TY  - BOOK
TI  - Economic instruments in biodiversity-related multilateral environmental agreements / 
SN  - 928723901
AV  - Pamphlet GE170. E366 2004
PY  - 2004///
CY  - [Place of publication not identified] : 
PB  - [United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)] ; , [United Nations Publication], 
KW  - Environmental policy
KW  - Environmental law, International
KW  - Non-governmental organizations
KW  - Global environmental change
KW  - Environmental management
KW  - Environmental management – Handbooks, manuals, etc
N1  - Cover title.
“September 2004”
; Contents: Foreword—Acknowledgements—United Nations Environment Programme—Executive summary—1. Introduction—2. Economic instruments and biodiversity—3. References to economic instruments in selected MEAs—4. Use of economic instruments to implement selected biodiversity-related MEAs—5. Conclusions—6. Bibliography
N2  - Summary: “Economic instruments are increasingly recognized as having an important role to play in the implementation of many multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs), including those that protect biological diversity. Well-defined property and use rights can promote the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, tradable catch and export permits can encourage the protection of endangered species of fauna and flora, and incentives such as charges and taxes can help to maintain critical habitats, including wetlands. For the purpose of this study economic instruments are defined as “Instruments that affect estimates of costs and benefits of alternative actions open to economic agents…”—(page 11)
UR  - https://doi.org/10.29171/azu_acku_pamphlet_ge170_e366_2004
ER  -