Date:
2011
Format:
Videos
Language:
EN
Source:
Focus of material:
Application
Target group:
Educators
policy makers (national
local
regional)
business
citizens
Description:
Issues covered include challenges in valuing biodiversity and ecosystem services, particularly in developing countries, some core frameworks & methodologies for such valuation, local and national policy solutions, and business responses. The course uses case studies from leading experts to explore the impacts on biodiversity of fiscal & economic policies and market mechanisms, including subsidies, property rights regimes, payments for ecosystem services schemes, REDD+, and industry environmental strategies.
Fitness for material development:
Direct use
Keywords:
TEEB, policy, biodiversity, national policy, workshop materials