Who Worries about the Future of Chickens as a Species? Environmental Education from an Economics Perspective.

Wentworth, Donald R.; Schug, Mark C.; Morton, John S.

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ERIC Number: EJ557562

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Who Worries about the Future of Chickens as a Species? Environmental Education from an Economics Perspective.

Wentworth, Donald R.; Schug, Mark C.; Morton, John S.

Social Education, v61 n6 p331-33 Oct 1997

Maintains that policies that recognize the commercial value of resources and offer rewards for actions that preserve rather than deplete them, offer the best chance for environmental protection. Discusses recent experiments where the right to harvest a resource is sold as a commodity. Examines the role this plays in conservation. (MJP)

Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Developing Nations, Ecology, Economic Development, Economics, Environmental Education, Natural Resources, Ownership, Private Sector, Resource Allocation, Secondary Education, Social Studies, Sustainable Development

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Practitioners; Teachers

Language: English

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