Side Event on Recent OECD Work on the Economic Aspects of Biodiversity, at COP9 CBD in Bonn, 22 May 2008

On 22 May 2008, OECD held a side-event at the Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 9) in Bonn, presenting recent OECD work on the economic aspects of biodiversity. The event was focused on: a new OECD publication on distributive issues of biodiversity policies; the use of incentive measures in OECD countries to manage biodiversity and, new work on climate change and biodiversity.

Agenda/Flyer

Presentations

• People and Biodiversity – Impacts, Issues and Strategies for Policy Action
  Timo Goeschl, University of Heidelberg
• Use of Incentive Measures in OECD Countries to Manage Biodiversity
  Helen Mountford and Kyung Yong Lee, OECD
• Incentives to Reduce GHG Emissions from Deforestation in Developing Countries (REDD)
  Katia Karousakis, OECD
• Targeting Payments for Multiple Ecosystem Services
  Rosimeiry Portela, Conservation International