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Latin America and the Caribbean Civil Society Forum TEEB

Latin America and the Caribbean Civil Society Forum TEEB. llllllllllllllll. 1. TEEB – Interim Report Three Key Messages. Economic Size & Welfare Impact of Losses is huge. Strong link with Poverty & risk of MDG’s failure. Discount rates are ethical choices.

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Latin America and the Caribbean Civil Society Forum TEEB

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  1. Latin America and the Caribbean • Civil Society Forum • TEEB llllllllllllllll 1

  2. TEEB – Interim ReportThree Key Messages Economic Size & Welfare Impact of Losses is huge Strong link with Poverty & risk of MDG’s failure Discount rates are ethical choices

  3. Level of Biodiversity in the World in 2000 Mean Species Abundance (MSA) indicator Remaining MSA in % Source: Ben ten Brink (MNP) presentation at the Workshop: The Economics of the Global Loss of Biological Diversity 5-6 March 2008, Brussels, Belgium.

  4. Level of Biodiversity in the World in 2050 One Scenario of the future : OECD/Globio Remaining MSA in % • MSA loss from 72% to 61% • Natural Areas decline by 7.5 Million Sq. Km. Source: Ben ten Brink (MNP) presentation at the Workshop: The Economics of the Global Loss of Biological Diversity 5-6 March 2008, Brussels, Belgium.

  5. Losses in ‘PV’ terms… (‘COPI’ study, May 2008) A : 50-year impact of inaction or ‘business as usual’ B : Natural Capital Loss every year Natural Capital Lost : Annually EUR 1.35 x 1012 to 3.10 x 1012 (@ 4% (@ 1% Discount Rate) Discount Rate) Welfare losses equivalent to 7 % of GDP, horizon 2050

  6. UNEP ETB Global Loss of Fisheries… Human Welfare Impact • Open Access & Perverse Subsidies are key drivers of the loss of fisheries • Half of wild marine fisheries are fully exploited, with a further quarter already over-exploited • at risk : $ 80-100 billion income from the sector • at risk : est. 27 million jobs • but most important of all….. We are fishing down the food web to ever smaller species… at risk : Health … over a billion rely on fish as their main or sole source of animal protein, especially in developing countries. Source: Ben ten Brink (MNP) presentation at the Workshop: The Economics of the Global Loss of Biological Diversity 5-6 March 2008, Brussels, Belgium. Original source: Pauly

  7. TEEB – Interim Report“From Economics to Policies” Rethink todays subsidies to meet tomorrow’s priorities Reward unrecognized benefits, penalize uncaptured costs Share the benefits of conservation Measure what we Manage !

  8. TEEB – Final ReportsNov 2009 – August 2010 Science & Economics Foundations, Policy Costs, & Costs of Inaction Policy Evaluation for Policy-Makers Decision Support for Administrators Business Risks & Opportunities Citizen & Consumer Ownership

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