Transcript The value(s) of biodiversity in law

 Instrumental value
 Non instrumental value
 What about the law ?
I – values of biodiversity: through its
legal protections
II – values of biodiversity: for a better
protection
I – values of biodiversity: through its legal
protections
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Property regulations
2. Damage prevention regulations
3. Damage compensation regulations
1. Property regulations
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Common things
Intellectual property rights
The pattenting
Market instruments
Quotas of greenhouse gases
2. Damage prevention
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Species of fauna and flora
Habitat directive (21 mai 1992)
Technical instruments
Compensation for the environmental services (Mitigation
Banks – Caisse des dépôts et consignations)
Payment for ecosystem services (REDD –MAF)
3. Damage compensation
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European directive of the 21 of April 2004
Appeal Court of Paris (March 30, 2010), Erika case
II– values of biodiversity: for a better
protection
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Common heritage for humankind
2. The assessment of biodiversity
1. Common heritage for humankind
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Advantages (rights and duties)
Inalienable and passed down to future generations
2. The assessments of biodiversity
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Environmental evaluation
Millenium Ecosystem Assessment
IPBES
IPCC
Economic evaluation
TEEB
Chevassus-Au-Louis
3 strengths
To conclude
 Instrumental values
 Combination between individual collective, political,
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social and economic values
Non instrumental value
Common heritage humankind
Assessment
« Today, people know the price of all things but the
value of nothing »