Regarding the world as commodities that are tradable is fundamental to modern mainstream economics, but is also at the heart of biodiversity offset schemes which aid exchange through the creation of a
common metric. In contrast, conservation that attempts to protect
land on the basis of non-economic values requires a compatible set of institutional arrangements that conform with this philosophy and agencies that have the
power to enforce rules in opposition to economic utilitarianism Quite simply, rights and intrinsic values in
Nature are not protected by forcing trade-offs and compensation.