THE ECONOMICS OF ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY

Various organisations have contributed to Phase I of TEEB with resources, studies, or expertise and contributions have also been received from individual experts. A list of the main studies contracted by the European Commission and the German Ministry for the Environment and provided by partners is given below:

EC contracts:

Cost of policy inaction (COPI): The case of not meeting the 2010 biodiversity target. FINAL REPORT (Zip file ~7,25MB)
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity: Phase I (scoping). Economic analysis and synthesis. FINAL REPORT (pdf ~1,1MB)
Review on the Economics of Biodiversity Loss: Scoping the science. FINAL REPORT (pdf ~2MB) and Review of the costs of conservation and priorities for action (pdf ~ 97 KB)

BMU contracts coordinated by EEA:

Ecosystem Accounting for the Cost of Biodiversity Losses: Framework and Case Study for Coastal Mediterranean Wetlands. DRAFT FINAL REPORT (Zip file ~23MB)
Study on the economics of conservation of forest biodiversity (IUCN). FINAL REPORT (Zip file, ~715KB)

UK DEFRA material:

An introductory guide to valuing ecosystem services. FINAL REPORT (pdf ~430KB)
UK Biodiversity Action Plan: Preparing Costings for Species and Habitat Action Plans. FINAL REPORT
Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management: Economic Valuation of Environmental Effects. HANDBOOK (Zip file ~1MB)

Valuing our Natural Environment. FINAL REPORT (Zip file ~1,4MB)

FR MEDAD study:

The economic evaluation of goods and services provided by the coral reef ecosystems. WORKING PAPER (FR) (pdf ~280KB)

An international expert workshop on 'The Economics of the Global Loss of Biological Diversity" was held on 5-6 March 2008 in Brussels, and provided ideas and recommendations on the way forward for the study. The proceedings of the workshop and the presentations made are available at: http://www.ecologic-events.de/eco-loss-biodiv/documents.htm.

A variety of contributions have been received in reply to the web-based call for evidence for Phase I organised by the European Commission from November 2007 to January 2008. This has been followed by a new call for evidence for Phase II of TEEB, which will remain opened until March 2009.