Dr. Luke Brander

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Brander, L.M., van Beukering, P.J.H., Nijsten, L., McVittie, A., Baulcomb, C., Eppink, F., and Cado van der Lelij, J.A. (2020). The global costs and benefits of expanding marine protected areas. Marine Policy, 116. > Link

Ribet, S. and Brander, L.M. (2020). Willingness to pay of trail runners for sustainable country park use in Hong Kong. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism. > Link

Waldron, A., Adams, V., Allan, J., Arnell, A., Asner, G., Atkinson, S., … & Brander, L. (2020). Protecting 30% of the planet for nature: costs, benefits and economic implications. Campaign for Nature. > Link

Hagedoorn, L.C., van Beukering, Koetse, M.J., and Brander, L.M. (2020). Time equals money? Valuing ecosystem-based adaptation in a developing country context. Environment and Development Economics. > Link

Brander, L.M. (2019). Learning from 30+ years of non-market valuation of ecosystem services. Ekinci, B., Interwies, E., Matauschek, M. and Petersen A. (Eds.). Proceedings of Expert Meeting on Ecosystem Valuation in the context of Natural Capital Accounting, Bonn, Germany. Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN) / Federal Agency for Nature Conservation.
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Hagedoorn, L.C., Brander, L.M., van Beukering, P.J.H., Dijkstra, H.M., Franco, C., Hughes, L., Gilders, I. and Segal, B. (2019). Community-based adaptation to climate change in small island developing states: an analysis of the role of social capital, Climate and Development, DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2018.1562869

Crossman N.D., Nedkov S., and Brander L.M. (2019). Discussion paper 7: Water flow regulation for mitigating river and coastal flooding. Paper submitted to the Expert Meeting on Advancing the Measurement of Ecosystem Services for Ecosystem Accounting, New York, 22-24 January 2019 and subsequently revised. Version of 1 April 2019.
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Brander, L.M., Tankha, S., Sovann, C., Sanadiradze, G., Zazanashvili, N., Kharazishvili, D., Memiadze, N., Osepashvili, I., Beruchashvili, G., and Arobelidze, N. (2018). Mapping the economic value of landslide regulation by forests. Ecosystem Services 32, 101–109.
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Brander, L.M. (2018). Toolkit on Environmental Economics for Marine Ecosystem Management. GEF-UNDP-UNESCO-IOC Large Marine Ecosystems: Learning Exchange and Resource Network (LME:LEARN).

Schägner, J.P., Brander, L.M., Paracchini, M.L., Maes, J., Gollnow, F., Bertzky, B. (2018). Spatial dimensions of recreational ecosystem service values: A review of meta-analyses and a combination of meta-analytic value-transfer and GIS. Ecosystem Services 31, 395–409.
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Oleson, K., Grafeld, S., Van Beukering, P., Brander, L.M., James, P., and Wolfs, E. (2018). Charting progress towards system-scale ecosystem service valuation in islands. Environmental Conservation, 1-15. doi:10.1017/S0376892918000140.
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Pascal, N., Brathwaite, A., Brander, L.M., Seidl, A., Philip, M. and Clua, E. (2018). Evidence of economic benefits for public investment in MPAs. Ecosystem Services, 30, 3-13.
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Brander, L.M. and Crossman, N.D. (2017). Economic quantification, Chapter 4.3 in Burkhard B. and Maes J. (Eds.) “Mapping Ecosystem Services”. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia.
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Brander, L.M., Sovann, C., Kharazishvili, D. and Memiadze, N. (2017). The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for the Forestry Sector of Adjara Autonomous Republic, Georgia. WWF-Caucasus Programme Office.
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Koetse, M.J., Verhoef, E.T. and Brander, L.M. (2017). A generic marginal value function for natural areas. Annals of Regional Science, 1-21. doi:10.1007/s00168-016-0795-0.

Brander, L.M. (2016). Economic valuation of ecosystem services in Eastern Plains Landscape, Modulkiri, Cambodia. Report for WWF-Cambodia, Phnom Penh.

Salcone J., Brander, L.M. and Seidl, A. (2016). Guidance manual on economic valuation of marine and coastal ecosystem services in the Pacific. Report to the MACBIO Project (GIZ, IUCN, SPREP): Suva, Fiji.

Pendleton L., Comte A., Langdon C., Ekstrom J.A., Cooley S.R., Beck, M.W., Brander, L.M., Burke, L., Cinner, J.E., Doherty, C.,
Edwards, P.E.T., Gledhill, D., Jiang, L-Q., van Hooidonk, R.J., Teh, L., Waldbusser, G.G. and Ritter, J. (2016). Coral Reefs and People in a High-CO2 World: Where Can Science Make a Difference to People? PLoS ONE 11(11): e0164699. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164699.

