The aim of this synthesis is to highlight and illustrate the approach adopted by TEEB: namely to show how economic concepts and tools can help equip society with the means to incorporate the values of nature into decision making at all levels.
Author(s):
Bishop, Joshua
Brink, Patrick ten
Gundimeda, Haripriya
Kumar, Pushpam
Nesshöver, Carsten
Schröter-Schlaack, Christoph
Simmons, Ben
Sukhdev, Pavan
Wittmer, Heidi
Organization(s):
IUCN
European Commission
Germany, Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Norway, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway, [Government]
Sweden, SIDA
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) initiative
UNEP
United Kingdom, Department for International Development (DFID)
United Kingdom, Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Le but de cette étude est de sensibiliser les décideurs politiques et les acteurs de la conservation de la biodiversité sur les valeurs économiques de la vallée du Sourou en vue d'influencer les politiques d'aménagement et de conservation des écosystèmes naturels.
Author(s):
Somda, Jacques
Zonon, Abdoulaye
Ouadba, Jean Marie
Huberman, David
Organization(s):
IUCN
IUCN, Regional Protected Areas Programme, Western Africa
This report provides a summary for the business community, illustrated with examples from a range of companies and sectors. It asks: what are the risks and opportunities to business of ecological change? What is business currently doing about biodiversity and ecosystem services?
Author(s):
Bishop, Joshua
Organization(s):
IUCN
European Commission
Germany, Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Norway, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway, [Government]
Sweden, SIDA
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) initiative
UNEP
United Kingdom, Department for International Development (DFID)
United Kingdom, Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Greening Blue Energy project aims to facilitate well-balanced and science-based discussions on the impacts on the marine environment from offshore renewable energy developments and as such this publication provides a synthesis of current knowledge on the potential biodiversity impacts of offs
This publication is the executive summary for a full report which demonstrates the value of ecosystems and biodiversity to the economy, to society and to individuals. It underlines the urgency of action, as well as the benefits and opportunities that will arise as a result of taking such action.
Organization(s):
IUCN
European Commission
Germany, Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Norway, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway, [Government]
Sweden, SIDA
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) initiative
UNEP
United Kingdom, Department for International Development (DFID)
United Kingdom, Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity Interim Report, a first assessment stemming from a G8+5 initiative sponsored by Germany and the European Commission, points to the growing pressures on biodiversity and ecosystem services across the world and the need for improved valuation metrics for
Organization(s):
IUCN
European Commission
Germany, Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Norway, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway, [Government]
Sweden, SIDA
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) initiative
UNEP
United Kingdom, Department for International Development (DFID)
United Kingdom, Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
This paper outlines how the design of REDD could influence its poverty implications and the key requirements for ensuring that REDD works for the poor. It summarises the findings of a much longer analysis recently prepared on behalf of the PEP, entitled Making REDD Work for the Poor.
Author(s):
Peskett, Leo
Huberman, David
Bowen-Jones, Evan
Edwards, Guy
Brown, Jessica
Organization(s):
IUCN
United Kingdom, Overseas Development Institute
UNDP
Sweden, SIDA
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
France, Ministère de l'Ecologie, de l'Energie, du Développement Durable et de ll'Aménagement du territoire
Nature Conservancy, US
UNEP-WCMC
United Kingdom, Department for International Development (DFID)
This Poverty Environment Partnership (PEP) report is dedicated to the increasingly popular topic of 'Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation' (REDD).
Author(s):
Peskett, Leo
Huberman, David
Bowen-Jones, Evan
Edwards, Guy
Brown, Jessica
Organization(s):
IUCN
United Kingdom, Overseas Development Institute
UNDP
Sweden, SIDA
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
France, Ministère de l'Ecologie, de l'Energie, du Développement Durable et de ll'Aménagement du territoire
Nature Conservancy, US
UNEP-WCMC
United Kingdom, Department for International Development (DFID)
The CORDIO programme, which started in 1999 as a pragmatic response to the impacts of global warming on coral reefs, has over the years improved our knowledge and management of coral reefs.
Organization(s):
Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean (CORDIO)
<p>Non-timber forest products (NTFP) include all the materials (excluding timber) collected from natural or man-made forests and riverine habitats, and used to support local livelihoods in Lao PDR: food, medicines, fibres, extracts and ornamentals.
Organization(s):
IUCN
National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute, LA
National University of Lao PDR
SNV Netherlands Development Organisation, NL
WWF International
FAO
Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
Switzerland, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
Since the 1998 coral bleaching and mortality, which affected reefs throughout the tropics, a number of projects dealing with research, monitoring and management of coral reefs have been conducted.
Author(s):
Lindén, Olof
Souter, David
Organization(s):
Sweden, SIDA
IUCN
University of Kalmar, Department of Biology and Environmental Science, SE
The primary aim of these guidelines is to assist programme officers at Sida to review EIAs. However, since both reviewing and making an EIA are based on the same concept, most of what is said about reviewing EIAs is also applicable to making EIAs.
Since the 1998 coral bleaching and mortality, which affected reefs throughout the tropics, a number of projects dealing with research, monitoring and management of coral reefs have been conducted.
Author(s):
Lindén, Olof
Souter, David
Wilhelmsson, Dan
Obura, David O.
Organization(s):
Sweden, SIDA
IUCN
University of Kalmar, Department of Biology and Environmental Science, SE
The Vietnam Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) was developed by the Ministry of Forestry and the State Committee of Science, in collaboration with WWF and UNDP. I was published in 1994 and approved by the government in 1995.
A series of regional reviews of multi-sectoral strategies for sustainability at the national, provincial, and local levels, complementing the volume on "Strategies for national sustainable development".
Organization(s):
IUCN, Strategies for Sustainability Programme
IUCN Commission on Environmental Strategy and Planning
World Resources Institute (WRI)
IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
A series of regional reviews of multi-sectoral strategies for sustainability at the national, provincial, and local levels, complementing the volume on "Strategies for national sustainable development".
Organization(s):
IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
International Development Research Centre, CA
IUCN Commission on Environmental Strategy and Planning