The cost of biodiversity loss is skyrocketing, and we may soon discover tipping points of entire systems, such as coral reefs and polar systems, by actually tipping them. But although the patient – planet earth – has a huge number…
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English version México participa en un innovador proyecto global sobre Cuentas de Capital Natural y valoración de Servicios Ecosistémicos Un proyecto global coordinado por ONU Medio Ambiente, INEGI y el sector ambiental de México. Con las Cuentas de Capital Natural…
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versión en Español Natural Capital Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services Inception Mission Mexico – June 2017 Mexico takes part int a groundbreaking global project on Natural Capital Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services On 13-14 June, the…
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The Agroecology Haiku* From a smallholder farmer, with love Farmers planting potatoes – Vincent Van Gogh Smallholder farmers live as a forced labourers for a changing global food system, in which their success is only defined in terms of…
Read moreTEEB Ecuador – Reunión Técnica
English version © ProEcuador / Cacao Ecuatoriano Quito (Ecuador) 5 – 8 Julio de 2016. TEEB ha organizado un taller técnico para discutir del progreso del proyecto TEEB Ecuador, cuyo objetivo es “integrar el papel de los servicios ecosistémicos y de la biodiversidad en…
Read moreTEEB Ecuador – National Stakeholder Meeting
Versión en Español© ProEcuador / Cacao Ecuatoriano Quito (Ecuador) 5 – 8 July, 2016. TEEB convened a workshop to discuss progress on TEEB Ecuador, which aims to “Integrate the role of ecosystem services and biodiversity in the transformation of the productive matrix [1] and…
Read moreFrom the Arctic, with love
Please share your thoughts and join the conversation on social media follow the hashtag: #truevalueARCTIC I have always been there for you I am the Arctic, I am about 6% of this planet’s surface. I am home to around four million…
Read moreDo you still value me? – From the Arctic, with love
I have always been there for you I am the Arctic, I am about 6% of this planet’s surface. I am home to around four million people. I have watched indigenous peoples grow up here for thousands of years. I…
Read moreThe case for a Nature and Wellbeing Bill
I am delighted that people are beginning to talk and write about our joint campaign with The Wildlife Trusts for a Nature and Wellbeing Act (read Mike McCarthy here and Geroge Monbiot here). Thousands of people have also written to…
Read moreNatural Capital Accounting at the World Parks Congress
The 6th IUCN-WCPA World Parks Congress was held in Sydney, Australia from 12-19 November 2014. Its focus on “Parks, People, Planet: Inspiring solutions” drew over 6000 delegates from over 170 countries. Held every 10 years, the Congress has played…
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Measuring what matters in agriculture and food systems: a synthesis
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) (2018). Measuring what matters in agriculture and food systems: a synthesis of the results and recommendations of TEEB for Agriculture and Food’s Scientific and Economic Foundations report. Geneva: UN Environment. Download report
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Scientific and Economic Foundations Report
The TEEBAgriFood ‘Scientific and Economic Foundations’ report addresses the core theoretical issues and controversies underpinning the evaluation of the nexus between the agri-food sector, biodiversity and ecosystem services and externalities including human health impacts from agriculture on a global scale. It argues the…
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TEEB Challenges and Responses
TEEB ‘s progress, challenges and responses towards mainstreaming the economics of nature. [ENG] [ESP]
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TEEB for Agriculture & Food Concept Note
February 2014- The Concept Note presents the case for and proposed outline content of a TEEB for Agriculture & Food study.
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Natural Capital Accounting and Water Quality: Commitments, Benefits, Needs and Progress
December 2013 – The briefing note outlines existing guidance and examples on water quality accounting and identifies the ongoing challenges related to the development of natural capital accounting and water quality accounting. Inspired by the growing global focus on natural capital accounting, the note identifies the ongoing challenges related to the development of natural capital accounting and water quality accounting, in order to encourage debate and commitment towards effective water and biodiversity policy.
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