A Conceptual Analysis of the Application of Tradable Permits to Biodiversity Conservation;Un Análisis Conceptual de la Aplicación de Permisos Negociables en la Conservación de la Biodiversidad

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 404-411

  Wissel, Silvia ^a,b   Wätzold, Frank ^a,b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservation policy; Cost effectiveness; Economic development; Habitat banking; land use; Market based instruments; Tradable permits

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSERVATION PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT RESTORATION; MARKET SYSTEM; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; LICENSURE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 77954166499     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01444.x     Document Type: Article

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