Wichmann, S., Brander, L.M., Schäfer, A., Schaafsma, M., van Beukering, P., Tinch, D., and Bonn, A. (2016). Valuing peatland ecosystem services. Peatland Restoration and Ecosystem Services: Science, Policy and Practice, 314.

Polce C, Maes J, Brander L, Cescatti A, Baranzelli C, Lavalle C, Zulian G (2016). Global change impacts on ecosystem services: a spatially explicit assessment for Europe. One Ecosystem 1: e9990. https://doi.org/10.3897/oneeco.1.e9990

Watkins, K., Sovann, C., Brander, L.M., Neth, B., Chou, P., Spoann, V., Hoy, S., Choeun, K. and Aing C. (2016). Mapping and Valuing Ecosystem Services in Mondulkiri: Outcomes and Recommendations for Sustainable and Inclusive Land Use Planning in Cambodia. WWF Cambodia. Phnom Penh.
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Schägner, J. P., Brander, L., Maes, J., Paracchini, M. L. and Hartje, V. (2016). Mapping recreational visits and values of European National Parks by combining statistical modelling and unit value transfer. Journal for Nature Conservation, 31, 71-84.

Brander, L.M., Allemand, D. Bijma, J., Baxter, J., Cinar, M., Fine, M., Golbuu, Y., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Reynaud, S., Safa, A., Sainteny, G., and Thomassin A. (2015). Coral reef and marine based tourism. In Hilmi N., Allemand D., Metian M., Osborn D., Reynaud S. (Eds.). Bridging the gap between ocean acidification impacts and economic valuation: Impacts of ocean acidification on coastal communities. Monaco International Workshop on the Economics of Ocean Acidification.

Brander, L.M. and Baulcomb, C. (2015). How do marine ecosystem services support the sustainable development goals? In: The Ocean and Us. Neumann, C., T. Bryan, L. Pendleton, A. Kaup, J. Glavan (eds). GRID-Arendal, Arendal, Norway. pp. 14-25.

Brander, L.M., Eppink, F.V., Schägner, P., van Beukering, P.J.H. and Wagtendonk, A. (2015). GIS-based mapping of ecosystem service values: The case of coral reefs. In Johnston, R.J., Rolfe, J., Rosenberger, R.S. and Brouwer, R. (Eds.), Benefit transfer of environmental and resource values: A handbook for researchers and practitioners. Springer.

Oleson, K.L.L., Barnes-Mauthe, M., Brander, L.M., Oliver, T.A., van Beek, I., Zafindrasilivonona, B. and van Beukering, P.J.H. (2015). Cultural bequest values for ecosystem service flows among indigenous fishers: A discrete choice experiment validated with mixed methods. Ecological Economics.

Brander, L.M. and Yashiro, M.(2015). Introduction to major policy tools and instruments for biodiversity management and sustainable use. China-ASEAN Environmental Cooperation Centre (CAEC).

Brander, L.M. and Pascal, N. (2015). Valuation of marine resources and ecosystem services in the Pacific. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).

Brander, L.M. and van Beukering, P.J.H. (2015). Trade-offs and decision support tools. In Bouma, J.A. and van Beukering, P.J.H. (Eds.), Ecosystem Services: From Concept to Practice. Cambridge University Press.
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ADB (2015). Investing in natural capital for a sustainable future in the Greater Mekong Subregion. Environment Operations Center, Asian Development Bank.

Ekstrom, J.A., Suatoni, L., Cooley, S.R., Pendleton, L.H., Waldbusser, G.G., Cinner, J.E., Ritter, J., Langdon, C., van Hooidonk, R., Gledhill, D.,
Wellman, K., Beck, M.W., Brander, L.M., Rittschof, D., Doherty, C., Edwards, P. and Portela, R. (2015). Vulnerability and adaptation of US shellfisheries to ocean acidification. Nature Climate Change, DOI: 10.1038.
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Barnes-Mauthe, M., Oleson, K.L.L., Brander, L.M. Zafindrasilivonona, B., Oliver, T.A. and van Beukering, P.J.H. (2015). Social capital as an ecosystem service: Evidence from a locally managed marine area. Ecosystem Services.
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Marre, J-B., Brander, L.M., Thebaud, O., Boncoeur, J., Pascoe, S., Coglan, L., and Pascal, N. (2015). Non-market use and non-use values for preserving ecosystem services over time: A choice experiment application to coral reef ecosystems in New Caledonia. Ocean and Coastal Management, 105: 1-14.
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Brander, L.M. (2015). Economic valuation of the change in forest ecosystem services in Cambodia 2010-2030. Global Mechanism, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
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Brander, L.M. (2014). Benefits and costs of the biodiversity targets for the post 2015 development agenda. Copenhagen Consensus Center.
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Eppink, F.V., Brander, L.M., and Wagtendonk, A.J. (2014). An initial assessment of the economic value of coastal and freshwater wetlands in West Asia. Land, 3: 557-573; doi:10.3390/land3030557.
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Brander, L.M. (2014). Incentive and market based instruments to promote sustainable land management in Cambodia: An inventory. Global Mechanism, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
Brander 2015 Economic Valuation of the Change in Forest Ecosystem Services in Cambodia

