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Abebe, S. et al. (2011) A review of the cost-effectiveness and performance of selected Verifiable Emission Reduction (VER) carbon offsets. Joint Technical Brief POLIYCMIX and FUNCiTREE No. 1

Project publications • Ecosystem service values

Andrade, J. et al., compensation for Legal Reserves in Northwest Mato Grosso: a policymix to reduce deforestation

Project publications • Modelling

Barton, D. N. et al. (2010) Assessing the Role of Economic Instruments in a Policy Mix for Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Services Provision: A Review of Some Methodological Challenges. Discussion Paper 1-2010

Project publications • Policy instruments - Comparisons & mixes

Barton, D. N. et al. (2012)Assessment of existing and proposed policy instruments for biodiversity conservation in Norway. Report 1/2012

Project publications • Policy instruments - Comparisons & mixes

Barton, D. N. et al. (2013) Guidelines for opportunity cost evaluation of conservation policy instruments. Technical Brief Issue no. 11 (rev.)

Project publications • Ecosystem service values

Barton, D.N. , I. Ring, G. Rusch (2014) Policyscape: Nature-based policy mixes for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services provision

Project publications • Institutional fit;Policy instruments - Comparisons & mixes

Bernasconi, P.; S. Blumentrath; D.N. Barton; G. Rusch & A. R. Romeiro (2013) Policyscape— The potential of Tradable Development Rights (TDR) to improve effectiveness and reduce the costs of biodiversity conservation: study case in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Project publications • Biodiversity and ecosystem impact;Ecosystem service values;Modelling

Bittner, S. and Lienhoop, N., 2013: Understanding non-participation of farmers in agri-environmental schemes for afforestation. The case of West Saxony.

Project publications • Ecosystem service values

Blumentrath, S. (2011) Site prioritisation models and their suitability for assessing and designing policy mixes for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services provision: a comparison of software packages. Technical Brief Issue no.4

Project publications • Biodiversity and ecosystem impact;Modelling

Brouwer, R. and Simon, T. (2011) Review of the Biodiversity Valuation Literature and Meta-Analysis. Report 5/2011

Project publications • Ecosystem service values;Modelling

Brouwer, R. et al. (2013) Guidelines for biodiversity valuation and benefits assessment of economic instruments. Tecnical Brief Issue no. 10

Project publications • Ecosystem service values

Bunikyte, R., G. M. Rusch, and B. J. Graae. 2012. A time-line analysis of the public biodiversity conservation mix: Changes in conservation gains in the county of Sør-Trøndelag.

Project publications • Biodiversity and ecosystem impact

Cassola, R.S. 2011. Ecological Fiscal Transfers for Biodiversity Conservation: Options for a federal-state arrangement in Brazil. Master thesis, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau.

Project publications • Institutional fit;Modelling;Policy instruments - Ecological fiscal transfers

Chacón-Cascante et al. 2013. Evaluating the policymix path dependency of PES using socio-ecological system characteristics: the case of Hojancha, Nicoya and Nandayure

Project publications • Institutional fit;Policy instruments - PES

Chacón-Cascante et al. 2014. Social Impact evaluation of forest conservation and reforestation PES contracts in Hojancha

Project publications • Social impact;Policy instruments - PES

Chacón-Cascante, A.et al. (2012). Costa Rica: National level assessment of the role of economic instruments in the conservation policymix. Report 2/2012

Project publications • Policy instruments - Comparisons & mixes;Policy instruments - Protected area enforcement;Policy instruments - AEM

Clemente, P., Santos, R., Antunes, P., Pinto, R. Assessing farmers’ perceptions and performance of agri-environmental schemes in a multifunctional agro-forest system: lessons for instrument design in a conservation policymix.

Project publications • Biodiversity and ecosystem impact;Social impact;Policy instruments - Protected area enforcement;Policy instruments - AEM

Cárdenas et al. 2014. Costa Rica: Effectivity of PES carbon balance in livestock systems in Nicoya peninsula, Costa Rica

Project publications • Biodiversity and ecosystem impact;Policy instruments - PES

Dang Phan, T. et al. (2014) The economic costs of avoided deforestation in the developing world: A meta-analysis. Journal of Forest Economics 20 (2014) 1-16

Peer reviewed

Del Arco, P., May P. H., Rusch, G.. 2013. The effect of forest proximity on biological control of pasture in Northwest Mato Grosso, Brazil: an economic analysis for land use policy. ESEE Conference, Lille.

