Scientific Programme

08:00 - 09:15 

Breakfast (for delegates staying in College on the 30th) 

Location: TBC

14:00 - 19:00 

Registration

Location: TBC

14:00 - 18:00 

Free Programme – Free Entrance to St John's College Grounds

18:00 - 19:30 

Drinks Reception 

Location: TBC

19:30 -  

Free Programme 

08:45 - 09:00

Welcome

Location: Room 1 - Main Theatre 

09:00 - 10:00

Plenary Talk (Professor Anne-Sophie Crepin)

Location: Room 1 - Main Theatre 

10:00 - 10:30

Coffee

Location: TBC

10:30 - 12:30 - Parallel Sessions 1

10:30 - 12:30  - Room 1 - Main Theatre 

Session 1A: Incentives for biodiversity conservation

• Paper: What Motivates Nature Conservation Effort? Evidence and Expert Forecasts
  Presenter: Elisabeth Gsottbauer  (Chair)
  Discussant: Tim Kalmey

• Paper: Demand-driven conservation
  Presenter: Martin Quaas
  Discussant:  Elisabeth Gsottbauer

• Paper: Why Do Local Actors Provide Public Goods Through Conservation? conditions driving ‘win-win’ private adoptions of public restrictions
  Presenter: Alexander Pfaff
  Discussant: Martin Quaas

• Paper: Biodiversity Engel Curves: Estimating How Income and Inequality Shape Consumption-driven Biodiversity Loss
  Presenter: Tim Kalmey
  Discussant: Alexander Pfaff

10:30 - 12:30 – Room 2 - Lightfoot Room

 Session 1B: Biodiversity management and markets

• Paper: Can ecolabels tune a supply chain? The case of MSC-certified haddock from Norway
  Presenter: Julia Bronnmann (Chair)
  Discussant: Matthias Bösch

• Paper: What explains the uneven uptake of forest certification at the global level? New evidence from a panel-data analysis
  Presenter: Matthias Bösch
  Discussant: Alberto Ansuategi

• Paper: Conservation Planning and Bioeconomics of a Migratory Species: A Case Study of Western European White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
  Presenter: Alberto Ansuategi
  Discussant: Huu-Luat Do

• Paper: A bio-economic model of ghost fishing with an application to the Norwegian snow crab fishery
  Presenter: Huu-Luat Do
  Discussant: Julia Bronnmann

10:30 - 12:30 – Room 3 - Teaching Room 1
Session 1C: Valuation of Biodiversity 1

• Paper: No Social Capital without Biodiversity
  Presenter: Anna Auza (Chair)
  Discussant: Gilles Jean-Louis

• Paper: Valuing the unseen ocean: Deliberative public preferences for marine biodiversity and plankton ecosystem services
  Presenter: Gilles Jean-Louis
  Discussant: Yacouba Kassouri

• Paper: Life satisfaction shadow price for local natural capital
  Presenter: Yacouba Kassouri
  Discussant: Niko Howai

• Paper: Biodiversity preferences in urban environments: incorporating attribute differentiation and participatory GIS in discrete choice experiments
  Presenter: Niko Howai
  Discussant: Anna Auza

10:30 - 12:30 – Room 4 - Teaching Room 2
Session 1D: Natural capital accounting

• Paper: Towards Distributional Ecosystem Accounts
  Presenter: Rufus Panelius (Chair)
  Discussant: Rintaro Yamaguchi

• Paper: Comprehensive national accounting under the polluter-pays principle
  Presenter: Rintaro Yamaguchi
  Discussant: Martin Hänsel

• Paper: Relative Price Changes and Climate Policy under Heterogeneous Environmental Goods Dynamics
  Presenter: Martin Hänsel
  Discussant: Rufus Panelius

10:30 - 12:30 – Room 5 - Arthur Quiller Couch
Session 1E: Biodiversity, Climate, and Financial Markets

• Paper: How Does Nature Matter?
  Presenter: Glen Gostlow
  Discussant: Thomas Giroux

