Harnessing markets for biodiversity : towards conservation and sustainable use.

Biodiversity losses continue at an alarming rate. Policies are therefore urgently needed to promote the sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity. Governments and private sector actors are increasingly recognising the potential of harnessing markets to help arrest the degradation of biodivers...

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Corporate Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Working Group on Economic Aspects of Biodiversity
Other Authors: Biller, Dan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Paris : OECD, [2003]
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Summary:Biodiversity losses continue at an alarming rate. Policies are therefore urgently needed to promote the sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity. Governments and private sector actors are increasingly recognising the potential of harnessing markets to help arrest the degradation of biodiversity. The private provision of biodiversity products and services is proving to be quite feasible in some circumstances. Some biodiversity products and services are already being profitably marketed. Private markets also need to be supported by appropriate public policies. This publication provides a conceptual framework for market creation in the biodiversity policy arena, as well as several examples of where the use of markets can assist policy makers and society at large in the search for more sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity.
Item Description:Prepared under the auspices of the OECD Working Group on Economic Aspects of Biodiversity; drafted by Dan Biller.
Published in French as: Mobiliser les marchés au service de la biodiversité : pour une politique de conservation et d'exploitation durable.
Physical Description:137 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-136).
ISBN:9264099220