Description
Foreword.- Preface.- Part 1. General thoughts on transdisciplinarity, economics and ecology.- Chapter 1. Towards a transdisciplinary ecological economics: a cognitive approach.- Chapter 2. The ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ and the role of the money interest rate.- Chapter 3. Allocative efficiency and property rights in ecological economics: why we need to distinguish between man-made capital and natural resources.- Part 2. Chile.- Chapter 4. Subsidizing green deserts in southern Chile – between fast growth and sustainability of Forest Management.- Chapter 5. Land use as a socio-ecological system: developing a transdisciplinary approach to studies of land use change in south-central Chile.- Chapter 6. Between extractivism and conservation: tree plantations, forest reserves, and peasant territorialities in Los Ros, Chile.- Chapter 7. Land tenure insecurity and forest conservation in Chile: the case of the Mapuche Huilliche indigenous communities in the coastal range rainforests of Mapu Lahual.- Chapter 8. Towards a New Forest Model for Chile: managing forest ecosystems to increase their social, ecological and economic benefits.- Chapter 9. On ecosystem dynamics for the conservation of wetlands and forest.- Part 3. Brazil.- Chapter 10. Transdisciplinary case study approaches to the ecological restoration of rainforest ecosystems.- Chapter 11. Forest governance in Brazil and Chile: institutions and practices in the implementation of sustainable management of native forests.- Chapter 12. Municipal private natural heritage reserves: uses and attributions of Natural Protected Areas in the city of Curitiba (PR).- Chapter 13. Understanding adoption and design of incentive-based forest conservation policies: a case study of the SISA Program in Acre, Brazil.- Conclusions.- Index.