Project publications • Biodiversity and ecosystem impact

Droste, N. 2013. Naturschutz im föderalen System Deutschlands. Eine ökonomische Perspektive auf einen ökologischen Länderfinanzausgleich. Masterarbeit, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg und Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ, Leipzig, Oldenburg.

Project publications • Institutional fit;Modelling;Policy instruments - Ecological fiscal transfers

Droste, N., Ring, I., Schröter-Schlaack, C., Lenk, T. Ecological Fiscal transfers in Germany. Discussion paper draft.

Project publications • Institutional fit

Fasiaben, M.C.R., Gori, A., Andrade, D.C., Ângelo, J.A. Costs of environmental protection in different types of agricultural production units: the case of Cantareira-Mantiqueira Corridor Region.

Project publications • Ecosystem service values;Policy instruments - PES

Grieg-Gran, M. et al. (2011) Guidelines for Assessing Social Impacts and Legitimacy in Conservation. Technical Guide Issue no. 1

Project publications • Social impact

Grieg‐Gran, M. et al. (2013) Best practice guidelines for assessing  social impacts and legitimacy of conservation policy  instruments. Technical Brief Issue no.8

Project publications • Social impact

J. Vivan (in memoriam), R. Davenport, P.C. Nunes, R. Abad, P.H. May, D.N. Barton, L.P. Amaral. 2013. Pilot projects and agroenvironmental measures in northwest Mato Grosso, Brazil: impacts and lesson for REDD+ policy “mixes.” Paper presented at ESEE Conference, Lille.

Project publications • Biodiversity and ecosystem impact

Kachele, K. et al. (2012) Forest certification: a voluntary instrument for environmental governance. In: Bandyopadhyay, J.; Chopra, K.; Ghosh, N. (eds.) Environmental governance: Approaches, imperatives and methods. Bloomsbury, Mumbai, p. 281-300, 2012.

Peer reviewed

Lindhjem, H ., K. Grimsrud, S. Navrud and S. O. Kolle (forthcoming) "The Social Benefits and Costs of Preserving Forest Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services".

Peer reviewed

Lindhjem, H. and Mitani, Y. (2012) Forest owners’ willingness to accept compensation for voluntary conservation: A contingent valuation approach. Journal of Forest Economics 18 (2012) 290–302

Peer reviewed

May P. H., M. F. Gebara, G. Lima, C. Jordão, P. Nogueira, M. Grieg-Gran. 2013. The effectiveness and fairness of the “Ecological ICMS” as a fiscal transfer for biodiversition conservation. A tale of two municipalities in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Paper presented at ESEE Conference, Lille.

Project publications • Policy instruments - Ecological fiscal transfers

May, P. et al. (2012) Assessment of the role of economic and regulatory instruments in the conservation policymix for the Brazilian Amazon – a coarse grain study. Report 5/2012

Project publications • Policy instruments - Comparisons & mixes;Policy instruments - REDD PLUS;Policy instruments - Ecological fiscal transfers;Policy instruments - Protected area enforcement;Policy instruments - AEM;Policy instruments - Tradable rights & offsets

May, P.H. et al (2012) The "Ecological" Value Added Tax (ICMS-Ecologico) in Brazil and its effectiveness in State biodiversity conservation: a comparative analysis

Project publications • Institutional fit;Policy instruments - Ecological fiscal transfers

May, P.H. et al (2013) The effectiveness and fairness of the "Ecological ICMS" as a fiscal transfer for biodiversity conservation. A tale of two municipalities in Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Project publications • Social impact;Policy instruments - Ecological fiscal transfers

Mitani, Y. and H. Lindhjem (2014) "Forest owners' participation in voluntary biodiversity conservation in Norway: What does it take to forego forestry for eternity?"... Resubmitted and under review, Revised April 2014.