Brander, L.M., Narita, D., Rehdanz, K., and Tol, R.S.J. (2014). The economic impacts of ocean acidification. In Nunes, P., Kumar, P. and Dedeurwaerdere, T (eds.). Handbook on the Economics of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.
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Waite, R., Burke, L., Gray, E., van Beukering, P., Brander, L.M., McKenzie, E., Pendleton, L., Schuhmann, P., and Tompkins, E. (2014). Coastal Capital:
Ecosystem Valuation for Decision Making in the Caribbean.
Washington, DC: World Resources Institute.
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Brander, L.M. (2013). Guidance manual on value transfer methods for ecosystem services. United Nations Environment Programme. ISBN 978-92-807-3362-4.
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Brander, L.M. and van Beukering, P. (2013). The total economic value of US coral reefs. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coral Reef Conservation Program.
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Sen, A., Harwood, A.R., Bateman, I.J., Munday, P., Crowe, A., Brander, L.M., Raychaudhuri, J., Lovett, A.A., Foden, J. and Provins, A. (2013). Economic assessment of the recreational value of ecosystems: Methodological development and national and local application. Environmental and Resource Economics. DOI 10.1007/s10640-013-9666-7.
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Schägner, J.P., Brander, L.M., Maes, J. and Hartje, V. (2013). Mapping ecosystem service values: Current practice and future prospects. Ecosystem Services, 4: 33-46.
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Hussain, S., Markandya, A., Brander, L., McVittie, A., de Groot, R., Vardakoulias, O., Wagtendonk, A., Verburg, P. (2013). Ecosystems and Biodiversity, in B. Lomborg (ed.), Global Problems, Smart Solutions: Costs and Benefits, Cambridge University Press, 72-113.

Brander, L.M., Brouwer, R., and Wagtendonk, A. (2013). Economic valuation of regulating services provided by wetlands in agricultural landscapes: a meta-analysis. Ecological Engineering. 56: 89– 96. DOI 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.12.104.
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Brouwer, R., Brander, L.M., Kuik, O., Papyrakis, E., Bateman, I. (2013). A synthesis of approaches to assess and value ecosystem services in the EU in the context of TEEB. Report to the European Commission Directorate General Environment.
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Laurans, Y., Pascal, N., Binet, T., Brander, L., Clua, E., David, G., Rojat, D., Seidl, A. (2013). Economic valuation of ecosystem services from coral reefs in the South Pacific: taking stock of recent experience. Journal of Environmental Management, 116: 135-144.
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Brander, L.M. and Eppink, F. (2012). The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Southeast Asia (ASEAN TEEB) scoping study. ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity, Los Banos.
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Brander, L.M., Rehdanz, K., Tol, R.S.J. and van Beukering, P. (2012). The economic impact of ocean acidification on coral reefs. Climate Change Economics. DOI: 10.1142/S2010007812500029.
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Brander, L.M., Wagtendonk, A., Hussain, S., McVittie, A., Verburg, P., de Groot, R., and van der Ploeg, S. (2012). Ecosystem service values for mangroves in Southeast Asia: A meta-analysis and value transfer application. Ecosystem Services, 1: 62-69.
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De Groot, R., L. Brander, S. van der Ploeg, F. Bernard, L. Braat, M. Christie, R. Costanza, N. Crossman, A. Ghermandi, L. Hein, S. Hussain, P. Kumar, A. McVittie, R. Portela, L.C. Rodriguez, P. ten Brink, P. van Beukering (2012). Global estimates of the value of ecosystems and their services in monetary terms. Ecosystem Services, 1: 50-61.
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Brander, L.M. and McEvoy (2012). The economic value of ecosystem services from the terrestrial habitats of the Isle of Man. Report for the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture, Isle of Man Government.
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Brander, L.M., Brauer, I., Gerdes, H., Ghermandi, A., Kuik, O., Markandya, A., Navrud, S., Nunes, P.A.L.D., Schaafsma, M., Vos, H. and Wagtendonk, A. (2011). Using meta-analysis and GIS for value transfer and scaling up: Valuing climate change induced losses of European wetlands. Environmental and Resource Economics. DOI: 10.1007/s10640-011-9535-1.
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Brander, L.M. and Koetse, M.J. (2011). The value of urban open space: meta-analyses of contingent valuation and hedonic pricing results. Journal of Environmental Management, 92: 2763-2773.
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Brander, L.M. (2011). Economic Valuation of Landscape Fragmentation. PhD Thesis Faculty of Economics, VU University, Amsterdam.
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Van Beukering, P., Brander, L., Van Zanten, B., Verbrugge, E., Lems, K. (2011). The Economic Value of the Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States Virgin Islands. IVM Report number: R-11/06.
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Brander, L., Fall, E.H., Friedrich, R., Hirschberg, S., Kuik, O., Magnussen, K., Navrud, S., Preiss, P., Rabl, A. & van der Zwaan, B. (2011). External costs. In Markandya, A., Bigano, A. & Porchia, R. (eds.), The social cost of electricity. (pp. 3-76). Cheltenham UK. Northampton USA: Edward Elgar.

