ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS

The Biodiversity Economics Site: a clearing house dedicated to the mission of IUCN - The World Conservation Union, to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable.

The Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia was established in May 1993 to support training and research in environmental and resource economics. Its goal is to strengthen local capacity for the economic analysis of environmental problems so that researchers can provide sound advice to policymakers. The program uses a networking approach to provide not only financial support but meetings, resource persons, access to literature, publication outlets, and opportunities for comparative research across its ten member countries. These are Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, China, Papua New Guinea and Sri Lanka.

Forum for Economics and Environment (FEE)

The London Group on Environmental Accounting was created in 1993 to provide an informed forum for practitioners to share their experience of developing and implementing environmental satellite accounts linked to the economic accounts of the System of National Accounts. It convened its first meeting in March 1994 in London, England. Successive meetings have been held in Washington, U.S.A. in 1995, Stockholm, Sweden in 1996, Ottawa, Canada in 1997, Fontevraud, France in 1998 and in Canberra, Australia in November, 1999. The next meeting will be held in Voorburg, Netherlands. Participation includes representatives from statistical offices and international organizations. A Papers and Proceedings volume has been compiled after each meeting.

MAINE AUDUBON SOCIETY: Contains a short bibliography with a variety of methods for resource valuation of water, forest and recreational values.

The OECD has launched a database of information about environmental taxes. The database, which will be regularly updated, can be accessed free of charge.

GUIDE :

The Valuation of Biological Diversity for National Biodiversity Action Plans and Strategies,
A Guide for Trainers:
by Dominic Moran and Camille Bann, March 2000. Prepared for the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).

DOCUMENTS:

Community-based Economic Incentives for Nature Conservation