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Citation and disclaimer This report should be quoted as follows: TEEB – The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for National and International Policy Makers – Summary: Responding to the Value of Nature 2009. Authorship This executive summary has been put together by: Patrick ten Brink, Augustin Berghöfer, Christoph Schröter-Schlaack, Pavan Sukhdev, Alexandra Vakrou, Stephen White, and Heidi Wittmer, with the valuable input from Rudolf de Groot, Marianne Kettunen, Pushpam Kumar, Georgina Langdale, Markus Lehmann, Helen Mountford, Aude Neuville, Sander Van der Ploeg, Clare Shine, Benjamin Simmons, Graham Tucker, James Vause, François Wackenhut, the TEEB Coordination Group and a range of others. It is a summary of the TEEB for Policy Makers report; chapter authors and contributors are noted at the start of each chapter. For a full list see also the inside back cover of this summary. Disclaimer: The views expressed in this report are purely those of the authors and may not in any circumstances be regarded as stating an official position of the organisations involved. ISBN 978-3-9813410-0-3 Layouted by www.dieaktivisten.de Printed by Welzel+Hardt, Wesseling, Germany TEEB is hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme and supported by the European Commission, the German Federal Environment Ministry and the UK government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, recently joined by Norway’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs and The Netherlands’ Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment.
TEEB D1 Summary TABLE OF CONTENTS A Word of Thanks 1 Background 2 The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity - for National and International Policy Makers An Executive Summary Part I: The global biodiversity crisis: challenges and opportunities for policy makers 4 Part II: Measuring what we manage: information tools for decision-makers 4 Part III: Available solutions: instruments for better stewardship of natural capital 5 Part IV: The road ahead: responding to the value of nature 5 1. Why valuing ecosystem services makes economic sense 7 Values are becoming more visible 7 Markets limitations and the role of public policies 10 Recognising ecosystem service values contributes to better decisions 11 2. Measuring to manage our natural capital 14 Better measurement of biodiversity and ecosystem services 14 Better links to macro-economic and societal indicators and national accounts 15 The need for better informed management of natural capital 16 3. Reasons to invest in natural capital 17 Investment for climate change mitigation and adaptation 17 Investment in ecological infrastructure 19 Investment in protected areas 20 Restoration of degraded ecosystems 22 Investment in ecological infrastructure supports jobs 23 4. Improving the distribution of costs and benefits 25 Making sure the right people pay 25 Setting incentives in line with the distribution of nature’s benefits 26 Clarifying rights to resources: good for people and for the environment 27 Managing transition and overcoming resistance to change 29 5. Natural capital that delivers prosperity 31 Policies make a difference 31 Opportunities for improvement 32 The road ahead 33 Building a more resource efficient economy 34 References 36
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