• Paper: Blended Finance
  Presenter: Thomas Giroux
  Discussant: Chiara Colesanti-Senn

• Paper: Nature and Climate Risk in Asset Prices
  Presenter: Chiara Colesanti-Senn
  Discussant: Atreya Dey

• Paper: Firm Operations, Biodiversity Loss, and Corporate Disclosure
  Presenter: Atreya Dey
  Discussant: Glen Gostlow

12:30 - 13:45

Lunch

Location: TBC

13:45 - 15:15 - Parallel Sessions 2

3:45 - 15:15 – Room 1 - Main Theatre

Session 2A: Policy Trade-offs in Land Use

• Paper: Carbon leakage from land-based climate change mitigation measures
  Presenter: Sabrina Eisenbarth (Chair)
  Discussant: Etienne de L'Estoile

• Paper: Who Takes the Land? French Economic Sectors’ Built-Up Land Use, Land-Take, and Vulnerability to a ‘No Net Land-Take’ Policy
  Presenter: Etienne de L'Estoile
  Discussant: David Crommelynck

• Paper: The Spillover Effects of Protected Areas on Local Tax Revenues: A Spatial Study of Municipalities in Western France
  Presenter: David Crommelynck
  Discussant: Sabrina Eisenbarth

13:45 - 15:15  – Room 2 - Lightfoot Room

Session 2B: Experiments and Incentives

• Paper: What a Terrible Thing to Waste: Providing a Market-based Alternative to Crop Residue Burning
  Presenter: Nan Sandi (Chair)
  Discussant: Timo Goeschl

• Paper: Subsidizing Compliance: A field experiment on discounted sustainable fishing gear at Lake Victoria
  Presenter: Timo Goeschl
  Discussant: Claudia Kelsall

• Paper: Income sharing for collective goods with uncertain private and public benefits
  Presenter: Claudia Kelsall
  Discussant: Nan Sandi

13:45 - 15:15 – Room 3 - Teaching Room 1

Session 2C: Water Management and Ecosystem Services

• Paper: From No Recovery to Creative Destruction: Socio-economic Impacts of Hydrogeological Disasters and the Mediating Role of Institutional Quality
  Presenter: Lorenzo Ciulla (Chair)
  Discussant: David Finnoff

• Paper: Dynamic Adjustments of Jackson Lake Dam Releases in Response to Climate Change
  Presenter: David Finnoff
  Discussant: Daniele Rinaldo

• Paper: Dams, Snails and Poverty Traps
  Presenter: Daniele Rinaldo
  Discussant: Lorenzo Ciulla

13:45 - 15:15  – Room 4 - Teaching Room 2

Session 2D: Deforestation 1

• Paper: Increasing Pressure on Protected Areas in the DR Congo Over the Last 20 Years
  Presenter: Malte Ladewig (Chair)
  Discussant: Bertille Daran

• Paper: The Deforestation Effect of Climate Aid
  Presenter: Bertille Daran
  Discussant: Giles Atkinson

• Paper: Valuing Natural Capital and Its Distribution in the Congo Basin Forests
  Presenter: Giles Atkinson
  Discussant: Malte Ladewig

13:45 - 15:15  – Room 5 - Arthur Quiller Couch

Session 2E: Ecosystems and Flood Risk Management

• Paper: The Value of Wetlands in Reducing Floods
  Presenter: Jesse Gourevitch (Chair)
  Discussant: Andries Richter

• Paper: Public Flood Maps Fail to Guide Household Adaptation
  Presenter: Andries Richter
  Discussant: Emma Gjerdseth

• Paper: Global Thresholds for Mangrove Cyclone Protection Reveal Widespread Coastal Vulnerability and Conservation Opportunities.
  Presenter: Emma Gjerdseth
  Discussant: Jesse Gourevitch

15:15- 15:45

Coffee

Location: TBC

15:45 - 17:45 - Parallel Sessions 3

15:45 - 17:45 – Room 1 - Main Theatre

Session 3A: Behavioural experiments and biodiversity

• Paper: Individual versus group-level agglomeration bonuses to conserve biodiversity
  Presenter: François Bareille (Chair)
  Discussant: Nick Hanley

