Institute for European Environmental Policy


  • Innovative financing mechanisms for biodiversity: what can Mexico and Europe learn from each other?

    IEEP and partners compare innovative biodiversity financing mechanisms in the EU and Mexico and suggest recommendations for mutual learning.

    biodiversity
    Birds Directive
    Convention on Biological Diversity
    environmental fiscal reform
    Environmental Policy Integration
    environmental taxation
    EU 2020 strategy
    EU budget
    EU funding
    EU Sustainable Development Strategy
    governance
    habitat banking
    Habitats Directive
    Natura 2000
    nature conservation
    offset
    payment for ecosystem services
    policy instruments
    structural funds
    sustainable development 
    02 Jun 2017
  • Innovative mechanisms for financing biodiversity conservation: A comparative summary of experiences from Mexico and Europe

    IEEP and partners compared innovative biodiversity conservation funding mechanisms in the EU and Mexico.

    agri-environment
    biodiversity
    Convention on Biological Diversity
    Environmental Policy Integration
    environmental taxation
    EU budget
    EU funding
    EU Sustainable Development Strategy
    governance
    Natura 2000
    nature conservation
    offset
    payment for ecosystem services
    policy instruments
    sustainable development 
    02 Jun 2017
  • IEEP at CBD COP13: Europe’s experience with innovative financing mechanisms for biodiversity conservation

    IEEP’s work on innovative financing for EU biodiversity conservation was presented in Cancun, Mexico at the 13th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.

    biodiversity
    ecosystem services
    environmental fiscal reform
    financial instruments
    habitat banking
    offset
    payment for ecosystem services 
    21 Dec 2016
  • Improving environmental financing via result-based agri-environment measures

    A new article by IEEP explores the use of result-based agri-environment measures in the region of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The study shows that result-based schemes can increase the environmental effectiveness and conditionality of the EU Common Agricultural Policy.

    agri-environment
    agriculture
    biodiversity
    CAP
    ecosystem services
    financial instruments
    market based instruments
    nature conservation
    organic farming
    payment for ecosystem services 
    26 Apr 2016
  • Result-based agri-environment measures: market-based instruments, incentives or rewards?

    agri-environment
    agriculture
    biodiversity
    ecosystem services
    grassland
    high nature value
    market based instruments
    payment for ecosystem services 
    27 May 2015
  • Nature and the green economy – IEEP contributing to China’s eco-civilisation drive

    IEEP’s Patrick ten Brink presented on Nature and its Role in the Transition to a Green Economy at the TEEB Multi-stakeholder International Workshop held on 21-22 January in Beijing, China. The talk contributed to current discussions in China on how decision-makers can better consider the multiple values of nature and ecosystems, with a focus on protected areas.

    biodiversity
    Convention on Biological Diversity
    ecological network
    ecosystem approach
    ecosystem services
    ecosystems
    market based instruments
    nature conservation
    offset
    payment for ecosystem services
    policy instruments
    protected area
    public goods
    TEEB 
    10 Feb 2015
  • Whither the new Commission?

    IEEP’s David Baldock gives his take on the new Commission in the latest edition of our newsletter. Read about how IEEP is raising ambition for the next EU climate and energy package, plus: priorities and policy options for a circular economy, payments for farmland biodiversity achievements, biodiversity proofing EU spending, and more.

    agriculture
    biodiversity
    CAP
    climate and energy package
    Environmental Policy Integration
    EU 2020 strategy
    EU budget
    governance
    payment for ecosystem services 
    21 Oct 2014
  • Guidance handbook for financing Natura 2000

    An updated ‘Financing Natura 2000 Guidance Handbook’ aims to inform national stakeholders about opportunities for financing the management of Natura 2000 sites through various EU funds during the 2014-2020 period.

    agri-environment
    agriculture
    biodiversity
    Birds Directive
    CAP
    cohesion policy
    Common Fisheries Policy
    ecological network
    ecosystem services
    EU funding
    European Fisheries Fund
    financial instruments
    green economy
    Habitats Directive
    high nature value
    marine protected areas
    market based instruments
    Natura 2000
    nature conservation
    payment for ecosystem services
    protected area
    structural funds 
    11 Sep 2014
  • High Nature Value farming throughout EU-27 and its financial support under the CAP

    This study reviews Member States’ estimates of the extent of HNV farmland and use of RDP measures and the CMEF indicators, then identifies future priorities for CAP support for HNV farming and discusses the support opportunities under the reformed CAP. It offers detailed new evidence about the combined effect of Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 CAP payments on the economic and environmental viability of a typical HNV farming system in three Member States.

    agriculture
    biodiversity
    Biodiversity Action Plan
    Birds Directive
    CAP
    climate change
    cross-compliance
    ecosystems
    Environmental Policy Integration
    EU funding
    financial instruments
    grassland
    Habitats Directive
    high nature value
    indicators
    land use
    livestock
    Natura 2000
    natural resources
    nature conservation
    organic farming
    payment for ecosystem services
    public goods
    soil
    subsidiarity 
    16 May 2014
  • New report: High Nature Value Farming in the EU

    Member States need to make the most of the opportunities under the new Common Agricultural Policy if the declines in HNV farming, critical for meeting our 2020 biodiversity targets, are to be halted.

    agri-environment
    agriculture
    biodiversity
    Birds Directive
    CAP
    climate change
    cross-compliance
    ecosystems
    EU funding
    grassland
    Habitats Directive
    high nature value
    land use
    livestock
    Natura 2000
    organic farming
    payment for ecosystem services
    soil 
    16 May 2014
  • Sectoral resource mobilisation to implement global biodiversity targets

