Dear Martin,

To complement (and to an extent overlap) the useful previous questions by Tim Kitchin, Erling Berge and especially Jan Jansen and Jeff McNeely, my questions would be:

1. How best (ecologically and socio-economically) to integrate use of protected areas, creation of connecting ecological networks and yield-reduction offset strategies in the surrounding intensive-use matrix for restoring biodiversity at all levels? (NB yield-loss-reduction offset strategies would include pay-for-use as well as redirected CAP).

2. How to get the most cost-effective restoration of terrestrial biodiversity at local levels, from all available ways of using wild resources? (NB not just from trade and tourism, but in all categories that can be localised or remote, including watching, collecting, fishing, hunting, etc, whether recreational or commercial, and using volunteer efforts as well as direct or indirect payments).

3. What drivers and instruments at higher level can be most cost-effectively changed to facilitate efforts at local level?

Sorry for cross-postings.

Robert Kenward
IUCN-European Sustainable Use Specialist Group