Assessing the role of economic instruments in a policy mix for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services provision: a review of some methodological challenges

  Available online: http://bioecon-network.org/pages/11th_2009/Barton.pdf

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-effective decision-making, as well as non-market methods to assess their benefits. This paper reviews a number of methodological challenges of evaluating and designing economic instruments aimed at biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services provision in an existing policy mix. The study draws on experiences from Brazil and Costa Rica.

Language(s): English

Tags: Environment and landscape ; Economics ; Biodiversity ; Methodology ; Costa Rica ; Brazil Add tag