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Economic / Solutions / QuotasQuotas place restrictions on environmental exploitation. Such a policy admits the need for using the environment for economic benefit and only controls the extent to which the usage happens. Left to their own devices, selfish people will be likely to disregard the environment for economic benefit, leading to environmental degradation.
Examples of quotas include pollution quotas, logging quotas, fishing quotas and hunting quotas. Quotas often bridge the gaps between sustainability and economic development. Most often, sustainability is reconciled with economic development, but the reverse can also hold true! In Zimbabwe, the land cannot hold 70,000 African Elephants, thus the sustainable wildlife quota (determined by the National Parks and Wildlife Service) is substantial. While animal rights activists worldwide slam the hunting of these majestic creatures, they ignore the underlying necessities and reasons. The hunting right for an African Elephant can go up to about $12,000 USD. In a country where these African Elephants are ruining farmland and wrecking crops by running amok, trading of these hunting quotas can be an appealing proposition. |
