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PRESS RELEASE 13 November- Launch of TEEB for Policy Makers Report
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November 13 - The TEEB for Policy Makers report is released at a press conference in Brussels.
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The TEEB for Policy Makers report is released Friday 13 November in Brussels.
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PRESS RELEASE 2 September - Time to Tap Climate Change - Combating Potential of the World’s Ecosystems
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Investing in restoration and maintenance of the Earth’s multi-trillion dollar ecosystems - from forests and mangroves to wetlands and river basins - can have a key role in countering climate change and climate-proofing vulnerable economies.
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In this report, we assessed the economic magnitude of the human welfare impacts of losing natural areas, especially forests. We described in economic terms the fundamental links between eliminating poverty and conserving biodiversity and ecosystems. We highlighted ethical issues underlying the choice of discount rates to evaluate the benefits of wild nature for human welfare. We also prepared the ground for phase 2 of teeb with some preliminary analysis of the policy implications of available economic evidence.
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PRESS RELEASE 28 May 2008 - Policy makers, businesses and individuals must act now on preserving biodiversity and ecosystem services or pay a heavy price in decades to come
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The pressures on biodiversity and ecosystem services across the world are growing and need urgent attention. Our livelihoods are under threat because of our total dependence on both. The absence of markets and prices for many of these services is a key underlying cause. In future, as pressures are expected to increase further, impacts on people across the world could increase as factors such as water shortages, food supply constraints and health care implications come to the fore, says a new report released today. Read More |
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity Fact Sheet - November 2009
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The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) study is a major international initiative to draw attention to the global economic benefits of biodiversity, to highlight the growing cost of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation and to draw together expertise from the fields of science, economics and policy to enable practical actions moving forward.
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For media enquiries please contact:
Georgina Langdale
TEEB communications
Tel: +49 228 815 0572
Mob: +49 1707 617 138
Email: Georgina.langdale [at] unep-teeb.org