Designing agri-environmental schemes targeted at conservation poses the key question of how many financial resources should be allocated to address a particular aim such as the conservation of an endangered species. Economists can contribute to an answer by estimating the 'optimal level of...

An approach is present which integrates an economic and an ecological model for designing cost-effective compensation payments for conservation of endangered species in real landscapes. The approach is used to develop a cost-effective compensation payment scheme for conservation of an endangered...

The EU Habitats Directive provides in Annexes II and IV a list of species needing to be conserved. Member States have implemented a variety of conservation measures in response to this obligation. These measures include the rejection, modification or delay of land development plans, payments for...

Der Erhalt der Biodiversität zählt neben dem Klimawandel zu den größten umweltpolitischen Aufgaben unserer Zeit. Denn eine intakte Natur sichert existenzielle Lebensgrundlagen – darunter gesunde Nahrung, sauberes Wasser oder fruchtbare Böden –, sie ist aber auch unerlässliche Ressource...