Information on Negative Incentive Measures

General Information

• OECD 2008: Implementation of the 2004 OECD Council recommendation on the use of economic instruments in promoting the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity
• Synthesis report of information on incentive measures provided by CBD Parties in the third national reports
• The Distributional Incidence of Residential Water and Electricity Subsidies
• The Use of Economic Instruments in Environmental Policy: Opportunities and Challenges

Case Studies

• Strenghtening indicators and accounting systems for natural capital
• Australia
  Individual transferable quotas in the South East Fishery, Australia
• Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Fiji, Guatemala, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Namibia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  The Green Buck: Using economic tools to deliver conservation goals
• Austria, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Denmark, Germany, France, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands, Sweden
  Economic Instruments for Water Management: Experiences from Europe and Implications for Latin America and the Caribbean
• Bhutan, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Ecuador, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe
  From Goodwill to Payments for Environmental Services: A Survey of Financing Options for Sustainable Natural Resource Management in Developing Countries
• Botswana
  Promoting a sustainable water supply in Botswana
• Brazil
  Biodiversity conservation and cattle ranchers in the Brazilian Pantanal
• Canada
  Incentive measures in the Canadian National Forest Strategy
• China
  Experiences and Practices on Incentive Measures in China
• Colombia
  Economic Incentives to Control Water Pollution in Developing Countries. How Well Has Colombia's Wastewater Discharge Fee Program Worked and Why?
• European Union
  Environmental taxes: recent developments in tools for integration
• Germany
  UNESCO Biosphere Reserves Schorfheide-Chorin and Rhön, Germany
• Greece
  Incentives for the conservation of the nesting grounds of the sea turtle, Caretta caretta, in Laganas Bay, Zakynthos, Greece
• Hungary
  Water Abstraction Fee in Hungary
• India
  Public Expenditure and Subsidies in Indian Irrigation: Who Benefits?
• Lebanon
  Tax exemptions or reductions and environmental funds in the Code of Environment of Lebanon
• Malaysia
  Malaysian Palm Oil Pollution Tax
• Mexico
  Wastewater Effluent Charge in Mexico
• Morocco
  Incentive measures proposed in the national biodiversity strategy and action plan, Morocco
• Namibia
  Economic without market: Policy inferences from natural-based tourism studies in Namibia
• Netherlands
  Green investment funds: Project Infiltration Masswater, The Netherlands
• Norway
  The role of economic tools in Norway's Action Plan for Biodiversity
• Poland
  Water Pollution Charge in Poland
• Republic of Korea
  Conservation of biodiversity in Mt. Chiri, with special attention to poaching bears
• Thailand
  Entrance fees for users in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand
• Uganda
  Incentives for urban wetlands conservation in Nakivubo, Uganda