This is the first fully comprehensive dictionary of environmental economics and key legal terms. Each expression of phrase is explained in non-technical language, with references given to its use in the growing literature on the subject area.

A list of commonly used acronyms is provided, as is a complete bibliography detailing all the major texts in the field. This will prove to be an essential tool for students and policy makers in all the fields connected to environmental economics.

Topics covered include:
Environmental instruments in policy making
Techniques applied in environmental and natural resources economics
Major issues in environmental economics and management
Natural resource accounting
Major international agreements