Briefing for the Alders: Green Economists and Land


You already have some useful resources in the folder for the first two sessions of the course,
which focused on land.


These two books you can find in the FSS library are also useful:


Jules Pretty, The Earth Only Endures: L2-969


Richard Douthwaite, Short Circuit: L2-128


Some online resources you may find useful:


Land: The Heart of a Green Economy:

http://www.eco-generation.org/resourcesView.jsp?boardID=land


A short introduction to the problem of ‚land grabbing‘:

http://www.boell.org/web/52-Nidhi-Tandon-Women-First-Casualties-Green-Economy-Land-Grab%20.html


The economics of land use:

http://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/know-how/wild-land-and-economics-land-use


Using land to address our environmental problems, especially climate change:

http://www.unccd.int/Lists/SiteDocumentLibrary/Publications/Rio%206%20pages%20english.pdf