Neben dem Klimawandel ist der zunehmende Biodiversitätsverlust das zentrale Umweltproblem des 21. Jahrhunderts. Ökosystemdienstleistungen und Biodiversität besitzen einen hohen ökonomischen Wert für die Gesellschaft, wobei ihre Erhaltung fast immer deutlich kostengünstiger ist als ihre...

The European Union's Council Regulation on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development has introduced auctioning as a new instrument for granting agri-environmental payments and awarding conservation contracts for the recent multi-annual budgetary plan....

The European Union's Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development has introduced promising changes in rewarding farmers by the implementation of conservation auctions and granting farmers' transaction costs. The...

The aim of the paper is to give suggestions about how an agri-environment index can be designed by taking into account specific ecological and economical factors that reflect benefits and costs of biodiversity conservation. Main findings are that the general structure of an agri-environment...