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Managing Ecosystems for Human Well-beingGlobal result 4.1 – Development policies and strategies support vulnerable and poorstakeholders especially women, to sustainably manage ecosystems for improved livelihoods.Global result 4.2 – Sustainable environmental management reduces vulnerability to naturalhazards and conflictsMost of IUCN’s projects in the field work directly with beneficiaries, particularly the rural poor; todemonstrate how sound management of natural resources and restoration of ecosystems can providebenefits to those groups. Most of the work was at the demonstration scale, yielding solid yet modestbenefits to target beneficiaries, however, it is expected that the techniques demonstrated are beingreplicated by IUCN Members and partners.IUCN was also able to demonstrate the role of nature in providing nature-based solutions to disasterrisk reduction and use this learning to influence policy at a variety of levels. In the Tacaná Watersheds(Guatemala and Mexico), disaster preparedness plans and mechanisms were developed andincreased the understanding of climate change impacts by communities.IUCN implemented numerous demonstrations in forest ecosystems (25 countries through Livelihoodsand Landscapes), watersheds (30 countries through the Water and Nature Initiative), mangroveecosystems (8 countries through Mangroves for the Future) and on natural resource management (10countries) that delivered a range of benefits, from local control and governance through to tangibleincreases in income, access to food and sanitation and disaster risk reduction.The case studies in the Annex provide a range of examples of IUCN’s work, including the restorationand co-management work that delivers benefits to the rural poor. The examples cover Asia, Africa andLatin America, demonstrating conclusively that where control can be devolved to local stakeholders,benefits can be realized. Working with IUCN’s donor partners has allowed many of these lessons tobe transferred into the thinking of the donor community.Specifically on disaster risk reduction, IUCN influenced the UN International Strategy for DisasterReduction on the value of ecosystem based approaches and the use of gender tools. IUCN alsodemonstrated ecosystem based approaches to disaster risk reduction as part of its watershedmanagement work in Guatemala and through its mangrove work in ThailandGreening the World EconomyGlobal Result 5.1 – Economic, trade and investment policies better integrate biodiversityvaluesGlobal Result 5.2 – Companies, industry associations and consumer groups incorporateecosystem values into planning and actionIUCN made modest but promising gains in building the knowledge base on the economic value ofbiodiversity, while influencing private sector companies to improve their performance.IUCN made a significant contribution to the landmark study, The Economics of Ecosystems andBiodiversity (TEEB), and was the lead author on the TEEB for Business report and produced manyeconomic valuation studies supporting the case for investing in nature in the field. Case studies fromthe Komadugu Yobe and Tacaná River basins in the Annex are good examples.IUCN collaborated on the development of the Fairwild Standard, which has been used as the basis forcertifying sustainable harvesting and policy in more than 20 collection operations in 13 countries. TheYangtze River case study in the Annex is an example of the Fairwild Standard in action.IUCN influenced a number of corporate actors to adopt biodiversity friendly policy and managementplans, including the World Business Council on Sustainable Development, Holcim, Shell, theInternational Council for Mining and Metals, Nespresso, the Global Reporting Initiative, Dhamra Port338