Valuation and Conservation of Biodiversity: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Convention on Biological Diversity

Global Conservation of Biodiversity from an Economic Point of View....Pages 3-21
Financial support for biodiversity protection in developing countries — does the CBD mechanism lead to an appropriate level of biodiversity protection?....Pages 23-41
The Cartagena Protocol: trade related measures as a means to protect biological diversity from risks deriving from genetically modified organisms....Pages 43-64
Policy-Windows for the Declaration of Protected Areas — A Comparative Case Study of East Germany and Guatemala....Pages 65-83
Will companies engage in the conservation of biodiversity? A prototypical model of aggregated pro-biodiverse actions of industrial companies....Pages 85-103
Problems and Prospects of the Conservation of Biodiversity in Germany....Pages 107-131
The Designation of National Parks in German Nature Conservation Law....Pages 133-153
Conservation management of target species or conservation of processes — Winners and losers of two different conservation strategies....Pages 155-192
Valuation of ecosystem services provided by biodiversity conservation: an integrated hydrological and economic model to value the enhanced nitrogen retention in renaturated streams....Pages 193-204
Towards sustainable land use: Public demand for plant diversity in agricultural landscapes of central Germany....Pages 205-220
Narrating diversity: Plants, personal knowledge and life stories in German home gardens....Pages 221-248
Aspects of bird valuation in Brandenburg-Prussia: Towards the significance of socio-economic conditions for biodiversity perception between the 16th and 20th century....Pages 249-281
Prospects and Challenges for Biodiversity Conservation in Guatemala....Pages 285-296
Calculating Incentives for Watershed Protection. A Case Study In Guatemala....Pages 297-314
The cultural context of biodiversity conservation....Pages 315-342
Direct payments for conservation — the importance of environmental measures in farming systems for bird populations in a fragmented landscape. A case study in Guatemala....Pages 343-356
Land use changes and abiotic aspects as basic conditions for conservation of biodiversity in a tropical montane cloud forest (Guatemala)....Pages 357-372
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 )....Pages 373-390
What drives biodiversity loss in the land of trees? A review of the economic and historical parameters causing deforestation in Guatemala....Pages 391-418
Permanent Evaluation: An important tool for a quality assurance in interdisciplinary research....Pages 421-429