The conservation of biodiversity is a major environmental issue, one that promises to remain at or near the top of the … role to play in helping to develop and evaluate conservation strategies. Because biodiversity is at risk in large part … affairs, not from better biology alone. Economists can help set priorities to allocate scarce conservation resources where …

of land and climate attributes. We conclude that European conservation efforts lack ambition because policymakers select …

Protected areas are a cornerstone of forest conservation in developing countries. Yet we know little about their …

Integrated Conservation and Development Projects (ICDPs) within the countryside. In particular, the paper concludes that for the … of a development strategy that tries to combine biodiversity conservation within a framework of sustainable economic …

Slash-and-burn agriculture in poor tropical countries is one of the main causes of conservation payments, slash … agricultural productivity. Under innovative environmental policies, direct conservation payments to farmers are starting to be …