• Paper: Incentives for spatially-coordinated conservation under imperfect ecological information
  Presenter: Nick Hanley
  Discussant: Moritz Fritschle

• Paper: Farmer identity and willingness to take risk in Farmers' Choices Between Public and Private Agri-Environmental Contracts
  Presenter: Moritz Fritschle
  Discussant: Thomas Rellensmann

• Paper: Do result-based payments work better for groups? An experiment with German farmers
  Presenter: Thomas Rellensmann
  Discussant: François Bareille

15:45 - 17:45 – Room 2 - Lightfoot Room

Session 3B: Biodiversity Benefits and Behaviour

• Paper: The economic benefits of forest biodiversity to households in the UK
  Presenter: Russell Drummond
  Discussant: Anthony Higney

• Paper: Willingness to Pay for Birdsong
  Presenter: Anthony Higney
  Discussant: Katrin Rehdanz

• Paper: Neighbourhood norms do not hinder biodiversity conservation in private gardens
  Presenter: Katrin Rehdanz
  Discussant: Stella Lauro

• Paper: Eating Nature: How Global Consumption Patterns are Driving Biodiversity Loss
  Presenter: Stella Lauro
  Discussant: Russell Drummond

15:45 - 17:45 – Room 3 - Teaching Room 1

Session 3C: Sustainable Agriculture 1

• Paper: Does the Sloping Land Conversion Program Reduce Household Crop Production? Evidence and Policy Considerations on Forest Reversion
  Presenter: Qi Liu (Chair)
  Discussant: David Wuepper

• Paper: The Productivity Impact of Environmental Policies – Evidence from Global Agriculture
  Presenter: David Wuepper
  Discussant: Stefan Baumgärtner

• Paper: Is ecosystem resilience an economic insurance? Evidence from the Goulburn-Broken Catchment farmland in Australia
  Presenter: Stefan Baumgärtner
  Discussant: Mette Termansen

• Paper: Spatially targeting land use change for provision of multiple ES delivery: The case of the 2024 Danish Green Tripartite Agreement
  Presenter: Mette Termansen
  Discussant: Qi Liu

15:45 - 17:45 – Room 4 - Teaching Room 2

Session 3D: Substitutability in Biodiversity Valuation

• Paper: Global evidence on the income elasticity of willingness to pay, relative price changes and public natural capital values
  Presenter: Moritz Drupp (Chair)
  Discussant: Marc Conte

• Paper: Scarcity, Willingness to Pay for Species, and Imperfect Substitutability with Market Goods
  Presenter: Marc Conte
  Discussant: Simon Disque

• Paper: Heterogeneous substitutability preferences
  Presenter: Simon Disque
  Discussant: Ethan Addicott

• Paper: The Sensitivity of Benefits Transfer to the Income Elasticity of Willingness to Pay
  Presenter: Ethan Addicott
  Discussant: Moritz Drupp

15:45 - 17:45 – Room 5 - Arthur Quiller Couch

Session 3E: Biodiversity Impacts of Policies

• Paper: The (Other) China Shock and the Brazilian Soy Boom: Cui Bono?
  Presenter: Samuel Siewers (Chair)
  Discussant: Sarobidy Rakotonarivo

• Paper: Beyond blame: migration's limited role in Madagascar's deforestation
  Presenter: Sarobidy Rakotonarivo
  Discussant: Aïda Gonzalez

• Paper: Impact of NAFTA Agricultural Liberalization on Avian Diversity in the Central United States
  Presenter: Aïda Gonzalez
  Discussant: Wentao Yao

• Paper: Silent Skies: The Impact of Meeting Earnings Benchmarks on Bird Populations
  Presenter: Wentao Yao
  Discussant: Samuel Siewers

17:45 - 18:45

Policy Session

Location: Room 1 - Main Theatre 

18:45 - 19:30

BIOECON partners meeting (by invitation)

