Subject: Conference Announcement: Ninth BIOECON Conference on Economics and Institutions for Biodiversity Conservation, 20-21 September 2007, Kings College Cambridge, UK
Posting Date: 3/22/07
The Ninth BIOECON Conference on Economics and Institutions for Biodiversity Conservation
20-21 September 2007, Kings College Cambridge, UK
Contact: Mare Sarr (m.sarr@ucl.ac.uk)
Deadline for submissions: 30 April 2007
The conference will be of interest to both researchers and policy makers interested in or working in the management and conservation of biodiversity. The conference will have sessions examining institutional frameworks, the use of social capital and the management of knowledge for biodiversity conservation, as well as the economic analysis of policies for managing biodiversity in a context of high uncertainty. Papers are specifically invited on the themes of:
- Different institutional frameworks for conservation (property rights, contracts, markets, trust funds, public institutions, etc.)
- Role of informal rules such as social capital, trust and reputation in biodiversity conservation
- Efficient knowledge management for the sustainable use of biodiversity
- Foundations for providing for global public goods
- Development of international institutions for biodiversity conservation
- Institutions for payments for environmental services (and especially for international payments) and applied methodologies for valuation of ecosystem services (marine and terrestrial)