Elements of an integrated analysis of a land/water use and nature conservation in De Vechtstreek area are presented …. These are used in an illustrative cost-benefit analysis of a change to more nature conservation in De Vechtstreek. The … concluded that the nature conservation is a rational economic strategy for discount rates below 13% for a time horizon of 10 …

, infrastructure, agriculture, recreation and nature conservation. The formulation of alternative development scenarios is dominated by …

The search for a framework to study globalisation, economics and ecology for nature conservation andbiodiversity …-benefit analysis. Recently, the conservation and valuation of biodiversity, and theresilience of ecological and combined ecological … frameworks and models toaddress pressing policy questions relating to globalisation, conservation of biodiversity, sustainable …

We contribute to the literature on the optimal design of auction mechanisms for the procurement of nature conservation … activities. We use an economic experiment to examine whether the market efficiency of conservation auctions increases or … increases market efficiency, conservation contracts can be of shorter duration and procured at a higher frequency than has been …

conservation agency. We find that market efficiency of the auction increases in the number of potential corridors. We use … agglomeration bonus is less efficient than a buyout for conservation agencies facing low budgets, and vice versa. A risk …-averse conservation agency is however always better off using a buyout policy. …