The Knowledge Flow Paper at hand gives an overview of the economic reasons for the loss of biodiversity and eco …

biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services provision in the context of an existing policy mix. In the context of the EU 2010 … goal of halting biodiversity loss, researchers have been called upon to evaluate the role of economic instruments for cost …

contribution of biodiversity to the sustainable development has recently been acknowledged. The need for this recognition arose … from the fact that biodiversity provides a variety of socio- cultural and economic services for the humankind such as food …, water, shelter, medicines, energy and aesthetic value. Despite realization of biodiversity as essential factor for human …