Side Event

TEEB - The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity: A synthesis of key findings from across the study

Organizer
United Nations Envionment Programme - The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity

Date and Time
20 October 2010 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 10)

At COP10 Pavan Sukhdev, Study Leader for the study into The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity will present final key findings and recommendations from across the TEEB reports. The study is global and reach and brings together and communicates the best available scientific and economic analysis on the economics of ecosystems and biodiversity. The study's goal is to help policy makers, administrators, businesses and citizens to formulate responses to address the losses of biodiversity and ecosystem services we see all around us. Collectively, these actions have the power to halt and reverse the losses of natural capital and to improve well-being for humanity, especially the poor.