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PART 1. Philosophy and Politics ISSUE 1. Should a Price Be Put on the Goods and Services Provided by the World's Ecosystems? YES: Janet N. Abramovitz, from "Putting a Value on Nature's `Free' Services", World Watch NO: Marino Gatto and Giulio A. De Leo, from "Pricing Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: The Never-Ending Story", BioScience ISSUE 2. Is Biodiversity Overprotected? YES: David N. Laband, from "Regulating Biodiversity: Tragedy in the Political Commons", Ideas on Liberty NO: E. O. Wilson, from "Why Biodiversity Matters", interview by Kris Christen, OECD Observer ISSUE 3. Are Environmental Regulations Too Restrictive? YES: Peter W. Huber, from "Saving the Environment From the Environmentalists", Commentary NO: Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich, from "Brownlash: The New Environmental Anti-Science", The Humanist ISSUE 4. Should Environmental Policy Attempt to Cure Environmental Racism? (and more...)