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dc.contributor.authorAslaksen, Iulie
dc.contributor.authorMyhr, Anne Ingeborg
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-14T20:46:22Z
dc.date.available2011-11-14T20:46:22Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/180681
dc.description.abstractAbstract: How much is a wildflower worth? Inspired by “The worth of a songbird” by Funtowicz and Ravetz (1994) we use the value of a wildflower as symbol of the complexity of evaluating environmental qualities and risks. We critically discuss the application of cost-benefit analysis in evaluating environmental impacts of adoption of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). We argue that costbenefit analysis should be supplemented with other methods, such as processes for assessing uncertainty, accommodation of scientific disagreements, and integration of stakeholders’ interests and perspectives. A more inclusive perspective is to develop precautionary approaches that recognize the multidimensional nature of environmental qualities and risks, such as irreplaceability, irreversibility, uncertainty and complexity. Precautionary approaches can contribute to develop a stronger environmental responsibility within the framework of rational self-interest. Keywords: cost-benefit analysis, environmental risk, environmental value, genetically modified organisms, precautionary principle, scientific uncertainty.no_NO
dc.language.isoengno_NO
dc.publisherStatistics Norway, Research Departmentno_NO
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDiscussion Papers;No. 476
dc.subjectEnvironmental valueno_NO
dc.subjectEnvironmental riskno_NO
dc.subjectGenetically modified organismsno_NO
dc.subjectScientific uncertaintyno_NO
dc.subjectJEL classification: D81no_NO
dc.subjectJEL classification: Q20no_NO
dc.subjectJEL classification: Q50no_NO
dc.title"The worth of a wildflower" : precautionary perspectives on the environmental risk of GMOsno_NO
dc.typeWorking paperno_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Social science: 200::Economics: 210::Economics: 212no_NO
dc.source.pagenumber23 s.no_NO


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