This book is a collection of papers from the OECD meeting on Agri-biodiversity Indicators held jointly with the EU and … international organisations in November 2001, in Zurich-Rechkenhols, Switzerland. A key outcome was to establish a common agri-biodiversity … framework that helps understand the complexity of agri-biodiversity linkages. Papers cover the following topics; agricultural …

The importance of biodiversity valuation is widely understood in academia and is increasingly used in policy making and …), recognises that "economic valuation of biodiversity and biological resources is an important tool for well-targeted and … ethical valuation in the development of relevant incentive measures" (CBD COP Decision IV/10). Biodiversity valuation should …

All societies depend on biodiversity and biological resources, and policy-makers are increasingly aware that … development pressures are today generating unprecedented rates of biodiversity loss. The fact that biodiversity issues often …, is easy to disregard. The result is that biodiversity fails to compete on a level playing field in policy decisions with …

The private provision of biodiversity products and services is proving to be quite feasible in some circumstances. Some … biodiversity products and services are already being profitably marketed. Private markets also need to be supported by appropriate … public policies. This publication provides a conceptual framework for market creation in the biodiversity policy arena, as …

Striking the right balance between the conservation/sustainable use and the loss of biodiversity requires accounting … the loss of biodiversity. It promotes the use of markets to ensure that our collective preferences for conservation and …

target policy objectives, including for biodiversity. The paper outline the process involved in designing and implementing … the 2017 OECD report The Political Economy of Biodiversity Policy Reform. …