concerns over the extent and rate of biodiversity loss have led to renewed interest in extinction outcomes and speculation …

The use of private capital to finance biodiversity conservation and restoration is a new practice in sustainable … finance. This study sheds light on this new practice. First, we provide a conceptual framework that lays out how biodiversity … types of financing is the “monetization” of biodiversity, that is, the extent to which investments in biodiversity can …

, and farmers-in a case study aimed at eliciting preferences for conserving different types of biodiversity within orchards … in the Cape Floristic Region-a biodiversity hotspot in South Africa threatened by the expansion and intensification of … government with the lowest trust level and value estimates. In terms of preferences for biodiversity conservation, our results …

We explore the economic effects of biodiversity loss by developing an ecologically-founded model that captures how …, which depends, among other things, on the distribution of biodiversity losses across ecosystem functions. We discuss how … these fragility measures can help policymakers assess the risks induced by biodiversity loss and prioritize conservation …

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 … and external effects of management effort on biodiversity; and (iii) the welfare loss due to free-riding may decrease or …

cover increased between 1990 and 2010. As "forests" is a heterogeneous group, a biodiversity-corrected Forestation Index is … positive impact on biodiversity) and monocultures (that are debatable with that respect). OLS regression is used to reveal …

semi-natural pastureland. However, the program may have negative impacts on landscape aesthetics and biodiversity. We … from carbon sequestration and biodiversity seem more constant across space. The net present value of all land use … substantial hypothetical bias in benefit estimates and for cost increases. Results indicate that landscape and biodiversity values …

biodiversity. Ecologists have shown that biodiversity loss results in lower plant productivity, while agricultural economists have … linked biodiversity loss on farms with increasing variability of crop yields, and sometimes lower mean yields. In this paper … agriculture, with a focus on how the loss of biodiversity affects food production. We employ a quantitative, structurally …

econometric advancements, shifting focus to direct measures of biodiversity, filling the knowledge gap on the effect of protected …

balance between forests as carbon sink, habitat for biodiversity conservation and functional ecosystems on one hand, and on …