Case Studies for the Handbook of Biodiversity Valuation: A Guide for Policy Makers

These case studies are background information to the Handbook of Biodviersity Valuation:

• Australia:  Valuing environmental flows for wetland rehabilitation: an application of choice modelling in the Macquarie valley
• Austria: Biodiversity, landscapes and ecosystem services of agriculture and forestry in the Austrian alpine region  (also in German)
• Canada: Application of environmental damage assessment and resource valuation processes in atlantic Canada
• Czech Republic: Applied evaluation of biodiversity in the Czech Republic
• Finland: The act on the financing of sustainable forestry and the development of forest certification Finnish Case Study on Biodiversity Incentive Measures
• France: A cost-benefit analysis of biodiversity conservation programmes in the Garonne valley: French Case Study on Biodiversity Incentive Measures
• Hungary: Loss of the value of Szigetköz wetland due to the gabcikovo-nagymaros barrage system development
• Norway: The Norwegian master plan for water resources – a national co-ordinated plan For non-developed hydropower sources
• Switzerland: Direct payments for biodiversity provided by Swiss farmers
• United Kingdom: Valuing management for biodiversity in British forests at the forestry commission - April 1996
• United Kingdom: Integrated estates management - valuation of conservation and recreation benefits