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DOI 10.2779/62607
Title (Primary) Integration approach to EU biodiversity financing: evaluation of results and analysis of options for the future. Final report for the European Commission (DG ENV) (Project ENV.B.3/ETU/2015/0014)
Author Kettunen, M.; Illes, A.; Rayment, M.; Primmer, E.; Verstraeten, Y.; Rekola, A.; Ring, I.; Tucker, G.; Baldock, D.; Droste, N.; Santos, R.; Rantala, S.; Ebrahim, N.
Year 2017
Department OEKON
Page To 166
Language englisch
Keywords Community environmental policy; financing; biodiversity; ecology; European Union; cost-benefit analysis; EC fund; report
UFZ wide themes RU6;
Abstract The review of existing evidence reveals a range of shortcomings in the EU financing framework for biodiversity. These shortcomings limit the ecological effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and legitimacy of the framework, which risks jeopardising the successful delivery of EU’s biodiversity objectives and targets. The review also highlights a number of positive aspects of the current EU financing approach. Some existing EU funds (LIFE, EAFRD and, to some extent, ERDF) have been shown to be able to deliver a range of conservation outputs in a relatively effective and efficient manner when the funded measures have been appropriately designed and properly implemented. By engaging stakeholders at different governance levels and at different stages of decision-making, integrated biodiversity financing has demonstrated a potential to advance the legitimacy of biodiversity conservation
Kettunen, M., Illes, A., Rayment, M., Primmer, E., Verstraeten, Y., Rekola, A., Ring, I., Tucker, G., Baldock, D., Droste, N., Santos, R., Rantala, S., Ebrahim, N. (2017):
Integration approach to EU biodiversity financing: evaluation of results and analysis of options for the future. Final report for the European Commission (DG ENV) (Project ENV.B.3/ETU/2015/0014)
Institute for European Policy (IEEP), Brussels/London, 166 pp. 10.2779/62607