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A human well-being approach for assessing the value of natural land areas

Kopmann, Angela; Rehdanz, Katrin - In: Ecological Economics 93 (2013) C, pp. 20-33

benefits of land conversion for society. Accordingly, the EU Biodiversity Strategy requires the member countries to assess …

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Biodiversity conservation, loss of natural capital and interest rates

Tisdell, Clem - In: Ecological Economics 70 (2011) 12, pp. 2511-2515

variations in the rate of biodiversity loss nor does such a regular relationship occur between alterations in the market rate of … are given in which a rise in the market rate of interest results in increased biodiversity loss and others in which it … does not. It is also posited that the rate of biodiversity loss (as well as the rate of natural resource extraction) tends …

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Ecosystem services as substitute inputs: Basic results and important implications for conservation policy

Simpson, R. David - In: Ecological Economics 98 (2014) C, pp. 102-108

In recent decades conservation advocates have often emphasized the contributions of ecosystem services to the production of other products. A demonstration of the value of ecosystems as inputs into production would motivate their conservation. Such arguments often offer the observation that...

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The role of farmers' property rights in soil ecosystem services conservation

Foudi, Sébastien - In: Ecological Economics 83 (2012) C, pp. 90-96

This paper analyzes the role of property rights in soil conservation. The conventional wisdom in soil conservation and property rights argues that tenants invest less than landlords in sustainable management practices and tend to overexploit soil biota services. The paper examines how this issue...

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The valuation of biodiversity conservation by the South African Khomani San “bushmen” community

Dikgang, Johane; Muchapondwa, Edwin - In: Ecological Economics 84 (2012) C, pp. 7-14

significant shift in conservation in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and environs in South Africa. Biodiversity conservation will … environmental stewards. To assess their attitude toward biodiversity conservation, this study used the contingent valuation method … to investigate the economic values the communities assign to biodiversity conservation under three land tenure …

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Agri-environmental policies for biodiversity when the spatial pattern of the reserve matters

Bamière, Laure; David, Maia; Vermont, Bruno - In: Ecological Economics 85 (2013) C, pp. 97-104

The aim of this paper is to compare different environmental policies for cost-effective habitat conservation on agricultural lands, when the desired spatial pattern of reserves is a random mosaic. We use a spatially explicit mathematical programming model which studies the farmers' behavior as...

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An evaluation of monetary and non-monetary techniques for assessing the importance of biodiversity and ecosystem services to people in countries with developing economies

Christie, Mike; Fazey, Ioan; Cooper, Rob; Hyde, Tony; … - In: Ecological Economics 83 (2012) C, pp. 67-78

Biodiversity supports a range of ecosystems services that are of fundamental importance to people in poor countries …. Economic valuation of biodiversity is important for the development of policies that protect biodiversity and alleviate poverty …. This paper provides an evaluation of monetary and non-monetary techniques for assessing the value of biodiversity to people …

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Compensation and Rewards for Environmental Services (CRES) and efficient design of contracts in developing countries. Behavioral insights from a natural field experiment

Clot, Sophie; Andriamahefazafy, Fano; Grolleau, Gilles; … - In: Ecological Economics 113 (2015) C, pp. 85-96

The use of economic incentives for biodiversity (mostly Compensation and Reward for Environmental Services including … Payment for ES) has been widely supported in the past decades and became the main innovative policy tools for biodiversity …

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Food labeling and eco-friendly consumption: Experimental evidence from a Belgian supermarket

Vlaeminck, Pieter; Jiang, Ting; Vranken, Liesbet - In: Ecological Economics 108 (2014) C, pp. 180-190

Using an incentive-compatible framed field experiment, we investigate whether consumers' food consumption is more eco-friendly when the information about a product's environmental impact is more easily accessible. Through an online survey, we identify a food label that is perceived to be the...

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Unraveling the veil of fuzziness: A thick description of sustainability economics

Remig, Moritz C. - In: Ecological Economics 109 (2015) C, pp. 194-202

This article provides a thick description (Geertz, 1973) of sustainability economics. Baumgärtner and Quaas (2010a, b) have proposed as an alternative to ecological economics the new field of sustainability economics, which has triggered various replies. The purpose here is to order and to...

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