Ghermandi, A., van den Bergh, J.C.J.M., Brander, L.M., de Groot, H.L.F., and Nunes, P.A.L.D. (2010). Values of natural and human-made wetlands: a meta-analysis. Water Resource Research, 46, 1-12.
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Ward, P., Pauw, P., Brander, L., Aerts, J., Strzepek, K.M., (2010). Partial costs of global climate change adaptation for the supply of raw industrial and municipal water: a methodology and application. Environmental Research Letters, 5.
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Brander, L.M., Ghermandi, A., Kuik, O., Markandya, A., Nunes, P.A.L.D., Schaafsma, M., and Wagtendonk, A. (2010). Scaling up ecosystem services values: methodology, applicability, and a case study. FEEM Working Paper Series, Issue 9.
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Koetse, M.J., and Brander, L.M. (2010). Meta-analyses naar de Waarde van Openbaar Stedelijk Groen, in: MJ Koetse, P Rietveld (eds.), Economische Waardering van Omgevingskwaliteit: Casestudies en Toepassingen in de MKBA, Sdu Uitgevers, Den Haag, The Netherlands.

EEA (2010). Scaling up ecosystem benefits – Assessing large-scale ecosystem services with primary data – EEA Technical Report 2010, Copenhagen.
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Pascual, U., Muradian, R., Brander, L., Gómez-Baggethun, E., Martín-López, B., and Verma, M. (2010). The economics of valuing ecosystem services and biodiversity. In Kumar (Ed.) The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity: Ecological and Economic Foundations. Earthscan, London and Washington.
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Margulis, S. et al. (2010). The cost to developing countries of adapting to climate change. The global report of the economics of adaptation to climate change study. World Bank, Washington DC.
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Brander, L.M., Bräuer, I., Gerdes, H., Kuik, O., Navrud, S., Schaafsma, M., and Wagtendonk, A. (2009). Scaling-up ecosystem services’ values: towards guidelines for a policy-relevant approach. Report to the European Environment Agency.

Brander, L.M., Rehdanz, K., Tol, R.S.J. and van Beukering, P. (2009). The economic impact of ocean acidification on coral reefs. Economic and Social Research Institute Working Paper No. WP282.
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Brouwer, R., Akter, S., Brander, L. and Haque, E. (2009). Economic valuation of flood risk exposure and reduction in a severely flood prone developing country. Environment and Development Economics, 14 (3), 397-417.
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Akter, S., Brouwer, R., Brander, L., and van Beukering P. (2009). Respondent uncertainty in a contingent market for carbon offsets. Ecological Economics, 68 (6): 1858-1863.
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Dekkers, J., Koomen, E., Koetse, M. & Brander L. (2009). Does proximity to open space increase the values of dwellings? Evidence from three Dutch case studies. In van der Valk, A. & van Dijk, T. (Eds.), Regional planning for open space (pp 107-124). Routledge, London.
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Kuik, O., Brander, L.M., and Tol, R. (2009). Marginal abatement costs of carbon-dioxide emissions: a meta-analysis. Energy policy, 37, 1395–1403.

Van Beukering, P., Sarkis, S., McKenzie, E., Hess, S., Brander, L., Roelfsema, M., Looijenstijn-van der Putten, L., Bervoets, T., (2009) Total economic value of Bermuda’s coral reefs: Valuation of ecosystem services. IVM Working Paper.

