This publication is a completely revised and updated version of the TEEB for Policy Makers Report. To order your copy of the Earthscan volume download the order form here or order online

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This report 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. The report shows that the cost of sustaining biodiversity and ecosystem services is lower than the cost of allowing biodiversity and ecosystem services to dwindle. It demonstrates how we can take into account the value of ecosystems and biodiversity in policy decisions and identify and support solutions, new instruments, and wider use of existing tool in order to pioneer a way forward. In so doing, the report addresses the needs of policy-makers and those in the policy-making process.

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The TEEB for Policy Makers preliminary drafts chapters are also available for download. However, these chapters have been revised and updated for the Earthscan book and the final version is only available in the published book.