@conference {2086,
	title = {Tax internationally traded commodities to safeguard biodiversity},
	booktitle = {Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity},
	year = {2014},
	address = {Leipzig},
	abstract = {Habitat loss in developing countries, driven by agricultural production for markets in the developed world, represents the most immediate threat to global biodiversity. In this study, we present a framework to quantify and compensate such land use impacts on biodiversity. The method quantifies pixel-level reductions in threat and rarity weighted species richness, using data from a recent Global Mammal Assessment. The compensation method applies {\textquotedblleft}robustly fair{\textquotedblright} biodiversity offsets to assess conservation gains of compensation projects, corrected for future uncertainty and risk. These are compared to impacts per area (per ha) or product (per tonne). We illustrate a hypothetical case study of crop production in East Africa, with results indicating {\textquotedblleft}biodiversity neutral{\textquotedblright} production could be achieved with consumer price increases ranging ca. 0.5{\textendash}50\% in the developed world. Institutional hurdles may be substantial (e.g. WTO rules), but protecting biodiversity is achievable provided the Global North is willing to pay a little more for its imports.},
	author = {Michael Curran and PhD Laura de Baan and Prof. Thomas Koellner and Prof. Carlo Rondinini and PhD Piero Visconti and Prof. Stefanie Hellweg}
}
