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The private and public insurance value of conservative biodiversity management
Baumgärtner, Stefan; Quaas, Martin F. - 2005
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-economic model in which such management measures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010468970
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On the potential policy use of biodiversity indicators : limitations of some currently used indices at the country level based on the Hungarian example and recommendations for impr...
Benedek, Zsófia - 2013
In order to facilitate the use of biodiversity indicators in policy making at the country level, a few and well …, the original cover should also be considered to evaluate the present situation. In case of species-based indicators, the …-based indicators that account for ecosystem processes should be used in policy making instead of static lists as not biodiversity per …
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Cost benefit analysis and the environment : how to best cover impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services
Markandya, Anil - 2016
There are now a large number of valuation studies on the benefits of biodiversity and on ecosystem services, the services provided by different ecosystems (ESS). Both ideas have been used to elicit values from nature but in recent years the research community has focussed on ESS as the main...
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Managing the biodiversity impacts of fertiliser and pesticide use : overview and insights from trends and policies across selected OECD countries
Sud, Megha - 2020
This paper reviews the impacts and costs of pesticide and fertiliser pollution as well as the policy responses to counter these in selected OECD countries. More specifically, the paper begins with an overview of the main biodiversity and health impacts of excess pesticide and fertiliser. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012180379
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Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, and Land Use : Comparing Three Federal Policies
Walls, Margaret; Riddle, Anne - 2012
Natural ecosystems provide a variety of benefits to society, known as “ecosystem services.” Fundamental to the provision of ecosystem services in a region is its underlying biodiversity, i.e., the wealth and variety of plants, animals, and microorganisms. Because the benefits from ecosystem...
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Effects of Ending Payments for Ecosystem Services : Removal Does not Crowd Prior Conservation Out
Moros, Lina; Vélez, María Alejandra; Pfaff, Alexander; … - 2020
We implemented a decision experiment in the field with rural peasants in Colombia to test the effects of introducing then partially or totally removing Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES). We consider individual and collective payments and different rules for removal. We find that there is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014089870
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The private and public insurance value of conservative biodiversity management
Baumgärtner, Stefan; Quaas, Martin F. - 2006
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-economic model in which such management measures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265129
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Responsibility for Regime Shifts in Managed Ecosystems
Baumgärtner, Stefan - 2021
I develop a quantitative measure of a manager's responsibility for a regime shift in a managed ecosystem with stochastic dynamics. I build on the well-established concept of responsibility, which I operationalize in a simple generic model. Causal responsibility is the degree of causation of an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013242292
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Synergies in the land use sector : what is the best policy approach when co-benefits and trade-offs are involved?
Lopez, Martin - In: Central European economic journal 6 (2019) 53, pp. 53-69
Mitigation and adaptation are the main strategies to address climate change. Both of them are interrelated instruments and key elements of an integral approach to tackle the phenomenon. This interrelation is particularly strong in the land use sector, an area in which practically any policy has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012302133
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Evaluating the effectiveness of policy instruments for biodiversity : impact evaluation, costeffectiveness analysis and other approaches
Karousakis, Katia - 2018
This report provides an overview of methodologies to evaluate the effectiveness of policy instruments for biodiversity, covering impact evaluation, cost-effectiveness analysis and other more commonly used approaches. It then provides an inventory of biodiversity-relevant impact evaluation...
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