Shiller's main line of argument is an extension of Kenneth Arrow's classic 1964 article, "The Role of Securities in the Optimal Allocation of Risk Bearing," which emphasized the importance of markets for protecting against risk.
For hospitals, on the other hand, they argue for the importance of protecting knowledge because explicit improvements to processes or products can be rapidly adopted by other hospitals.
An important move in that turn was made here in Chicago -- it was to positively assert the importance of freedom of movement for all scholars, and to acknowledge the importance of protecting an open space for the conversation to continue.
Workshops mobilised by the Environment Support Group (ESG) were held to build awareness about the importance of protecting the lakes for present and future generations.
Rather, the objective in the first instance is to demonstrate the importance of protecting native woodland for future ecosystem service provision.
Institutions such as the United Nations Human Rights Council and the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation have both recently underlined the importance of protecting the operating environments for civil society, and provide forums for holding governments to account.
Taken together, these findings illustrate the importance of protecting and restoring natural habitats for the conservation for bats and the pest-suppression services they provide in agricultural ecosystems.
We need to increase education and information for citizens, and particularly for young people on the importance of protecting and nurturing our wildlife and natural world.
Glenn Prickett Senior Vice President, Climate Change Conservation International Arlington, Va., Feb. 2, 2009 To the Editor: Among tropical botanists, the importance of protecting old-growth forest for maintaining biodiversity is not under debate.
