2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

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

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21530221
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Applied economics
Research Institution	Kyoto University
Principal Investigator	JINJI Naoto 京都大学, 経済学研究科, 准教授 (60345452)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Keywords	再生可能天然資源 / 国際貿易 / GATT/WTO / 貿易関連措置 / エコラベル / 漁業補助金 / 違法採取
Research Abstract	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.