Investing in Nature: Case Studies of Land Conservation in Collaboration with Business

by William J. Ginn

In 2004, U.S. consumers spent $5.2 billion purchasing bottled water while the government only invested 5 percent of that amount to purchase critical watersheds, parks, and wildlife refuges-systems vital to clean water and healthy environments. How can we reverse the direction of such powerful economic forces?

A group of dedicated business-people-turned-environmental-entrepreneurs is pioneering a new set of tools for land conservation deals...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597260126
• ISBN13: 9781597260121
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.4"