IPBES-1 Highlights–October 4, 2011

kristyEarth Systems Science

IPBES-1 HIGHLIGHTS MONDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2011   The first session of the plenary meeting on the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) opened today in Nairobi, Kenya. In the morning, delegates heard opening statements and began discussions on the meeting’s rules of procedure and the adoption of …

Pacific Energy, ICT, Transport Ministers Conclude Inaugural Joint Meeting

kristySustainability News

Pacific Energy, ICT, Transport Ministers Conclude Inaugural Joint Meeting 8_April_2011: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) convened the inaugural Joint Regional Meeting for Energy, Information and Communication Technology and Transport, from 4-8 April 2011, in Noumea, New Caledonia. The meeting discussed the cross-cutting impacts of the three sectors in …

The Economic Value of Ecosystems and Biodiversity

kristyGreen Prosperity

Earthscan would like to invite you to join a free webinar presented by the lead editors for the first two volumes of The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity. The Economic Value of Ecosystems and Biodiversity Understand the development of the concept of ecosystem services, and the TEEB framework used for …

UN Proposes Rescue Package to Halt Loss of Biodiversity

kristyTrendspotting, Earth Systems Science

GENEVA (IDN) – Ecosystems — and the biodiversity that underpins them — support livelihoods around the world and generate services worth between $21 trillion and up to $72 trillion a year. This is comparable to World Gross National Income in 2008 of $58 trillion, according to the UN Environment Programme …

TEEB for Business, July 2010

Ethical Markets - RGreen Prosperity, Reports You Need

Business and enterprise have a huge role to play in how we manage, safeguard and invest in our natural capital. This report is aimed squarely at this sector and will provide practical guidance on the issues and the opportunities created by the inclusion in mainstream business practices of ecosystem- and …

The Trillions Worth – Soil Biodiversity

kristyCommunity Development Solutions, Earth Systems Science

The Trillions Worth – Soil Biodiversity By Luc Gnacadja* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint BONN (IDN) – Six to ten inches (18-25 cm) of topsoil are all that stand between us and extinction. There’s far more to this than food. The things that live in and grow from this irreplaceable and finite …

EC finds economic cost of losses in nature far greater than bank crisis

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Nature provides human society with a vast diversity of bene?ts such as food, ?bres, clean water, healthy soil and carbon capture and many more. Though our well-being is totally dependent upon the continued ?ow of these “ecosystem services”, they are predominantly public goods with no markets and no prices, so …