TEEB Report - Mainstreaming the Economics of Nature

[Amelanchier]

Seems like there's a new report out every half hour these days - by the time to actually read them properly, they'll probably be superseded by another.

 

Anyhoo - this got a lot of press recently. Well, as much as environmental valuation ever gets...

 

Home of TEEB

 

Environmentalists (and Arbs?) have been bangin on about "costing externalities" for years - perhaps some ground is being gained...

TEEB_Mainstreaming the economics of nature.pdf

[BatiArb]

This might provide a brief summary for those without the time for the full report:

 

BBC News - Nature's gift: The economic benefits of preserving the natural world

 

Not that it is not worth ready of course.......

 

 

 

 

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[Bundle 2]

Aptly timed post...just read this (patchy) report..

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/country

side/8082756/Ministers-plan-huge-sell-of

f-of-Britains-forests.html

 

 

If you needed a reason to sign the petition..it is surely vindicated in this report....? ( I quote..)

" Better accounting of business im- pacts and dependence on biodiversity and eco- system services – direct and indirect, positive and negative – is essential to spur needed change in business investment and operations [b2]. Current accountancy rules, purchasing policies and repor- ting standards do not consistently require attention to environmental externalities – including social costs due to impacts on ecosystems and biodiversity...."

 

Stop Uk Forestry Destruction petition