Sub-national governments have a key role in delivering on national and international biodiversity commitments. Drawing … examines the policy instruments that subnational governments can leverage to deliver positive biodiversity outcomes. The paper … highlights, among other things, the need to: develop clear and measurable biodiversity targets at sub-national level; incorporate …

nautical miles. As more is understood about marine biodiversity on the outer continental shelf, states may wish to regulate the … use of biodiversity for the purposes of conservation or for future exploitation. This article identifies potential threats … to marine biodiversity on the continental shelf, explores whether conservation is a legitimate purpose for exercising …

This book sets out the building blocks of an economic approach to biodiversity, and in particular brings together … addressed. This collection of high-quality chapters addresses the economic issues involved in biodiversity protection. This book …

The objectives of this new EU Action Plan are to: • Reinforce action to halt the loss of biodiversity in the EU by 2010 … significantly reducing the rate of biodiversity loss worldwide by 2010. The Action Plan identifies four main policy areas and sets … out 1 0 key objectives to deliver the 2 010 biodiversity target and put biodiversity on the course to recovery. These are …