Project news
Special Issue on Policy Mixes: Aligning instruments for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem service provision
A special journal issue examines how combinations of policy instruments can support biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services. It draws on the POLICYMIX framework and case studies across Europe and Latin America, including payments for ecosystem services, agri-environment measures, tradable development rights and ecological fiscal transfers.
NEW POLICYMIX ARTICLE: Constraining Forest Certificate’s Market to Improve Cost-Effectiveness of Biodiversity Conservation in São Paulo State, Brazil
This announcement presents a study of Brazil’s forest certificate offset market. The researchers modelled conservation costs under different market restrictions in São Paulo and compared the results with existing landowner compliance requirements. The findings suggest that spatially targeted certificate trading can improve conservation outcomes while remaining less costly than compliance on each property.
New POLICYMIX video shows research in Mato Grosso
The original announcement introduced a POLICYMIX video presenting research in the municipalities of Juína and Cotriguaçu in Mato Grosso, Brazil, focusing on the importance of forests. The video itself has not been recovered from the available DNN export.
Brief: POLICYMIX contribution to Mid-Term Review EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy
This news item announced a POLICYMIX contribution to the mid-term review of the European Union’s biodiversity strategy for 2020. The complete announcement has not been recovered from the site export.
Brief: Arreglos Institucionales del Programa de Pago por Servicios Ambientales (PSA) en Costa Rica
A policy brief by Oscar Sánchez, director of Costa Rica’s payment for ecosystem services programme, discusses the institutional arrangements behind the country’s PES system. The archived brief provides first-hand reflections on governance of the programme.
Brief: Policyscapes. Nature-based policy mixes for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services provision
This policy brief describes the “policyscape” concept: designing combinations of conservation instruments to fit environmental, social and economic conditions across a landscape. It links lessons from POLICYMIX to the EU research agenda on nature-based solutions.
POLICYMIX Technical Brief: Recommendations for assessing instruments in policy mixes for biodiversity and ecosystem governance
The technical brief summarises findings from an international review of policy instruments for biodiversity conservation. It outlines the project’s framework for evaluating combinations of instruments, considers methods for applying it, and identifies multi-level governance questions relevant to the case studies.
POLICYMIX Report No. 3/2011: Existing data and adequacy of datasets for assessing gains in maintaining biodiversity
The report reviews indicators for assessing conservation gains and the available data sources across the POLICYMIX case studies. It considers whether datasets are sufficient for examining policy outcomes at national and local scales.