The Economics of Conservation.

     Conservation, once considered being the figment of liberal imagination and propaganda is steadfastly gaining recognition in the scientific and social world. There is currently concrete evidence that proves that the Earth cannot support society’s unabridged consumption of increasingly scarce resources. The nature of the problem is so relevant that numerous groups, despite conflicting ideologies have embraced conservationism as a movement. Fundamentally, the goal of the environmental conscientiousness movements seeks to lessen the impact of our presence on the planet.

      Since the advent of environmental conscientiousness, organizations have based their apprehension of the movement on the belief that it affects profit. Typically these programs are expensive to implement and often restrict lucrative business practices. Of the numerous movements, the two most common ones are the vegetarian debate and the eco-friendly debate. Granted that both of these movements have their merits, eventually the most reoccurring question remains is which of these movements will have a greater impact on scarce resources?


      Both groups answer this question from highly ideological standpoints. However, for the sake of this conversation, I would like to propose an alternative point of view in examining the debate on conservation: economics. Why economics you might ask? Well, because it propels, aids and hampers corporations and individuals in the decision making process. In order to determine which movement has a greater impact on the environment, it is necessary to ascribe economic values to the implementation of various practices and how this makes it more likely to be adopted by the general populace. Based on evidence that will be provided during the course of this discussion, we discover that vegetarianism is the economically sound movement and that it is one that can be implemented on a global scale.

 
 
By Khalaf Al Khalaf