Location: TBC

19:30 - 20:00

Drinks reception

Location: TBC

20:00 - 22:00

Conference Banquet  

Location: TBC

09:00 - 11:00 - Parallel Sessions 4

09:00 - 11:00 – Room 1 - Main Theatre

Session 4A: Special Session on Additionality of Biodiversity (Q&A Session)
Chair: Sven Wunder

• Paper: Accounting for Additionality in the Presence of Deforestation and Regrowth
  Presenter: Ville Inkinen

• Paper: Conservation Strategies in Contested Environments: Dynamic Monte Carlo Simulations and a Bolivian Case Study
  Presenter: Diana Weinhold

• Paper: Forest Conservation Policy, Additionality and Socio-Environmental Implications
  Presenter: Sarah Meier

• Paper: Overlapping Environmental Policies, Additionality and Development
  Presenter: Lorenzo Sile

• Paper: Empirical Extinction Risk
  Presenter: Frank Venmans

09:00 - 11:00 – Room 2 - Lightfoot Room

Session 4B: Ecological-economic Modelling in Times of Directional Change

• Paper: Ecological-economic Modelling Advances Needed in Times of Directional Change
  Presenter: Charlotte Gerling (Chair)
  Discussant: Caterina de Petris

• Paper: Centralized versus Decentralized Biodiversity Conservation under Climate Change: An Ecological-economic Model
  Presenter: Caterina de Petris
  Discussant: Charles Sims

• Paper: The Welfare Gains from Diversified Environmental Policies
  Presenter: Charles Sims
  Discussant: Alfredo Cisneros Pineda 

• Paper: Migratory Species Policy with Climate Change
  Presenter: Alfredo Cisneros Pineda
  Discussant: Charlotte Gerling

09:00 - 11:00 – Room 3 - Teaching Room 1

Session 4C: Biodiversity and Climate Change

• Paper: Complementing Carbon Credits from Forest-related Activities with Biodiversity Insurance and Resilience Value
  Presenter: Hanna Fiegenbaum (Chair)
  Discussant: Malin Wiese

• Paper: Dasgupta meets Nordhaus: Optimal Climate and Conservation Policy under Ecosystem Capital Dynamics
  Presenter: Malin Wiese
  Discussant: Thomas Sterner

• Paper: Using Artificial Intelligence to Optimize Ecological Restoration for Climate and Biodiversity
  Presenter: Thomas Sterner
  Discussant: Felix Knopp

• Paper: The Trade-offs and Synergies between Climate and Biodiversity Conservation Policy in a Dynamic Climate Economy with Planetary Boundaries
  Presenter: Felix Knopp
  Discussant: Hanna Fiegenbaum

09:00 - 11:00 – Room 4 - Teaching Room 2

Session 4D: Deforestation 2

• Paper: Divided Stewardship: Forest Loss in India’s Fifth and Sixth Scheduled Territories
  Presenter: Neha Deopa (Chair)
  Discussant: Diego Castro Amado

• Paper: The Green Enforcement: Military Climate Action in the Amazon Rainforest
  Presenter: Diego Castro Amado
  Discussant: Maarten Voors

• Paper: Long Run Impacts of Voluntary REDD+: Evidence from Sierra Leone
  Presenter: Maarten Voors
  Discussant: Sarah Elven

• Paper: The Economic and Distributional Impacts of Environmental Policies: Winners and Losers in Brazil’s Priority Municipalities
  Presenter: Sarah Elven
  Discussant: Neha Deopa

09:00 - 11:00 – Room 5 - Arthur Quiller Couch

Session 4E: Sustainable Agriculture 2

• Paper: What Constitutes Sustainable Agriculture for Different Audiences in Germany? A Comparative Analysis of Large-Scale Text Data
  Presenter: Marieke Baaken
  Discussant: Faan Langelaan

• Paper: Ecological Resilience of a Semi-arid Grazing System under Constant Harvesting
  Presenter: Faan Langelaan (Chair)
  Discussant: Edith Kouakou

