Economics and Biological Diversity: Developing and Using Economic Incentives to Conserve Biological ResourcesIUCN, 1988 - 236 Seiten Economics and biological diversity; Vallues and benefits of biological diversity; Economic incentives: what they are and how they can be used to promote conservation of biological diversity; The use of economic incentives to promote conservation of biological resources at the community level; The use of incentives at the national level; International aspects of incentives systems; Mechanisms for funding incentives packages; Guidelines for using incentives to conserve biological diversity; Case studies: Perverse economic incentives; Economic incentives at the community level; The use of incentives at the national and international levels. |
Inhalt
Foreword | iii |
ECONOMICS AND BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY | xiv |
VALUES AND BENEFITS OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY | 9 |
What they are and how they | 37 |
NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF ECONOMIC INCENTIVES | 53 |
THE USE OF INCENTIVES AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL | 79 |
INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF INCENTIVES SYSTEMS | 101 |
MECHANISMS FOR FUNDING INCENTIVES PACKAGES | 111 |
GUIDELINES FOR USING INCENTIVES TO CONSERVE | 123 |
CASE STUDIES | 145 |
DEFINITIONS OF KEY CONCEPTS | 195 |
ACRONYMS | 231 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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