As economic incentives for biodiversity and ecosystem service protection (e.g., payments for ecosystem services) have … that economic incentives may undermine people's intrinsic motivations to conserve biodiversity. In this paper we review the … theoretical insights and empirical findings on motivation crowding effects with economic instruments for biodiversity protection …

The aim of this article is to contribute to the development of ecological-economic incentives in conservation policy …. Our approach uses strategies for establishing habitat networks as an example to develop spatially-oriented incentives in … urban landscapes. The incentives should ideally consider aspects both of ecological effectiveness and economic efficiency …