Market Instruments and the Protection of Natural Resources

Edited by Natalie P. Stoianoff, Professor of Law and Director, Intellectual Property Program, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, Larry Kreiser, Professor Emeritus of Accounting, Cleveland State University, US, Bill Butcher, Director of Coursework Programs, Taxation and Business Law, University of New South Wales, Australia, Janet E. Milne, Professor of Law and Director of the Environmental Tax Policy Institute, Vermont Law School, US and Hope Ashiabor, Dr., University of New South Wales Business School, Australia

Contents:

Preface

Part I Balancing Sustainable Use and Natural Resource Protection
1. The Use of Market Based Instruments in Protecting South Australia’s Marine Protected Areas
Karen Bubna-Litic

2. A Bottom Up Approach to Developing REDD+ Programs in Brazilian States and California
Ana Carolina Cerqueira Duque

3. Sowing the Seed of Change: Why Australia’s Land Sector Needs a Carbon Price to Encourage Mitigation of GHG Emissions and Promote Sustainable Land Use
Vanessa Johnston

Part II Protecting Water Resources
4. Fighting for Water: The Role of Federal Market Instruments in Addressing Water Issues the United States
Mona L. Hymel

5. The Impact of Hydraulic Fracturing on Fresh Water Resources in the United States
Hans Sprohge, Bill Butcher and Mary Margaret Callison and Larry Kreiser

6. Policy Instruments to Support Water Conservation and Support the Ecosystem: A California Example
Rahmat Tavallali and Paul Lee

Part III Shifting the Tax Burden to Effect Environmentally Responsible Outcomes
7. From Fossil Fuels to Renewable Energy: Subsidy Reform and Energy Transitions in African and Indian Ocean Island States
Kai Schlegelmilch, Jacqueline Cottrell and Francois Fortier

8. Using Environmental Taxation to Improve Outcomes for e-waste in Australia
Wayne Gumley

9. The Ad Unit and Ad Valorem Tax Burden Shifting and Its Impact on Pigovian Taxation in the European Union Member States
Danuse Nerudova and Marian Dobranschi

Part IV Evaluating Instruments that Protect the Global Atmosphere
10. Carbon Trading or Carbon Tax: Which is the More Feasible Solution to Climate Change from the perspective of China?
Mingde Cao

11. Regulation of Ship-Sourced Carbon Dioxide Emissions: The Creation of Economic Instruments
Stathis Palassis

12. Sectoral Allocation Patterns in the EU Emission Trading Scheme: Empirical Evidence and Outlook
Claudia Kettner

13. Paris: The Dilemmas of International Climate Change Negotiations and the Role for Linked Emissions Trading Schemes in the Post 2020 Regime
Elena de Lemos Pinto Aydos

14. Just ETS? Social Justice and Recent Reforms in EU and US Carbon Markets
Achim Lerch and Sven Rudolph

Index