The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity: Ecological and Economic Foundations - Paperback

by Pushpam Kumar (Editor)

This book is the first volume in a series of crucial outputs from The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) project. It provides a comprehensive global assessment of economic aspects of the critical ecosystem services upon which human well-being relies, but which are often undetected and unaddressed in the conventional economic system.

Author Biography

This volume is an output of TEEB: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity study and has been edited by Pushpam Kumar, Reader in Environmental Economics, University of Liverpool, UK. TEEB is hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and supported by the European Commission, the German Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU) and the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), recently joined by Norway's Ministry for Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands' Ministry of Housing (VROM), the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and also the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). The study leader is Pavan Sukhdev, who is also Special Adviser - Green Economy Initiative, UNEP.