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Description: Financial support provided by the government to encourage beneficial environmental practices. Purpose: To lower the cost of environmentally friendly activities, making them more competitive. Examples: Renewable energy grants, electric vehicle rebates

Description: Charging for the use of water resources to reflect its scarcity and value. Purpose: To promote efficient water use and conservation. Examples: Tiered pricing for domestic water use, agricultural water quotas

Description: Legal rights to own and use resources, including the right to exclude others. Purpose: To give resource owners incentive to use resources sustainably. Examples: Fishing quotas, land ownership rights

Description: Tradable permits that represent a reduction in environmental impact or improvement. Purpose: To incentivize companies to exceed compliance in environmental protection. Examples: Wetland mitigation credits, conservation credits

Description: Payments to individuals or communities for maintaining or enhancing ecosystem services. Purpose: To provide incentives for the conservation of natural resources. Examples: Carbon sequestration rewards, payments for watershed protection

Description: Consumers pay a deposit when purchasing a product and receive a refund when they return it. Purpose: To encourage recycling and proper disposal of potentially polluting products. Examples: Beverage container returns, car tire disposals

Description: Charges on the extraction of natural resources. Purpose: To reflect the scarcity and environmental depletion caused by extraction. Examples: Timber royalties, oil drilling fees

Description: Labels indicating that a product meets certain environmental standards. Purpose: To guide consumers towards environmentally preferable products. Examples: Energy Star appliances, Forest Stewardship Council certified wood

Description: Establishment of new markets specifically for trading products or services beneficial to the environment. Purpose: To facilitate the trade and valuation of environmental benefits. Examples: Markets for biodiversity credits, ecosystem service exchanges

Description: Procedure to evaluate the environmental consequences of a proposed project. Purpose: To inform decision-making and minimize adverse environmental impacts. Examples: Construction of dams, industrial facility approvals

Description: Monetary penalties imposed for violations of environmental laws. Purpose: To deter non-compliance and encourage adherence to environmental regulations. Examples: Fines for oil spills, penalties for illegal dumping

Description: Taxes that consider the ecological footprint of goods and activities. Purpose: To reflect the true environmental costs of consumption and production. Examples: Pesticide taxes, eco-tax on non-recyclable materials

Description: Limits on the amount or value of fish that can be caught. Purpose: To prevent overfishing and promote sustainable fisheries. Examples: Individual transferable quotas (ITQs), total allowable catches (TACs)

Description: Higher charges for the use of roads during peak traffic times. Purpose: To reduce traffic congestion and its associated environmental impacts. Examples: Electronic toll collection during rush hour, cordon pricing in city centers

Description: Guaranteed rates paid for renewable energy supplied to the power grid. Purpose: To encourage investment in renewable energy sources. Examples: Solar photovoltaic systems, wind turbines

Description: Tax levied on the emission of pollutants. Purpose: To provide economic incentives for reducing pollution levels. Examples: NOx tax, sulfur tax

Description: Financial incentives for capturing and storing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Purpose: To mitigate climate change by reducing atmospheric CO2 levels. Examples: Tax credits for afforestation, subsidies for carbon capture and storage technology

Description: A strategic framework that encourages the design of environmentally friendly products. Purpose: To reduce the environmental impacts associated with the entire life cycle of products. Examples: Green design directives, product take-back regulations

Description: Rights to emit a certain amount of pollution that can be bought and sold. Purpose: To limit overall pollution while allowing flexibility in who reduces emissions. Examples: Cap-and-trade systems, carbon markets

Description: Legal framework that holds parties responsible for environmental damage. Purpose: To ensure that polluters bear the costs of their actions. Examples: Superfund laws, oil spill clean-up laws

Description: Charges imposed on the users of a resource or service based on the extent of use. Purpose: To make users of environmental services bear the cost of their use. Examples: Park entrance fees, waste collection fees

Description: Charges imposed by the government on goods and services to internalize environmental costs. Purpose: To discourage environmentally harmful activities by increasing their cost. Examples: Carbon tax, plastic bag levy

Description: Policies that require or encourage the purchase of environmentally-friendly goods and services. Purpose: To promote sustainable production practices through the market demand. Examples: Government mandates to buy recycled paper, eco-labeled products

Description: Policies requiring the release of information about environmental performance or impacts. Purpose: To allow consumers and stakeholders to make informed choices. Examples: Toxic release inventories, energy efficiency labels

Description: Economic methods used to estimate the value of non-market environmental goods and services. Purpose: To include the value of ecosystem services in policy-making. Examples: Contingent valuation, travel cost method

Description: Regulations that mandate specific performance levels for energy consumption. Purpose: To reduce energy use and associated environmental impacts. Examples: Minimum efficiency standards for appliances, building insulation codes

Description: A sum of money deposited by a resource user to ensure environmental standards are met. Purpose: To provide an economic disincentive for non-compliance with environmental regulations. Examples: Mining reclamation bonds, forestry compliance bonds

Description: Taxes on activities that have a harmful impact on the environment. Purpose: To internalize environmental externalities into market prices. Examples: Energy taxes, waste disposal taxes

Description: Tradable certificates that represent proof of renewable energy generation. Purpose: To encourage the production and use of renewable energy sources. Examples: Wind Renewable Energy Certificates, Solar Renewable Energy Certificates