[enviro-vlc] 11th Annual BIOECON Conference on "Economic Instruments to Enhance the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity" - Venice, Italy, September 21-22, 2009

[Vern Weitzel]

Subject: 	11th Annual BIOECON Conference on "Economic Instruments to
Enhance the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity" - Venice,
Italy, September 21-22, 2009
Date: 	Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:21:21 +0200
From: 	Silvia Bertolin <silvia.bertolin at feem.it>
Reply-To: 	Silvia Bertolin <silvia.bertolin at feem.it>
To: 	Biodiversity Info Mailing List <biodiv-l at lists.iisd.ca>


   *11th Annual BIOECON Conference on
   "Economic Instruments to Enhance the Conservation
   and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity"*

*Centro Culturale Don Orione Artigianelli - Venice, Italy
September 21-22, 2009

*hosted by Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
in association with Conservation International, DEFRA,
Department of Land Economy of Cambridge University and European
Investment Bank


The Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei <http://www.feem.it>, in association
with Conservation International <http://www.conservation.org/>, DEFRA
<http://www.defra.gov.uk/>, Department of Land Economy of Cambridge
University <http://www.landecon.cam.ac.uk/> and European Investment Bank
<http://www.eib.org/>, announces the Eleventh International BIOECON
Conference on "Economic Instruments to Enhance the Conservation and
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity". The Conference will be held at the
Centro Culturale Don Orione Artigianelli, in Venice, Italy, on September
21st-22nd, 2009.

The Conference is targeted at researchers, environmental professionals,
international organisations and policy makers who are interested in
working in the management and conservation of biodiversity. The
Conference is focused on identifying the most effective and efficient
instruments for biodiversity conservation, such as auctions of
biodiversity conservation contracts, payment-for-services contracts,
taxes, tradable permits, voluntary mechanisms and straightforward
command and control. Special emphasis will be given to policy reforms
aimed at increasing the commercial rewards for conserving biodiversity,
increasing the penalties for biodiversity loss and circulating
information on the biodiversity performance requirements of firms. An
increasing number of businesses, which were responsible for biodiversity
loss in the past, are now supporters of biodiversity conservation.
Markets for organic agriculture and sustainably-harvested timber are
developing at double-digit rates, while rapid growth is observed in the
demand for climate mitigation services, such as the protection of
forests and wetlands to absorb carbon dioxide. Bio-prospecting, the
search for new compounds, genes and organisms in the wild, is another
biodiversity business on the rise.

Leading international environmental economists will present their latest
research in two plenary sessions. Confirmed keynote speakers are:

Professor Edward B. Barbier <http://uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/barbier/>
(University of Wyoming, USA)
Professor Anil Markandya <http://people.bath.ac.uk/hssam/> (University
of Bath, UK and Basque Centre for Climate Change, Spain)

The agenda also includes two panel discussions:

European Investment Bank session (day 1) on Valuing Ecosystem Services:
the Link Between Theory and Practice
Conservation International session (day2) on Applying Economic
Instruments to Enable People to Conserve Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

The Conference will open with an evening reception at the Centro
Culturale Don Orione Artigianelli on September 20th. Conference sessions
will commence in the morning of September 21st and end in the afternoon
of September 22nd. A Conference dinner will be organised on the evening
of September 21st. Lunches and refreshments will also be provided.

The registration fee for conference auditors is of € 198, and includes
access to: the cocktail reception, the social dinner, four coffee breaks
and two lunches. Travel and accommodation expenses remain the
responsibility of all the participants. For registration and payment of
the fee, please go to http://bioecon.meetingvenice.it/.

Further information about the Conference programme will be posted on
http://www.bioecon.ucl.ac.uk/04_11_ann-conf.htm.

*If you need more information*, please contact Ms. Ughetta Molin Fop,
e-mail ughetta.molin at feem.it <mailto:ughetta.molin at feem.it>, fax
+39.041.2711461.



* Apologies for cross-postings*

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*Silvia Bertolin*
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
Campo S. Maria Formosa
Castello 5252
30122 Venezia, Italy
' +39 041 2711463
7 +39 041 2711461
* silvia.bertolin at feem.it
à www.feem.it


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