on landholders, and that more effective and more transparent measures could be used to achieve biodiversity conservation … biodiversity regulations. The Commission’s preliminary findings were released for public comment in December 2003. It found that … Vegetation and Biodiversity Regulations, and Government’s response was released in August. In its final assessment, the …

We show that between intensive and extensive farming, the production method most beneficial to biodiversity depends on … has higher production costs, extensive farming tends to be more beneficial to biodiversity than intensive farming, except … when there is a very high degree of convexity between biodiversity and yield. Extensive farming is detrimental to consumers …

We show that whether intensive or extensive farming is most beneficial to biodiversity depends on the equilibrium of … agricultural markets. With higher production costs, extensive farming tends to be more beneficial to biodiversity than intensive … farming, except when there is a very high degree of convexity between biodiversity and yield. Extensive farming is detrimental …

Economic benefits that arise from conservation farming practices need to be assessed over several years to account for …

biodiversity conservation becomes a land use issue. Since in developing countries, land is the most important productive asset, the … conservation of historical buildings in urban areas, is extended and adapted here to the conservation of biodiversity, both within … opportunity costs of conservation are forgone development, while the benefits from conservation are distant and largely external …

The importance of compensation payments for biodiversity-enhancing land-use measures has grown over the past decade …, particularly in connection with agri-environmental policy. Given that both the costs and the benefits of biodiversity … cost-effectiveness associated with uniform payments for biodiversity-enhancing land-use measures to be assessed for …

Nationally implemented protected area measures for biodiversity conservation generate cross-border externalities. For … internalizing these externalities at the international level, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) has been established as a …

Payments for Environmental Services (PES) and biodiversity conservation in developing countries. We first discuss some of the … framework in 11 biodiversity PES field projects to evaluate the impacts on biodiversity conservation and rural development. We … inherent complexities and uncertainties when linking biodiversity to ecosystem services and the related inconsistencies to deal …

, biodiversity conservation) although the main support for it politically has been on the assumption it does. The principle …’s potential consequences for biodiversity conservation of the introduction of new genetic material, such as genetically modified … economic versions of the principle can give rise to conflicting policy recommendations for resource conservation. In addition …