Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures

 
Submission
ID 4810
Government Norway
Submitted for Sixth Ordinary Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 6)
 
Main Information
Title The role of economic tools in Norway's Action Plan for Biodiversity
Description The submission reports on the status of implementation Norway's action plan for biodiversity with regard to the use of economic tools, in particular with regard to the identification of environmentally disruptive governmental subsidies and to the design of a nature damage tax.
Web Link /doc/case-studies/inc/cs-inc-no-01-en.pdf
 
Additional Information
Countries Norway
Ecosystems Agricultural Biodiversity
Forest Biodiversity
Inland Waters Biodiversity
Island Biodiversity
Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Mountain Biodiversity
Polar Biodiversity
Regions Western Europe and Others
Incentive Measures Negative Incentives (taxes, levies,...)
Reform of Perverse Incentives
Keywords Subsidy reform
Pollution taxes/levies