palm oil within the GHG context. We discuss the impact of palm oil on biodiversity and analyse how palm oil can contribute … is much less significant than postulated by some recent campaigns. Furthermore, biodiversity in oil palm plantations is …

specific ecological and economical factors that reflect benefits and costs of biodiversity conservation. Main findings are that … site and point out its significance for biodiversity conservation (Conservation Significance Factor), ii) a criterion that …) criteria that estimate the potential biodiversity outcomes induced by specific management actions (Conservation Management …

We analyze whether biodiversity is enhancing the development process in developing countries (DCs) via increasing … tourism receipts in a trade based endogenous growth framework. The underlying assumption is that a rich biodiversity - only if … biodiversity while being significantly and positively correlated with inbound tourism receipts in DCs, has no significant relation …

The ecological literature suggests that biodiversity reduces the variance of ecosystem services. Thus, conservative … biodiversity management has an insurance value to risk-averse users of ecosystem services. We analyze a conceptual ecological … management effort influence biodiversity; and (iii) the welfare loss due to free-riding may decrease or increase, depending on …

The environmental discussion is increasingly extended to the question of how to preserve biodiversity. As sensible … regulation of biodiversity utilization uses politically set incentive schemes, it is required to discus the monetary value of … biodiversity. Consequently, the relation between economic incentives and biodiversity is in the focus of our paper. By using bird …

The ecological literature suggests that biodiversity reduces the variance of ecosystem services. Thus, conservative … biodiversity management has an insurance value to risk-averse users of ecosystem services. We analyze a conceptual ecological … and external effects of management effort on biodiversity; and (iii) the welfare loss due to free-riding may decrease or …

looks at optimal policies of biodiversity conservation. The subject of the paper is 'natural' biodiversity, which is …

the loss of biodiversity in any way connected with globalization of the economy? …Reduction of the earth’s biodiversity as a result of human activities is a matter of great concern to prominent … scientists. What are the economic aspects of this loss? In economic terms, what is biodiversity and why might it matter? And is …