REIMBURSING THE FUTURE:

An evaluation of motivational, voluntary, price-based, property-right, and regulatory incentives for the conservation of biodiversity

PART 1

A report by M.D. Young, N. Gunningham, J. Elix, J. Lambert, B. Howard, P. Grabosky and E. McCrone
Prepared by CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology, the Australian Centre for Environmental Law, and Community Solutions
January 1996

Biodiversity Series, Paper No. 9
Biodiversity Unit

Table 3.3

Responses to the question 'Where economic and voluntary/social measures are not adequately protecting biodiversity, which of the following regulatory mechanisms do you think are likely to be effective in providing added protection? Answers yes or no)' from general forum respondents

Location                     Yes Responses                 
                             by Sector (%)                 

                  Overall    Agricultural    Conservation  

Legislation to       79         62              90            
protect habitat                                               

Zoning laws to       77         61              87            
control use                                                   

Contractual          78         80              77            
management                                                    
agreements                                                    

Fines for failure    54         42              67            
to protect                                                    
biodiversity                                                  

Loss of existing     59         52              68            
land/water use                                                
rights