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Transdisciplinary Considerations Among Sustainability Criteria
With a Focus on the Ecological Macroeconomics of Biodiversity Conservation
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Spheres of Sustainability
Ecological
SocialEconomic
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Prehistoric Proportions
Ecological
SocialEconomic
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Sustainability Institutions
Ecological
SocialEconomic
(Institutions)
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Capacities and Tradeoffs
Ecological
SocialEconomic
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Economic Growth
• an increase in the production and
consumption of goods and services
• typically expressed in terms of GDP
• facilitated by increasing:
–population
–per capita consumption
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Time
GN
PK
Natural capital allocated to human economy
Natural capital allocated to wildlife
Czech, B. 2000. Economic growth as the limiting factor for wildlife conservation. Wildlife Society Bulletin 28(1):4-14.
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Some Empirical Evidence:
Causes of Species Endangerment
as a “Who’s Who”
of the American Economy
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Endangerment CausesUrbanization
Agriculture
Water diversions (e.g., reservoirs)
Recreation, tourism development
Pollution
Domestic livestock, ranching
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Czech et al. 2000. Bioscience 50(7):593-601.
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Causes (cont.)Mineral, gas, oil extraction
Non-native species
Harvest
Modified fire regimes
Road construction/maintenance
Industrial development
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Czech et al. 2000. Bioscience 50(7):593-601.
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Making sense of the Who’s Who with
Trophic Theory
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PDF files for these articles available at The Wildlife Society website: www.wildlife.org. (Follow links to Wildlife Society Bulletin.)
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ESA Listings and GDP
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1973 1980 1990 2001
$10
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$4
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R2 = 98.4
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Basic Population Dynamics
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K
Carrying Capacity ScenariosIn
divi
dual
s
Time
r-selection
K-selection
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K and r-selected Species
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K
Economic Carrying CapacityG
DP
Time
r-selection
K-selection
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K and r-selected Economies
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American GNP, 1929-1997
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K or r-selected?
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But, for the sake of biodiversity conservation, it’s not enough to hope
we are K-selected.
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K
Wildlife Conservation andSteady State Economy
GN
P
Time
...maintain steady state economy sufficiently below K.
To conserve wildlife...
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But what about
Technological
Progress?
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Technological Progress
•Vernacular: invention, innovation
•Technical: increasing productive
efficiency resulting from invention
and innovation
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KTGNP
Natural capital allocated to human economy
Natural capital allocated to non-human economy
X natural capital allocable
Time
KU
Natural Capital Allocation Revisited
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X/2 conserved K1
K2
GNP
Time
X natural capital remains allocable KU
Economic growth with technology level 2
Economic growth with technology level 1
The Big Hope
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The Great Debate: Is There a Limit?
“Yes”• Physiocrats
• Classical economists
• Ecological economists
• Ecologists
“No”• Neoclassical
economists
• Corporations
• Politicians
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Why would there not be a limit?
• Substitutability of resources
• Increasing productive efficiency
• Increasing human capital
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White Pine, “Big Wheel”
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Substituting for white pine,
employing more efficient
technology.
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Sitka Spruce,Timbco 435 “Feller Buncher”
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Why would there be a limit?
• Carrying capacity
• Thermodynamics
• Trophic levels
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Carrying Capacity
• Consumers
• Products
• Byproducts
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Thermodynamics
• Fixed amount of matter
• Entropy
• Fixed amount of energy
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Another look at trophic
levels, this time in light of
thermodynamics.
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Clear to All
• Without technological progress,
GNP limited
• GNP growth faster than
technological progress = trouble
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Unclear to Many
• Technological progress: raising the
bar or accelerating the approach?
• Does technological progress occur
without increased consumption?
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Consider the Sources
• Research and development
• Corporate profit
• Economies of scale
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KTGNP
Natural capital allocated to human economy
Natural capital allocated to non-human economy
X natural capital allocable
Time
KU
One More Look at Allocation
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X/2 conserved K1
K2
GNP
Time
X natural capital remains allocableKU
Economic growth with technology level 2
Economic growth with technology level 1
Remember the Big Hope?
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K1
K2
GNP
Time
X/2 natural capital allocable KU
X/2 converted
Economic growth with technology level 2
Economic growth with technology level 1
The Apparent Reality
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Red Herring Alert!
Red Herring Alert!
Red Herring Alert!
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The “Information” Economy
• What is the information used for?
• How does one come to
afford the information?
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To say that an economy may grow perpetually on a finite land mass is to say that a stable economy may occupy a perpetually diminishing land mass!
Fallacy Buster
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Real Questions
• What is the limit?
• How do we know when we’re approaching the limit?
• What do we do to prevent breaching the limit?
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Recommendations• Introductions should acknowledge spherical
capacities and tradeoffs.
• Criteria should provide indicators of trading off.
• Interpretation should include observations of
tradeoffs.
• Does technological progress occur without
increased consumption?