Costing the Earth: Investing in protecting EcosystemsCoral reefs around the world are worth a staggering $172 billion dollars a year to the global economy. But the wealth of the oceans' reefs, and their amazing monetary value, is on the verge of being destroyed.
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Invest in nature now, save trillions laterPARIS (AFP) – Investing billions today to protect threatened ecosystems and dwindling biodiversity would reap trillions in savings over the long haul, according to a UN-backed report issued Friday.
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Pavan Sukhdev: you can have progress without GDP-led growthDeutsche Bank economist Pavan Sukhdev is heading up the groundbreaking TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) report and doing for nature what Sir Nicholas Stern did for climate change - valuing it
Tom Levitt: Why are we putting a value on nature, why don't we just close off and protect it?
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Safeguarding Multiple BenefitsUN-REDD Programme Officer, Wahida Patwa-Shah and UN-REDD Natural Resources Officer, Linda Rosengren, look beyond carbon to flesh out the many ways forests provide benefits to society, and highlight steps the UN-REDD Programme is taking to ensure these benefits are safeguarde
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Give decision makers access to the value of nature's servicesFinance ministers must realise that mounting devastation of ecosystems harms economic development
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Businesses 'profit from investing in nature' Businesses can and should take a key role in stemming biodiversity loss around the world, a report concludes.
The latest report from The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (Teeb) project argues that many sectors have a stake in protecting nature.
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CIFOR Publishes Study on Forest Law Enforcement and REDD in Guyana
The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), a member of the Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research (CGIAR), with funding from the Norwegian Government, has published a study on forest law enforcement and governance, and forest practices in Guyana.
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Ancient fertilizer biochar joins modern fight against greenhouse gasesWhat do bone fragments, cow patties and banana peels have in common? They all help gardens grow.
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Valuing natural capital for development decisions
DFID in its conceptual frameworks of Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches (SLAs) defines five types of asset: human capital, social capital (the ability to draw on support through membership of social groups), natural capital, physical capital, and financial capital for achieving poverty elimination. But most services provided by the natural environment (natural capital) to human society are not captured by GDP or other conventional macro-economic indicators, because, they are not directly traded in markets. Provisioning services (food, fibre and water) and a few cultural services (such as recreation and tourism) are somehow calculated but value of regulating services (water and climate regulation) is not calculated yet, although research on regulating services is developing rapidly.
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There’s gold in them forests – but not for plantationsLondon, Aug. 16, 2010 (RISI) - I recently took part in a web meeting on the future of the financial industry's interest in forestry. It was surprising how sophisticated banks, insurance companies and analysts are becoming in evaluating forestry investments.
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Urgent Action Needed On Climate-Forestry ResearchUrgent Action Needed On Climate-Forestry Research
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ITTO Publishes Article on Greening REDD+October 2010: The latest issue of Tropical Forest Update, a publication of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), includes an article on tools and measures for ensuring REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, as well as the role of conservation, su
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The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) - synthesis report The economic importance of the natural assets of the world is now firmly on the political radar as a result of an international assessment showcasing the enormous economic value of forests, freshwater, soils and coral reefs, as well as the social and economic costs of their loss, was the conclusion of The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) report launched (20 October 2010) by TEEB study leader, Pavan Sukhdev, at the 10th Conference of Parties meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP10) in Nagoya.
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Carbon trade: Cambodia forests for EU scheme CAYMAN Islands-registered Green Glory Ltd is in the process of obtaining management rights to establish a carbon credit scheme using Cambodia’s forests, according to a company statement.
The firm is seeking rights to 450,000 hectares of the Kingdom’s woodlands for supply-side carbon credits. It is also planning to list on the London Alternative Investment Market exchange via the acquisition of AIM-listed Tricor Plc.
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UK: Hidden value of nature revealed in groundbreaking study
The true value of nature can be shown for the very first time thanks to groundbreaking research by hundreds of UK scientists.
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FOREST CONSERVATION MARKETS SLOWLY TURN TO REDD - POINT CARBON* Credits to reduce deforestation and degradation (REDD)
* Each is for a tonne of CO2 saved by unfelled forest
* So far demand is only in a small, thin voluntary market
By Valerie Volcovici, Point Carbon News
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The fifth Forest Day took place in Durban, South Africa, in parallel with the UN Durban Climate Change Conference, which convened from 28 November -9 December 2011.
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Putting a Price on The Real Value of NatureHow do you put a price on the value of nature?
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