Role of Economic Instruments in Managing the Environment

CONTENTS

Preliminaries
Copyright, Acknowledgments, Contents, Abbreviations, Glossary, Summary

1   Introduction
1.1   Policy framework
1.2   Objectives of the study
1.3   Structure of the report

2   Instruments for environmental policy
2.1   Rationale for government intervention
2.2   Main instruments for environmental policy
2.3   Closer look at economic instruments
2.4   Issues in the choice of instruments

3   Current use of economic instruments
3.1   Use of economic instruments
3.2   Factors limiting the use of economic instruments

4   Two case studies: Native vegetation retention and dryland salinity
4.1   Case study 1: Native vegetation retention
4.2   Case study 2: Dryland salinity

5   Extending the use of economic instruments
5.1   Atmosphere
5.2   Inland waters
5.3   Coastal environment and the sea
5.4   Land resources
5.5   Biodiversity

6   Role of stakeholders
6.1   Role of government
6.2   Role of industry and community groups
6.3   Required policy changes
6.4   Agenda for the extension of economic instruments

7   Concluding remarks

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