Paradise Lost?: The Ecological Economics of Biodiversity - Paperbackby Edward B. Barbier (Editor), Joanne C. Burgess Barbier (Editor), Carl Folke (Editor) Originally published in 1994, Paradise Lost? is the outcome of a unique collaboration between economists and ecologists initiated by the Beijer Institute of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The book examines how the loss of biodiversity is one of the most serious problems the world faces, and suggests that new, interdisciplinary thinking is required to