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  Socio-economic importance of ecosystem services in the Nordic countries

  New TEEB-inspired regional assessment (published on 31 January) shows that nature and its ecosystem services are of high socio-economic significance for the Nordic countries. In order to be truly sustainable, Nordic economic systems need to build on a more comprehensive appreciation and understanding of the value of natural capital.

• Increasing regional prosperity by investing in nature: Guidance to mainstream biodiversity

  Investment in natural capital through the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems has a lot to offer for regional development. A new publication authored by IEEP provides guidance on integrating biodiversity into EU Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in 2014-2020.

• Nature and its role in the transition to a Green Economy

  This new IEEP-authored report highlighting the importance of nature to the economy aims to clarify and help mainstream nature’s role in the transition to a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication.

• Resource mobilisation at the heart of CBD COP discussions

  The eyes of the world’s biodiversity community are on Hyderabad as Parties to the Convention tackle the pressing challenges faced in implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, including mobilising sufficient resources to translate the Plan into concrete action.

• What do we mean by Green Economy?

  What is the Green Economy? What policy actions can contribute to achieving it? And how have EU-funded research projects supported these actions?

• Green Economy in the European Union

  Elements of the green economy concept are relatively well integrated in EU strategic documents - but the focus is on achieving green/sustainable growth, rather than achieving a ‘green economy’.

• Estimating the Overall Economic Value of the Benefits provided by the Natura 2000 Network

  Estimated benefits provided to EU citizens from the EU’s Natura 2000 Network could be in the range of €200 to €300 billion a year.

• Nature and its role in the transition to a Green Economy

  Published timely before the Rio+20 Conference, this executive summary of a paper by IEEP highlights the role of nature in the transition to a green economy.

• Recognising the value of water and wetlands

  New TEEB study announced at Rio+20 to highlight how conservation and restoration of wetlands can benefit biodiversity and provide cost-effective and sustainable solutions in the context of a Green Economy.

• The Green Economy and Natural Capital

  It’s time to account for the value of ecosystems and biodiversity in a Green Economy, this is IEEP’s message for the Rio Earth Summit.

• Green Infrastructure Implementation and Efficiency

  This IEEP-led study for the European Commission (DG ENV) improves the knowledge base on green infrastructure policy initiatives in Europe and assesses their implementation and efficiency. It also formulates policy recommendations for integrating green infrastructure into the EU policy framework.

• Value of ecosystem services – putting the ‘green’ into green economy

  Presentation by Marianne Kettunen of IEEP on the value of ecosystem services in the context of green economy at Nordic conference on Green Growth, in Oslo, Norway March 2012.

• On the road to Rio: European scientific community voices support for greener Green Economy

  Helsinki, 12-14 October. European and North-American scientific and technological community agree on their message for Rio+20, emphasising role of natural capital in underpinning Green Economy and echoing key messages from TEEB.

• The benefits associated with Sites of Special Scientific Interest in England and Wales

  A report on the benefits provided to society by Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in England and Wales was just published. The study, led by GHK with support from others including IEEP, examines the range of ecosystem services provided by the network of SSSIs and estimates the monetary value of protecting them.

• Taking into account opportunity costs when assessing costs of biodiversity and ecosystem action

  The study provides an estimate the costs of biodiversity action in the EU with special consideration of opportunity costs.

• Cutting-edge Book on the Economics of Ecosystems Out Now

  Described by Nicholas Stern as a 'landmark' work, a full account of The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity, edited by institute staff, is now published by Earthscan.

• The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity in National and International Policy Making

  The study demonstrates the value of ecosystems and biodiversity to the economy, society and individuals. It underlines the urgent need to transform our approach to natural capital, and demonstrates how we can practically take into account the value of ecosystems and biodiversity in policy decisions to promote the protection of our environment and contribute to a sustainable economy and to the wellbeing of societies.

• Initiating a TEEB Assessment for the Nordic Countries

  IEEP and the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) join forces to explore the economics of ecosystems and biodiversity in the context of the Nordic countries.

• IEEP Work Features Prominently in European Commission Natura 2000 Publication

  Two reports in which IEEP was significantly involved provide the basis for lead articles in the European Commission publication on Natura 2000 in December.

• Out Soon: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity

  The second volume from The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) study, edited by Patrick ten Brink, Senior Fellow at the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) is to be published in March 2011.