The Economics of Ecosystems & Biodiversity (TEEB)
Initiative I0049
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| Organisation de mise en oeuvre | European Commission (EC) (Organisation de développement) |
Résumé
At the meeting of the environment ministers of the G8 countries and the five major newly industrialising countries that took place in Potsdam in March 2007, the German government proposed a study on 'The economic significance of the global loss of biological diversity'. This proposal was endorsed by G8+5 leaders at the Heiligendamm Summit on 6-8 June 2007. With this in mind, the German Federal Ministry for the Environment and the European Commission, with the support of several other partners, have jointly initiated preparatory work for this global study, which is named 'The Economics of Ecosystems & Biodiversity (TEEB)'. The study will evaluate the costs of the loss of biodiversity and the associated decline in ecosystem services worldwide, and compare them with the costs of effective conservation and sustainable use. It is intended that it will sharpen awareness of the value of biodiversity and ecosystem services and facilitate the development of cost-effective policy responses, notably by preparing a 'valuation toolkit'.
Rendement
TEEB is being conducted in two phases. Preliminary findings from the first phase have been presented by Minister Gabriel, Commissioner Dimas and Mr Pavan Sukhdev at the High-Level Segment of the Ninth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP-9) in Bonn, Germany, in May 2008, in the form of an interim report. 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.
The TEEB has released a number of reports to date:
- The TEEB for Local and Regional Policy Makers (released in September 2010);
- The TEEB for Business Report (released in July 2010);
- The TEEB for Policy Makers Report (released in November 2009);
- The TEEB Climate Issues update (released in September 2009);
- The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity Interim Report (released in May 2008).
Couverture géographique
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Commence
2007
Finis
2010
Gens
Pavan Sukhdev
E-mail: Pavan.Sukhdev@unep-wcmc.org
URL de web
http://www.teebweb.org
Enregistrements associés en dessous de celui-ci:
- TEEB Newsletter - November 2009 (Document D0322)
- TEEB Newsletter - September 2009 (Document D0321)
- Banking on Biodiversity (Biblio B1750)