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  • Value incommensurability

    Values are often incommensurable. This simply means that they cannot be measured in the same units. The environment is often a site of conflict between competing values and interests represented …

  • Languages of valuation

    Environmental conflicts might arise out of clashes of different interests or because of the existence of different values. Take mangroves for instance, on the coast of Ecuador. Some people want …

  • Fair trade

    The philosophical principles underlying the concept of fair trade (FT) can be traced back to Aristotle (and his ideas of justice, equity and goodness) but the concept as it is …

  • Commodity frontiers

    The search for materials to supply the countries at the centre of the global economy has already extended into the most remote corners of the world. To some extent, this …