Valuation and Conservation of Biodiversity

Chapter 1 Global Conservation of Biodiversity from an Economic Point of View

Chapter 2 Financial support for biodiversity protection in developing countries — does the CBD mechanism lead to an appropriate level of biodiversity protection?

Chapter 3 The Cartagena Protocol: trade related measures as a means to protect biological diversity from risks deriving from genetically modified organisms

Chapter 4 Policy-Windows for the Declaration of Protected Areas — A Comparative Case Study of East Germany and Guatemala

Chapter 5 Will companies engage in the conservation of biodiversity? A prototypical model of aggregated pro-biodiverse actions of industrial companies

Chapter 6 Problems and Prospects of the Conservation of Biodiversity in Germany

Chapter 7 The Designation of National Parks in German Nature Conservation Law

Chapter 8 Conservation management of target species or conservation of processes — Winners and losers of two different conservation strategies

Chapter 9 Valuation of ecosystem services provided by biodiversity conservation: an integrated hydrological and economic model to value the enhanced nitrogen retention in renaturated streams

Chapter 10 Towards sustainable land use: Public demand for plant diversity in agricultural landscapes of central Germany

Chapter 11 Narrating diversity: Plants, personal knowledge and life stories in German home gardens

Chapter 12 Aspects of bird valuation in Brandenburg-Prussia: Towards the significance of socio-economic conditions for biodiversity perception between the 16th and 20th century

Chapter 13 Prospects and Challenges for Biodiversity Conservation in Guatemala

Chapter 14 Calculating Incentives for Watershed Protection. A Case Study In Guatemala

Chapter 15 The cultural context of biodiversity conservation

Chapter 16 Direct payments for conservation — the importance of environmental measures in farming systems for bird populations in a fragmented landscape. A case study in Guatemala

Chapter 17 Land use changes and abiotic aspects as basic conditions for conservation of biodiversity in a tropical montane cloud forest (Guatemala)

Chapter 18 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 )

Chapter 19 What drives biodiversity loss in the land of trees? A review of the economic and historical parameters causing deforestation in Guatemala

Chapter 20 Permanent Evaluation: An important tool for a quality assurance in interdisciplinary research