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Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
2 Feb. 2013
On the occasion of World Wetlands Day 2013, the Ramsar Convention Secretariat, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Wetlands International and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), with the support of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) and the Geneva Environment Network (GEN) secretariat have launched the report: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) for Water and Wetlands.
The report presents insights on both critical water-related ecosystem services and also on the wider ecosystem services from wetlands in order to encourage additional policy momentum, business commitment, and investment in the conservation, restoration, and wise use of wetlands.
The report also highlights how recognizing, demonstrating, and capturing the values of ecosystem services related to water and wetlands, can lead to better informed, more efficient, and fairer decision making. Appreciating the values of wetlands to both society and the economy can help inform and facilitate political commitment to policy solutions. This report aims to support evidence-based decision making by presenting an array of ecosystem service values in varying contexts. TEEB Water and Wetlands aims to contribute towards the wise use of wetlands through creating better understanding of ecosystem services values and benefits and their integration in decision making at all levels.
The development of TEEB for Water & Wetlands has been initiated by the Ramsar Convention Secretariat, with financial support from the Norwegian, Swiss and Finnish Governments and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
View the full report in English and the Executive Summaries in French and English [http://www.teebweb.org/wetlands/]
For more information about the report please send an email to teeb@unep.org or visit the TEEB website at www.teebweb.org
Kind regards,
Ms. Sharon Oseku-Frainier
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Chemin des Anemones
1219 Chatelaine, Geneva Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 917 8255
Email: sharon.oseku-frainier@unep.org
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