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In this innovative book, Laura E. Huggins finds path breaking entrepreneurial solutions to difficult environmental challenges in some of the world's poorest areas. The approaches entrepreneurs are taking to these challenges involve establishing property rights and encouraging market exchange. From beehives to barbed wire, these tools are creating positive incentives and promoting both economic development and environmental improvements. The case studies are from the developing world and reveal where the biggest victories for less poverty and more conservation can be won. The pursuit begins by learning from local people solving local problems. Environmental Entrepreneurship encourages a broad audience to consider secure property rights and free markets as key ingredients to moving out of poverty and improving environmental quality at the same time. It will appeal to academics and students of environmental studies, environmental economics, environmental policy, as well as international development and business. Entrepreneurs and environmental groups such as The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, and The World Resources Institute will also find a wealth of invaluable information in this book.

A diverse collection of readings from scholarly journals, government reports, think tank studies, newspapers, and books that offers a comprehensive look at the drug debate. With each section featuring opposing articles written by many of the foremost authorities in their respective fields, the book offers a concise view of the many divergent viewpoints surrounding drug policy in America.

Front Cover -- Book Title -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables by Part -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Overview -- Man's March to "The Summit" - Kenneth Boulding -- Part I: Beginnings -- Quick Facts -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Framing The Debate -- Population, Resources, and Environment: A Survey of the Debate - Ann F. Wolfgram and Maria Sophia Aguirre -- An Essay on the Principle of Population - Thomas Malthus -- Marx and Engels on Malthus - Ronald L. Meek -- Too Many People - Paul R. Ehrlich -- Conclusion - Julian Simon -- The Population Challenge - Lester R. Brown, Gary Gardner, and Brian Halweil -- Population, Resources and the Quest to "Stabilize Human Population": Myths and Realities - Nicholas Eberstadt -- Chapter Two: Ethical Divide -- The Contribution of Ethics - J. Philip Wogaman -- Human Choices - Joel E. Cohen -- Living on a Lifeboat - Garrett Hardin -- Ultimately, What Are Your Values? - Julian Simon -- Part II: Population and Natural Resources -- Quick Facts -- Introduction -- Chapter Three: Water -- Governments Failing to Protect Societies from Spreading Water Scarcity - Worldwatch Institute -- Priming the Invisible Pump - Terry L. Anderson and Pamela S. Snyder -- SNAPSHOT: Desalination / Cities Look to Sea for Fresh Water - John Ritter -- Chapter Four: Pollution -- Population and Atmosphere - Paul Harrison and Fred Pearce -- Take a Deep Breath . . . Air Quality Is Getting Better - Bjørn Lomborg -- SNAPSHOT: Global Warming / Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change - United Nations Population Fund -- The Scientific Case against the Global Climate Treaty - S. Fred Singer -- Chapter Five: Food -- Feeding Nine Billion - Lester R. Brown -- Food Security and World Trade Prospects - D. Gale Johnson -- Chapter Six: Land -- Concern for Land - Anthony Young -- Are We Losing Ground? - Julian Simon.

Drawing from government reports, think tank studies, scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, and books, this insightful overview offers a range of contrasting viewpoints and policy perspectives on the major issues concerning world population growth, with particular emphasis on the impact of population trends on the United States.

"In six chapters, Terry Anderson and Laura Huggins make a powerful argument for free market environmentalism. They break down liberal and conservative stereotypes of what it means to be an environmentalist and show that, by forming local coalitions around market principles, stereotypes can be replaced by pragmatic solutions that improve environmental quality without increasing red tape."--Jacket