The economics of ecosystems and biodiversity: an interim report
"TEEB Phase I built on the work of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, which made significant progress in assessing current knowledge on biodiversity and ecosystem services. The TEEB interim report shows that if we do not adopt the right policies, the current decline in biodiversity and the re...
| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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| Format: | TEXT |
| Language: | English |
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Brussels
2008
European Communities |
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| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19188648124919068209-The-economics-of-ecosystems-an.htm |
| Summary: | "TEEB Phase I built on the work of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, which made significant progress in assessing current knowledge on biodiversity and ecosystem services. The TEEB interim report shows that if we do not adopt the right policies, the current decline in biodiversity and the related loss of ecosystem services will continue and in some cases even accelerate. Some ecosystems are likely to be damaged beyond repair. Current trends in the loss of ecosystem services on land and in the oceans demonstrate the severe dangers that biodiversity loss poses to human health and welfare. The interim report proposes a general framework for evaluating the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services that acknowledges that not all values of biodiversity can be measured in economic terms. The second, more substantial, phase of the study will run into 2009 and 2010. The project is structured around one background report and several reports targeted towards specific groups of potential users of evaluation tools for biodiversity and ecosystem services. These reports will be compiled in a phased approach and published consecutively between autumn 2009 and autumn 2010. The final results will be presented at CBD COP-10 in 2010." |
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| Physical Description: | 64 p. Digital |