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Valuation and conservation of biodiversity
interdisciplinary perspectives on the Convention on Biological Diversity
xxix, 429 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Global conservation of biodiversity from an economic point of view / Rainer Marggraf -- Financial support for biodiversity protection in developing countries : does the CBD mechanism lead to an appropriate level of biodiversity protection? / Susanne Menzel -- The Cartagena Protocol : trade related measures as a means to protect biological diversity from risks deriving from genetically modified organisms / Alexander Behrens -- Policy-windows for the Declaration of Protected Areas : a comparative case study of East Germany and Guatemala / Heiko Garrelts, Regina Birner, Heidi Wittmer -- Will companies engage in the conservation of biodiversity? : a prototypical model of aggregated pro-biodiverse actions of industrial companies / Ralph Buse -- Problems and prospects of the conservation of biodiversity in Germany / Matthias Schaefer -- The designation of national parks in German nature conservation law / Tobias Hellenbroich -- Conservation management of target species or conservation of processes : winners and losers of two different conservation strategies / Judith Rothenbücher, Kai Bentlage, Peter Just -- Valuation of ecosystem services provided by biodiversity conservation : an integrated hydrological and economic model to value the enhanced nitrogen retention in renaturated streams / Ingo Bräuer -- Towards sustainable land use : public demand for plant diversity in agricultural landscapes of central Germany / Anke Fischer -- Narrating diversity : plants, personal knowledge and life stories in German home gardens / Anne Holl -- Aspects of bird valuation in Brandenburg-Prussia : towards the significance of socio-economic conditions for biodiversity perception between the 16th and 20th century / Johannes Klose -- Prospects and challenges for biodiversity conservation in Guatemala / Regina Birner, Heidi Wittmer, Augustin Berghöfer, Michael Mühlenberg -- Calculating incentives for watershed protection : a case study in Guatemala / María A. Máñez Costa, Manfred Zeller -- The cultural context of biodiversity conservation / Petra Maass -- Direct payments for conservation : the importance of environmental measures in farming systems for bird populations in a fragmented landscape : a case study in Guatemala / María A. Máñez Costa, Swen Renner -- Land use changes and abiotic aspects as basic conditions for conservation of biodiversity in a tropical montane cloud forest (Guatemala) / Michael Markussen, Swen Renner -- Human impact on bird diversity and community structure in a tropical montane cloud forest in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, with special reference to the quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) / Swen Renner, Michael Markussen -- What drives biodiversity loss in the land of trees? : a review of the economic and historical parameters causing deforestation in Guatemala / Ludger-Josef Loening, Hermann Sautter -- Permanent evaluation: an important tool for a quality assurance in interdisciplinary research / Philip Balsiger, Rudolf Kötter.
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Convention on Biological Diversity (1992 June 5)
Convention sur la diversité biologique (1992)