| Valuation of Biodiversity Benefits: Selected Studies Contributor(s): OECD Publishing (Author) |
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ISBN: 926419665X ISBN-13: 9789264196650 Publisher: Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development OUR PRICE: $71.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2001 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Sustainable Development |
| Dewey: 330 |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 8.25" W x 11" (0.98 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The importance of biodiversity valuation is widely understood in academia and is increasingly used in policy making and other fora. For example, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), through the Conference of the Parties (COP), recognises that "economic valuation of biodiversity and biological resources is an important tool for well-targeted and calibrated economic incentive measures". Further, it encourages the Parties to "take into account economic, social, cultural and ethical valuation in the development of relevant incentive measures" (CBD COP Decision IV/10). Biodiversity valuation should be an integral part of environmental economic policy, providing information to policy makers in their quest to identify priorities and equate trade-offs. As part of its effort to support governments in using valuation methods to assess the value of biological diversity, the OECD commissioned this series of case studies. They cover the state of the art on economic valuation and on the interface between economic and ecological valuation. |