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Part 1 Framework for analysis of conservation policy: the Noah's arkproblem, Martin L. Weitzman; conserving biological resources with scarceresources, Stephen Polasky. Part 2 The value of biological diversity:biodiversity measures - conservation evaluation and phylogenetic diversity,Daniel P. Faith, on diversity, Martin L. Weitzman, measuring biologicaldiversity, Andrew R. Solow and Stephen Polasky; bioprospecting - valuingbiodiversity for use in pharmaceutical research, David R. Simpson et al,valuing research leads - bioprospecting and the conservation of geneticresources, Gordon C. Rausser and Arthur A. Small, searching an ex-sitecollection of genetic resources, Douglas Gollin et al; ecosystem services -the ecological consequences of changes in biodiversity - a search for generalprinciples, David Tilman, biodiversity, resilience and the control ofecological-economic systems - the case of fire-driven rangelands, CharlesPerrings and Brian Walker, valuing environmental functions - tropicalwetlands, Edward B. Barbier; existence values - economic benefits of rare andendangered species - summary and meta-analysis, John B. Loomis and Douglas S.White, measuring the existence value of wildlife - what do CVM estimatesreally show?, Thomas H. Stevens et al. Part 3 Conservation strategies: landuse and the opportunity cost of conservation - species distributions, landvalues and efficient conservation, Amy Ando et al, pricing biodiversity,Claire A. Montgomery et al; the marginal cost of species preservation - thecase of the northern spotted owl, Claire A. Montgomery et al; the USendangered species act - implementing the safe minimum standards approach -two case studies from the US endangered species act, Robert P. Berrens et al,patterns of behaviour in endangered species preservation, Andrew Metrick andMartin L. Weitzman, when the truth hurts - endangered species policy onprivate land with imperfect information, Stephen Polasky and Holly Doremus;conservation strategies in developing countries -elephants, Michael Kremerand Charles Morcom, wildlife harvest in integrated conservation anddevelopment projects - linking harvests to household demand, agriculturalproduction and environmental shocks in the Serengeti, Christopher B. Barrettand Peter Arcese, trade, tropical deforestation and policy interventions,Edward B. Barbier and Michael Rauscher, the structure of an environmentaltransaction - the debt for nature swap, Robert T. Deacon and Paul Murphy.