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International Payments for Ecosystem Services (IPES) and Reducing Emissions...
What are Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES)? ((Taken from the TEEB for National Policy Makers Report Chapter 5)) PES is a generic name for a variety of arrangements through which the beneficiaries...
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Frequently Used Terms in TEEB
Natural Capital Natural Capital- our ecosystems, biodiversity and natural resources – underpins economies, societies and individual well-being. The values of its myriad benefits are often overlooked or...
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Watershed Management in Mongolia
Cities depend on nature Many essential services provided by local governments depend on and impact the ecosystems around them, either nearby or further afield. With Mongolia’s capital city,...
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Use it or lose it! Bringing back rice diversity on farmers’ fields
Did you know that of the thousands of rice varieties available, only a few are actually being consumed and sold in markets? Year after year, a handful of rice varieties face extinction. Unfortunately,...
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Tourism and local development
The tourism sector is one of the major employers in the world supporting over 200 million workers. ((Backes, M.; Baumgartner, C.; Pils, M. and Plüss, C. (2002) ‘Red Card for Tourism: Ten Principles and...
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Changing Consumer Preferences
Even if you don’t choose to purchase organic or environmentally friendly products, you can’t fail to notice a growing trend and increased availability of consumables which advertise their...
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Pavan Sukhdev: Tea with the Economist
Imagine you get money for throwing your garbage in the bin instead of throwing it into nature. Unthinkable? No more, no less suggests Pavan Sukhdev, study leader of TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems...
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Agricultural Subsidy Removal in New Zealand
“All I’m saying is that there is a price to be paid at the sharp end…environmentally and everywhere else…for the food that is produced in a particular way.” -Prince Charles Subsidies to agriculture are...
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Singapore: The quest for a city in a garden.
A report card for Biodiversity If cities were given a report card on biodiversity, how would they fare? Who would get a pat on the back and who would receive a slap on the hand? Singapore, a city state...
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