Fostering nature-based solutions in urban areas is an issue that receives increasing
attention on the political agenda. But in many cases, only insufficient financial resources are …

Biodiversity conservation usually builds on strategies involving a wide range of policy
instruments. Policy mixes are even more important in the sustained provision of ecosystem …

Economic instruments for conservation are invoked as a strategy to achieve the dual goals
of maintaining healthy ecosystems and improving human well-being. The outcomes of such …

Regions of high biodiversity often coincide with regions of poverty and conservation can
imply economic and social costs for poor resident populations. Environmental compensation …

This paper sheds light on the cases of delay, in some cases interruptions and cancellations
of criteria, that followed the adoption of ecological fiscal transfers (EFT) by Brazilian states …

In many countries, the state owns or manages forests in the national interests of economic
development, ecosystem service provision or biodiversity conservation. A national approach …

Forests play an important role in both mitigation and adaptation to climate change. India is
amongst a select group of countries that have experimented with intergovernmental fiscal …

Purpose—The main objective of this study is to analyze the influence of socioeconomic
development and fiscal decentralization on environmental quality in Indonesia, as well as to …

In 2010, the European Union (EU) adopted its Biodiversity Strategy with an ambitious target
to 'halt biodiversity and ecosystem service loss by 2020, to restore ecosystems in so far as is …

Ecological Fiscal Transfers (EFT) have recently gained attention as a promising instrument
to provide incentives for nature conservation addressing public authorities. In parallel, both …