Scaling-Up Finance Mechanisms For Biodiversity

by OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (Editor)

This report examines six mechanisms that can be used to scale-up financing for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use and to help meet the 2011-20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets. The mechanisms are environmental fiscal reform, payments for ecosystem services, biodiversity offsets, green markets, biodiversity in climate change funding, and biodiversity in international development finance. Drawing on literature and more than 40 case studies worldwide, this book addresses the following What are these mechanisms and how do they work? How much finance have they mobilised and what potential is there to scale this up? And what are the key design and implementation issues that need to be addressed so that governments can ensure these mechanisms are environmentally effective, economically efficient and distributionally equitable? Table of Content : Acronyms and abbreviations
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. Global biodiversity Key issues
- An invisible yet invaluable life support system
-Aim, scope, and approach
-References
Chapter 2. The role of finance mechanisms in biodiversity conservation and sustainable use
-Recognising the benefits of biodiversity and ecosystem services
-Policy instruments for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use
-Mechanisms for mobilising finance for biodiversity
-References
Chapter 3. Environmental fiscal reform
-An introduction to environmental fiscal reform
-Potential for mobilising and scaling-up finance from EFR
-Key features for effective design and implementation of EFR
-References
Chapter 4. Payments for ecosystem services
-An introduction to payments for ecosystem services
-Potential for mobilising and scaling-up finance for PES
-Key features for effective design and implementation of PES
-References
Chapter 5. Biodiversity offsets
-An introduction to biodiversity offsets programmes
-Key features for effective design and implementation of biodiversity offset
programmes
-References
Chapter 6. Markets for green products
-An introduction to markets for green products
-Potential for mobilising and scaling-up finance from markets for green
products
-Key features for effective design and implementation of markets for green
products
-References
Chapter 7. Biodiversity in climate change funding
-An introduction to biodiversity in climate change funding
-Potential for mobilising and scaling-up biodiversity-related climate
change funding
-Key design and implementation features to promote biodiversity in climate
change funding
-References
Chapter 8. Biodiversity in international development finance
-An introduction to biodiversity in international development finance
-Potential to mobilise and scale-up biodiversity in international development finance
-Key features for integrating biodiversity objectives into international development finance
-References
Chapter 9. Comparing across the Insights and lessons
-Comparing across the six biodiversity finance mechanisms
-A proposed assessment framework for biodiversity instruments and
mechanisms
-References
Annex A. Innovative finance mechanisms and the Convention on Biological Diversity
Annex B. Multilateral and bilateral initiatives for REDD+
Annex C. Examples of safeguards applied in REDD+

164 pages, Paperback

First published June 11, 2013

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