Objective
In order to protect biodiversity, policy makers increasingly require demonstration of its value. BESAFE will use
case studies to investigate how much importance people attribute to alternative arguments for the protection
of biodiversity and in particular how this relates to ecosystem services. It will focus on the arguments used at different governance levels and in different ecological, socio-economic, spatial and temporal
contexts. BESAFE will examine the interactions of environmental protection policies between governance scales.
This will lead to an assessment of the transferability of arguments across scales. The Project will consider the
contribution that valuing ecosystem services can make in demonstrating the value of biodiversity. The results
will be used to produce a framework that will give guidance on the effectiveness of alternative arguments and
protection strategies in various contexts. The framework will be made accessible through a web-based public
access database with associated toolkit. To ensure practical usability, the toolkit and database interface will be
developed in cooperation with stakeholders.
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Call for proposal
FP7-ENV-2011
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CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research projectCoordinator
6708 PB Wageningen
Netherlands
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Participants (15)
OX1 2JD Oxford
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04318 Leipzig
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SN2 1EU SWINDON WILTSHIRE
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750 07 Uppsala
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8000 Aarhus C
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W1W 7SQ LONDON
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00790 Helsinki
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2100 GODOLLO
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5020 Salzburg
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1111 Sofia
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1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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1049 Bruxelles / Brussel
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7034 Trondheim
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050663 Bucuresti
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70211 KUOPIO
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