Peer reviewed

Pinto, R., Antunes, P., Santos, R., Blumentrath, S., Clemente, P. Evaluating spatial targeting and planning effectiveness of policies: Illustrative example of an agri-environmental measure application in a multifunctional system. (in preparation)

Project publications • Biodiversity and ecosystem impact;Ecosystem service values;Modelling;Policy instruments - Protected area enforcement

Porras, I. , A. Chacon Cascante, D.N.Barton, D. Tobar (2014) Ecosystems for Sale. Land prices and payments for ecosystem services in Costa Rica

Project publications • Ecosystem service values;Modelling;Policy instruments - PES

Primmer, E. et al. (2011) Draft Guidelines for the analysis of institutions shaping biodiversity policy instrument applicability. Technical Brief Issue No. 2

Project publications • Institutional fit

Primmer, E. et al. (2013) Best practice guidelines on the role of  multi‐level governance institutions in policy. Technical Brief Issue No. 9

Project publications • Institutional fit

Primmer, E. et al. (2013) Finland: Assessment of existing and proposed policy instruments for biodiversity conservation at national level POLICYMIX Report Issue No 2/2013. This report replaces POLICYMIX Report 4/2012.

Project publications • Policy instruments - Comparisons & mixes;Policy instruments - Protected area enforcement;Policy instruments - AEM

Primmer, E. et al.(2013) Evolution in Finland's Forest Biodiversity Conservation Payments and the Institutional Constraints on Establishing New Policy, Society and Natural Resources, 0:1-18

Peer reviewed • Institutional fit;Policy instruments - PES

Puga, B.P., Chiodi, R., Sarcinelli, O., Andrade, D.C., Romeiro, A.R. Institutional aspects of PES schemes in Cantareira System Region.

Project publications • Institutional fit;Policy instruments - PES

Raitanen, E. et al. (2013) Economic Instruments for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Conservation & the EU State Aid. Regulation. Journal for european environmental & planning law 10(1), 6-28.

Peer reviewed • Institutional fit;Policy instruments - PES

Ramos-Bendaña et al. 2014. Evaluating spatial targeting of payments for forest ecosystem services: Using ‘policy benchmark scenarios’ derived from conservation planning tools

Project publications • Biodiversity and ecosystem impact;Ecosystem service values;Policy instruments - PES

Ring, I. et al. (2011) Instrument Mixes for Biodiversity  Policies. Report 2/2011

Project publications • Policy instruments - Comparisons & mixes;Policy instruments - REDD PLUS;Policy instruments - Ecological fiscal transfers;Policy instruments - Protected area enforcement;Policy instruments - AEM;Policy instruments - Tradable rights & offsets

Ring, I. et al. (2011) Recommendations for assessing instruments in policy mixes for biodiversity and ecosystem governance. Technical Brief Issue no. 5

Project publications • Policy instruments - Comparisons & mixes;Policy instruments - Trade policy;Policy instruments - REDD PLUS;Policy instruments - Ecological fiscal transfers;Policy instruments - AEM;Policy instruments - Tradable rights & offsets

Robalino et al. Substitutability and complementarity of forest conservation policies

Project publications • Biodiversity and ecosystem impact;Modelling;Policy instruments - PES

Romeiro, A.R. et al. (2012) Assessment of existing and proposed policy instruments for biodiversity conservation in São Paulo -Brazil: a coarse grain analysis. Report 3/2012

Project publications • Policy instruments - Comparisons & mixes;Policy instruments - Ecological fiscal transfers;Policy instruments - AEM;Policy instruments - Tradable rights & offsets

Rugtveit, S.V., D. N. Barton, S. Navrud, A. Chacón Cascante (2013) Transaction and compliance costs of payments for ecosystem services in a public-private benefits framework - a case study from Peninsula de Nicoya, Costa Rica. Submitted to Ecosystem Services

Project publications • Institutional fit;Policy instruments - PES

Rusch,G.M. et al. (2011) Existing data and adequacy of the datasets for the national and local scales analyses for assessing gains in maintaining biodiversity. POLICYMIX Report Issue 3/2011

