Europe and Eurasia

Marketing Environmental Services: Lessons learned in German development co-operation

This presentation describes some of the lessons that the German aid agency (GTZ) has learned regarding marketing environmental services, providing background information on development of markets […]

  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): L. Petersen
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

A comparison of EU-U.S. payments for (agri-) environmental services

This presentation Outlines some differences and similarities between (agri-)environmental service (AE) payment programs in the European Union (EU) and United States (US). Possible reasons for the […]

  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): K. Baylis; L. Simon
  • Type of Document: Media

An incentive based tool for ecologically and economically efficient provision of agrobiodiversity

Outline: Introduction Outcome-based payment scheme -Project region -Ecological goods -Supply and demand -Tendering procedure Case study in the district of Northeim Integration into the EU policy […]

  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): E. Bertke; R. Marggraf
  • Type of Document: Media

Payments for Environmental Services in the Danube

This presentation discussed issues related to developing and promoting payments for environmental services in the Danube River Basin.

  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): A. Beckmann
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

Fostering Payments for Environmental Services (PES) in the Danube Basin: The goal: To conserve rural environments and improve rural livelihoods

This publication provides an overview of a proposed PES project in Europe’s Danube basin, describing the location, objectives and anticipated outcomes. The project emphasis is to […]

  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): A. Beckmann; P. Gutman; T. Long
  • Type of Document: Project Document

Fostering Payments for Environmental Services (PES) in the Danube Basin: Why the Danube Basin and why payments for environmental services?

This publication describes the characteristics of the Danube basin and reviews the history of land use and ecological health in different parts of the basin. Several […]

  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): A. Beckmann; P. Gutman; T. Long
  • Type of Document: Project Document

PES in the Tisza River Basin

This presentation describes WWF’s work through the ‘One Europe More Nature’ initiative to develop socio-economic mechanisms for nature conservation and sustainable development in a number of […]

  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): C. Avis
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

Promoting Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) and other sources of sustainable financing for rural conservation and development

This presentation describes an ongoing WWF initiative to implement PES schemes and scale-up existing PES programs, the 2010 outcome Goals and current output and activities. “With […]

  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): P. Gutman
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

The Green Buck: Using economic tools to deliver conservation goals: A WWF field guide

This guide demonstrates some of the ways in which WWF has developed economic approaches to the achievement of conservation success around the world, and some of […]

  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): T. Le Quesne; R. McNally
  • Type of Document: Research Report

Social Networks Shaping Integrated Pest Management Knowledge and Practice

Abstract: Conventional technology transfer is based on the assumption of autonomous individuals independently making behavioral decisions. In contrast, the idea of “social networks” is that people […]

  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): K. Moore
  • Type of Document: Media