UNEP-BPSP THEMATIC STUDIES
The Use of Economic Measures
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National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans
| Introduction This report is one of eight thematic reviews prepared for the Biodiversity Planning Support Programme (BPSP), jointly-implemented by the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Environment Programme, with core financial support from the GEF. The BPSP was created to help countries strengthen national capacity to prepare and implement National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans in compliance with Article 6 of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The study consists of the following: The synthesis report contains sections dealing: 1. Background to the review: Why and how was the review carried out? 2. Links between economics and biodiversity: Why and how can economic measures be used to strengthen biodiversity conservation, and to support the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity? 3. Guidance on the use of economic measures for biodiversity planning: How far do existing methods, tools and applications of biodiversity economics provide useful information for biodiversity planners? 4. Experiences, lessons learned and best practices in the use of economic measures in National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans: As different countries have set in place national frameworks for biodiversity conservation, how have they actually applied economics techniques and tools in practice, and what can we learn from this? 5. Ways forward in NBSAP planning: What are the opportunities and requirements for better using economic measures in support of biodiversity planning, especially in the context of the NBSAPs process?. 2. Case Studies from Southern Africa, Eastern Africa, South-East Asia and Pakistan The case studies compile real-world experiences and best practices in the undertaking of the theme at regional, national or project level. Under the economics review, five case studies were carried out on the use of economic measures in NBSAPs in: Zimbabwe and Southern Africa, Uganda and Eastern Africa, Pakistan and South Asia, Vietnam and South East Asia, and Ecuador and the Andean Region (the latter is summarised in the workshop report only). 3. INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON BIODIVERSITY AND ECONOMICS: Compilation of Materials A workshop to review the case studies and to share experiences among economists and biodiversity planners. This workshop was held June 2001 in Ecuador by IUCN, in collaboration with the Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental, Association for Biodiversity Information, Kew Botanical Gardens, UNEP and World Bank Institute. Over 50 participants attended the workshop, including both economists and biodiversity planners from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, Guatemala, Kenya, Mexico, Oman, Panama, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam and Zimbabwe. 4. Review of the Global Literature on Biodiversity and Economics. The review focusses on resources which are easily available at minimum or no cost. This annotated literature review, covering some 300 published references and 40 websites dealing with the economics of biodiversity, was produced as a separate document in March 2001. |