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Vote GREEN!

Vote GREEN! FORUM suggests replacing the Gross National Product (GNP) with Biodiversity i s pleased to provide the “Genuine Progress Indicator” (GPI). The GNP A federal election in Canada looms on the horizon and this space for excludes social and environmental costs in its accounting, diverse viewpoints no doubt most media will focus on the race between the thus facilitating the illusion that community breakdown, on biodiversity- new Canadian Alliance party, the trying-to-make-a- related issues. crime, the loss of farmland and biodiversity, and comeback Conservatives, and the in-power Liberals. As If you have an unemployment have no economic significance. A Green opinion to share, I write this viewpoint article in the summer of 2000, it economy would provide more jobs; it would be labour- a comment on appears that the major issues will be on personal levels any article, intensive, sustainable, and based on the skills of people. of taxation, the economy, and healthcare. The environment or a challenge for other readers, per se doesn’t appear to be on the current agenda. A Green Party Department of Finance would also aim for please contact the following: Catherine Ripley, While I wish that the environment, the health of which Managing Editor underscores http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Biodiversity Taylor & Francis

Vote GREEN!

Biodiversity , Volume 1 (4): 3 – Nov 1, 2000
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Taylor & Francis
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10.1080/14888386.2000.9712525
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FORUM suggests replacing the Gross National Product (GNP) with Biodiversity i s pleased to provide the “Genuine Progress Indicator” (GPI). The GNP A federal election in Canada looms on the horizon and this space for excludes social and environmental costs in its accounting, diverse viewpoints no doubt most media will focus on the race between the thus facilitating the illusion that community breakdown, on biodiversity- new Canadian Alliance party, the trying-to-make-a- related issues. crime, the loss of farmland and biodiversity, and comeback Conservatives, and the in-power Liberals. As If you have an unemployment have no economic significance. A Green opinion to share, I write this viewpoint article in the summer of 2000, it economy would provide more jobs; it would be labour- a comment on appears that the major issues will be on personal levels any article, intensive, sustainable, and based on the skills of people. of taxation, the economy, and healthcare. The environment or a challenge for other readers, per se doesn’t appear to be on the current agenda. A Green Party Department of Finance would also aim for please contact the following: Catherine Ripley, While I wish that the environment, the health of which Managing Editor underscores

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Biodiversity – Taylor & Francis

Published: Nov 1, 2000

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