A Study on the Conservation of Renewable Natural Resources and International Trade

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This study analyzes the issues of conservation and sustainable use of renewable natural resources, such as forestry resources and fishery resources, from economic point of view. In particular, this study is focused on the relationship between those renewable resources and international trade. The theoretical analysis in this study shows the effects of new disciplines of fisheries subsidies negotiated at the Word Trade Organization(WTO) on fisheries output and fisheries resource stock. It also shows the potential protectionism effects of disclosing information of non-product-related process and production methods(NPR-PPMs) to consumers through eco-labeling. Moreover, this study also demonstrates the propagation mechanism of non-enforcement of property rights over renewable resources against illegal harvesters from one country to another through the international price effect.