    There is an urgent need to find sufficient resources to enable developing countries to implement the global targets for biodiversity by 2020. Financing the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity from different sectoral funding flows can complement global biodiversity financing.

    biodiversity
    Convention on Biological Diversity
    eco-labelling
    ecosystem services
    EU funding
    EU Sustainable Development Strategy
    financial instruments
    green economy
    habitat banking
    market based instruments
    multilateral environmental agreements
    natural resources
    nature conservation
    payment for ecosystem services
    policy instruments
    sustainable development
    TEEB 
    09 Oct 2013
  • Guidance manual for TEEB country studies - Version 1.0

    Co-authored by IEEP staff, the Manual is for anyone who is considering or currently undertaking a TEEB country study. Its purpose is to provide guidance throughout the entire TCS cycle, from initiation to policy analysis and ecosystem service valuations, communicating findings, and using results to support decision making.

    benefits of legislation
    best practice
    economics
    ecosystem approach
    ecosystem services
    ecosystems
    Environmental Policy Integration
    nature conservation
    payment for ecosystem services
    protected area
    public goods
    sustainable development
    TEEB 
    25 Jul 2013
  • New report: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Water and Wetlands

    This new IEEP-led report presents insights on the importance of wetlands in delivering ecosystem services that are needed to support human life, and also for people’s livelihoods and the world’s economies. The report shows that demonstrating and using the values of ecosystem services related to water and wetlands can lead to better informed, more cost-effective, and fairer decision- making.

    climate change
    Convention on Biological Diversity
    economics
    ecosystem approach
    ecosystem services
    ecosystems
    fisheries
    flooding
    green economy
    indicators
    marine
    marine protected areas
    market based instruments
    natural resources
    nature conservation
    payment for ecosystem services
    TEEB
    water
    Water Framework Directive
    water quality
    water scarcity
    wetland 
    04 Feb 2013
  • The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Water and Wetlands

    This new IEEP-led report presents insights on the importance of wetlands in delivering ecosystem services that are needed to support human life, and also for people’s livelihoods and the world’s economies. The report shows that demonstrating and using the values of ecosystem services related to water and wetlands can lead to better informed, more cost-effective, and fairer decision- making.

    climate change
    Convention on Biological Diversity
    economics
    ecosystem approach
    ecosystem services
    ecosystems
    fisheries
    flooding
    green economy
    indicators
    marine
    marine protected areas
    market based instruments
    natural resources
    nature conservation
    payment for ecosystem services
    TEEB
    water
    Water Framework Directive
    water quality
    water scarcity
    wetland 
    01 Feb 2013
  • Socio-economic importance of ecosystem services in the Nordic countries

    New TEEB-inspired regional assessment (published on 31 January) shows that nature and its ecosystem services are of high socio-economic significance for the Nordic countries. In order to be truly sustainable, Nordic economic systems need to build on a more comprehensive appreciation and understanding of the value of natural capital.

    agri-environment
    biodiversity
    carbon capture and storage
    ecosystem services
    financial instruments
    fisheries
    green economy
    indicators
    marine
    Maritime Policy
    Natura 2000
    natural resources
    nature conservation
    payment for ecosystem services
    regional policy
    sustainable development
    TEEB
    water quality
    wetland 
    30 Jan 2013
  • Estimating the Overall Economic Value of the Benefits provided by the Natura 2000 Network

    Estimated benefits provided to EU citizens from the EU’s Natura 2000 Network could be in the range of €200 to €300 billion a year.

    biodiversity
    Biodiversity Action Plan
    Birds Directive
    climate change
    ecological network
    economics
    ecosystem approach
    ecosystem services
    ecosystems
    forestry
    Habitats Directive
    high nature value
    Natura 2000
    nature conservation
    payment for ecosystem services
    protected area
    public goods
    TEEB
    water
    water quality
    wetland 
    22 Jun 2012
  • Nature and its role in the transition to a Green Economy

    Published timely before the Rio+20 Conference, this executive summary of a paper by IEEP highlights the role of nature in the transition to a green economy.

    economics
    ecosystem services
    ecosystems
    green economy
    payment for ecosystem services
    sustainable development
    TEEB 
    18 Jun 2012
  • Delivering environmental benefits through entry-level agri-environment schemes in the EU

    A new study of the 2007-13 agri-environment schemes across the whole of EU-27 provides the first typology of ‘entry-level’ agri-environment management and environmental objectives, plus a detailed insight into the design of entry-level agri-environment schemes and calculation of payment rates in seven Member States.

    agri-environment
    agriculture
    Biodiversity Action Plan
    CAP
    climate change
    cross-compliance
    Environmental Policy Integration
    EU funding
    financial instruments
    grassland
    high nature value
    land use
    livestock
    payment for ecosystem services
    public goods
    soil
    subsidiarity 
    21 Mar 2012
  • IEEP Work Features Prominently in European Commission Natura 2000 Publication

    Two reports in which IEEP was significantly involved provide the basis for lead articles in the European Commission publication on Natura 2000 in December.

    biodiversity
    Biodiversity Action Plan
    ecosystem services
    Natura 2000
    payment for ecosystem services 
    03 Feb 2011
  • WWF - IEEP report on payments for environmental services for conserving biodiversity now published

    IEEP played a key role in a European Commission study that explored the possibilities for establishing PES schemes for biodiversity conservation in two new EU Member States and three Candidate Countries ...

    biodiversity
    nature conservation
    payment for ecosystem services 
    06 Nov 2007

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