Project publications • Biodiversity and ecosystem impact

Rusch,G.M. et al. (2011) Policy outcomes: A guideline to assess biodiversity conservation and ESS provision gains. Technical Brief Issue no.3

Project publications • Biodiversity and ecosystem impact

Rusch,G.M. et al. (2013) Best practice guidelines for assessing effectiveness of instruments on biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services provision. Technical Brief Issue no. 7

Project publications • Biodiversity and ecosystem impact

Sanchez, Oscar (2014): Arreglos Institucionales del Programa de Pago por Servicios Ambientales (PSA) en Costa Rica

Policy instruments - PES

Santos, R. et al. (2012) Assessment of the role of economic instruments in the Portuguese  conservation policymix – a national coarse grain analysis. Report 6/2012

Project publications • Policy instruments - Comparisons & mixes;Policy instruments - Ecological fiscal transfers;Policy instruments - Protected area enforcement;Policy instruments - AEM

Santos, R., Antune,s P., Ring, I., Clemente, P., Ribas, T., Directing economic instruments at public and private local stakeholders for biodiversity conservation. The case of agrienvironment schemes and ecological fiscal transfers. Environmental Policy and Governance

Peer reviewed

Santos, R., Clemente, P., Brouwer, R., Antunes, P., Pinto, R., Landowners Preferences for Agri-Environmental Agreements to Improve the Conservation Value of the Montados’ Ecosystem in Portugal (to be submitted in May 2014)

Project publications • Modelling

Santos, R., May, P., Barton, D.N., and Ring, I. (eds.) 2014. Comparative assessment of policy mixes across case studies - common design factors and transferability of assessment results. Report 1/2014.

Project publications • Institutional fit;Policy instruments - Comparisons & mixes;Policy instruments - Ecological fiscal transfers;Policy instruments - AEM;Policy instruments - PES

Santos, R., Ring, I., Antunes, P., Clemente, P., 2012. Fiscal transfers for biodiversity conservation: the Portuguese Local Finances Law. Land Use Policy, 29, 261-273 Acknowledgement: SCALES EC-FP7 project, which funded part of the research

Peer reviewed • Policy instruments - Ecological fiscal transfers

Schröter-Schlaack, C., Ring, I., Koellner, T., Santos, R., Antunes, P., Clemente, P., Mathevet, R., Borie, M., Grodzińska-Jurczak, M. (2014): Intergovernmental fiscal transfers to support local conservation action in Europe. The German Journal of Economic Geography

Peer reviewed • Institutional fit

Schröter-Schlaack, C., Ring, I., Koellner, T., Santos, R., Antunes, P., Clemente, P., Mathevet, R., Borie, M., Grodzińska-Jurczak, M. (2014): Intergovernmental fiscal transfers to support local conservation action in Europe. The German Journal of Economic Geography 58(2-3). Special Issue on “The economics of protected areas – a European perspective”, 98-114

Project publications • Policy instruments - Ecological fiscal transfers

Schröter‐Schlaack,C.et al.(2013) Assessment of existing and proposed policy  instruments for biodiversity conservation in Germany  The role of ecological fiscal transfers. Report 1/2013

Project publications • Policy instruments - Comparisons & mixes;Policy instruments - Ecological fiscal transfers

Schulz- Zunkel, C., Schröter-Schlaack, C., Ring, I. & Klenke, R. (2014): Selecting biodiversity indicators for implementing ecological fiscal transfers at state level in GermanySubmitted to Ecological Indicators

Project publications • Biodiversity and ecosystem impact;Policy instruments - Ecological fiscal transfers

Simila, J. et al. (2014) Biodiversity Protection in Private Forests: An Analysis of Compliance Journal of Environmental Law, 2014, 0, 1–21

Peer reviewed • Institutional fit;Policy instruments - PES

Similä, J. et al. (2012) Legal analysis of the relationship between European state aid and nature conservation law, and economic instruments for biodiversity protection. Report 7/2012

Project publications • Institutional fit;Policy instruments - Trade policy;Policy instruments - REDD PLUS

Svarstad, H. et al. (2011) Three types of environmental justice - From concepts to empirical studies of social impacts of policy instruments for conservation of biodiversity. Report No 1

Project publications • Social impact