• Paper: Risk, Uncertainty and Farmers’ Willingness to Engage in Contractual Carbon Mitigation Programmes
  Presenter: Edith Kouakou
  Discussant: Cheng Bi

• Paper: Can Biopesticides and Natural Enemies Reduce Pesticide Use Without Harming Farmers’ Welfare? A Bioeconomic Analysis of Integrated Pest Management
  Presenter: Cheng Bi
  Discussant: Marieke Baaken

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee

Location: TBC

11:30 - 11:45

Closing Remarks

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11:45 - 12:45

Plenary Talk (Professor Cameron Hepburn)

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12:45 - 14:00

Lunch

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14:00 - 16:00 - Parallel Sessions 5

14:00 - 16:00 – Room 1 - Main Theatre

Session 5A: Biodiversity and Finance 

• Paper: Innovative Financial Instruments for Conservation
  Presenter: Mrunmayee Amarnath (Chair)
  Discussant: Eli Fenichel

• Paper: The Fiscal Impact of Biodiversity Loss and a Pathway for Conservation Finance
  Presenter: Eli Fenichel
  Discussant: Marco Petracco

• Paper: The EU Economy’s Dependency on Nature
  Presenter: Marco Petracco
  Discussant: Morgane Gonon

• Paper: Chronicle of a Debt Foretold: Sovereign Debt Management Strategies for Colombia’s Climate and Biodiversity Transition
  Presenter: Morgane Gonon
  Discussant: Mrunmayee Amarnath

14:00 - 16:00 – Room 2 - Lightfoot Room

Session 5B: Biodiversity, Carbon Offsets and Net Zero

• Paper: Biodiversity Implications of Forest Carbon Payments
  Presenter: Aino Assmuth (Chair)
  Discussant: Da Zhang

• Paper: An Integrity Assessment of Global Forest Carbon Offset Projects
  Presenter: Da Zhang
  Discussant: Ben Groom

• Paper: Temporary Carbon Dioxide Removals to Offset Methane Emissions
  Presenter: Ben Groom
  Discussant: Samia Zahra

• Paper: The Role of Green Growth Transition and Energy Efficiency to Achieve Carbon Neutrality in G-7 Countries
  Presenter: Samia Zahra
  Discussant: Aino Assmuth

14:00 - 16:00 – Room 3 - Teaching Room 1

Session 5C: Sustainable Agriculture 3

• Paper: The Biodiversity Impact of Agri-Environmental Policies: A Global Study Using Machine Learning-Based Causal Inference
  Presenter: Nikolai Jäger (Chair)
  Discussant: Cecilia Fraccaroli

• Paper: Is Rewilding a Cost-Effective Proposition? Assessing Land-Use Cost-Benefit Scenarios in Gelderse Poort, Netherlands
  Presenter: Cecilia Fraccaroli
  Discussant: Adam Lampert

• Paper: Optimal Strategies for Utilizing Host Plant Distributions to Slow the Spread of Plant Pests
  Presenter: Adam Lampert
  Discussant: Chloé Antoine

• Paper: Agricultural Productivity and Biodiversity Effects: Theory and Evidence
  Presenter: Chloé Antoine
  Discussant: Nikolai Jäger

14:00 - 16:00 – Room 4 - Teaching Room 2

Session 5D: Valuation of Biodiversity 2

• Paper: Assessing Anglers' Preferences and Willingness-to-Pay for Invasive Salmon Management: Insights from a Multi-Model Analysis
  Presenter: Yajie Liu
  Discussant: Yizun Yan

• Paper: Maple Syrup Producers’ Willingness to Diversify Forest for Increased Resilience
  Presenter: Yizun Yan
  Discussant: Fabian Marder

• Paper: Stated, Revealed, and Experienced Utility from Urban Green Space in the Largest German Cities
  Presenter: Fabian Marder
  Discussant: Laura Onofri

• Paper: Exploring the Economic Nature of Spiritual Values: Results from a Qualitative Meta-Analysis
  Presenter: Laura Onofri
  Discussant: Yajie Liu