Gupta, J., Van Beukering, P., Van Asselt, H., Brander, L.M., Hess, S., and Van Der Leeuw, K., (2008). Flexibility mechanisms and sustainable development: lessons from five AIJ projects. Climate Policy 8, 261-276.
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Van Beukering, P., Brander, L.M., Immerzeel, D., Leotaud, N., Mendes, S., van Soesbergen, A., Gerald, C., McCauley, C. (2008). Value after the volcano: Economic valuation of Montserrat’s Centre Hills. Report to the Government of Montserrat and the Royal Society for Protection of Birds.

Christie, M., Fazey, D., Cooper, R., Hyde, T., Deri, A., Hughes, L., Bush, G., Brander, L.M., Nahman, A., de Lange, W., and Reyers, B. (2008). An evaluation of economic and non-economic techniques for assessing the importance of biodiversity to people in developing countries. Report to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, London, UK.
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Brouwer, R., Brander, L.M., and van Beukering, P. (2008). “A convenient truth”: Air travel passengers willingness to pay to offset their CO2 emissions. Climatic Change. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-008-9414-0.
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Van Beukering, P., Brander, L.M., Tompkins, E., and McKenzie, E. (2007). Valuing the environment in small islands: An environmental economics toolkit. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, UK.
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Brouwer, R., Aftab, S., Brander, L. & Haque, E. (2007). Socio-Economic Vulnerability and Adaptation to Environmental Risk: A Case Study of Climate Change and Flooding in Bangladesh. Risk Analysis, 27(2).
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Brander, L.M., Beukering van, P. & Cesar, H.S.J. (2007). The recreational value of coral reefs: a meta-analysis. Ecological Economics 63, 209-218.
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Brander, L.M. & Florax, J.G.M. (2006). The valuation of wetlands: primary versus meta-analysis based value transfer. In Carruthers, J.I. & Mundy, B. (Eds.), Environmental Valuation: Interregional and Intraregional Perspectives. Aldershot: Ashgate.

Brander, L.M., Florax, J.G.M. & Vermaat, J.E. (2006). The empirics of wetland valuation: A comprehensive summary and meta-analysis of the literature. Environmental and Resource Economics, 33(2), 223-250.
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Kuik, O., Brander, L.M., Schaafsma, M., (2006). Global benefit estimates of Natura2000 areas. Report prepared for Ministry of Agriculture, Nature, and Food Quality (LNV), The Netherlands.

Pons, X. & Brander, L.M. (2005). The stewardship council model: a comparison of the FSC and MSC. ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law, 11(3).

Brander, L.M., Linderhof, V. & Olsthoorn, X. (2005). RAINS-NL and the economic evaluation of air pollution studies: a feasibility study. IVM working paper (W05-12). Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Brouwer, R. & Brander, L.M. (2005). A Review of Wetland Social Science Research across Europe and its Usefulness for the Water Framework Directive. IVM report (E05-08). Amsterdam: Institute for Environmental Studies, 62 pp.

Schuyt, K. & Brander, L.M. (2004). Economic values of global wetlands. WWF-International, Gland, Switzerland.
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Brander, L.M. (2003). Kyoto Mechanisms: the relative advantages and disadvantages of emissions trading, joint implementation and the clean development mechanism. In Faure et al (Eds.), Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol: The role of Institutions and Instruments to Control Global Change’, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Brander, L.M., Olsthoorn, A.A. & Oosterhuis, F. (2003). Triggering Innovation. In Erdmenger (Ed.), Buying into the Environment: Experiences, Opportunities and Potential for Eco-procurement. Sheffield, UK: Greenleaf Publishing.

Brander, L.M., Fuhr, V. & Olsthoorn, A.A. (2003). Views from the Green Public Procurement Community. In Erdmenger (Ed.), Buying into the Environment: Experiences, Opportunities and Potential for Eco-procurement. Sheffield, UK: Greenleaf Publishing.

Cesar, H. et al. (2002). Improving air quality in Metropolitan Mexico City: an economic valuation. World Bank Working Paper.
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Sijm, J.P.M., Brander, L.M. & Kuik, O.J (2002). Cost assessments of mitigation options in the energy sector: Conceptual and methodological issues. ECN Working Paper (ECN-C-02-040), ECN, Petten.

Brander, L.M. & Van der Grijp, N. (2002). Sustainability labelling and certification: an overview of multi-sector and sector-specific schemes. Project report to EU.

Brouwer, F.M., Brander, L., Tongeren, F.W., van, Kuik, O.J., Bakker, R., Tabeau, A.A. & Bruchem, C. van (2001). Tradeable rights for greenhouse gas emissions in Dutch agriculture. LEI Report (3.01.05). LEI, Den Haag.

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