts of supply-side policies that have been implemented or proposed to achieve a sustainable level of wildlife extraction. The policies that will be considered include: stricter anti-poaching policies; trade bans; and legalizing the sale of alternative sources of supplies such as farmed goods, synthetic substitutes, and accumulated stockpiles. The book discusses how the implementation of these policies could affect the incentives of both the suppliers of wildlife goods and the buyers to participate in these markets. It also considers how market structure, market concentration, and asymmetric information can affect the impact of these policies.

This book is intended for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers in the field of wildlife conservation who are familiar with basic economics and interested in a rigorous exposition of the economic principles relevant for the study of the wildlife trade.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chen, Frederick

Sas-Rolfes, Michael 't

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Artenschutz
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Wildlife Conservation and Trade: Theory and Practice 3. Markets for Wildlife Goods 4. An Economic Model of the Market for Wildlife Goods 5. The Economic Model with Substitute Goods and Complete Information 6. The Economic Model with Substitute Goods and Asymmetric Information 7. The Economic Model with Speculators and Stockpiling 8. Influencing Actor Incentives in Wildlife Trade 9. Toward More Effective Wildlife Trade Regulation 10. Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Frederick Chen is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Wake Forest University, USA. He teaches microeconomics, mathematical economics, and game theory. His current research interests lie mainly in the intersection of economics and population biology.

Michael ’t Sas- Rolfes is an interdisciplinary conservation scientist and economist with four decades of experience in the wildlife sector. He is a Research Fellow at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science and the Oxford Martin Programme on Wildlife Trade at the University of Oxford, UK, and at the African Wildlife Economy Institute at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He serves on the IUCN Species Survival Commission’s African Rhino Specialist Group and its Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Group.