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The OECD provides governments with analysis to support the development of biodiversity policies that are economically efficient, environmentally effective and distributionally equitable. Policy analysis by the OECD focuses on the economic valuation of biodiversity and ecosystem services, and the use of economic incentives and market-based instruments to promote the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and associated ecosystem services. This work also supports the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. Read our brochure and flyer on recent work. |
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Biodiversity is fundamental to sustaining life, providing critical ecosystem services, such as food security, water purification, nutrient cycling, and climate regulation, that are essential to support human well-being and economic growth. The OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050 identified biodiversity as one of the four critical priorities for the coming two decades. The Outlook predicts that without renewed efforts to halt the loss of biodiversity, a further 10 percent of biodiversity (measured in Mean Species Abundance) will be lost by 2050.
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This report examines how biodiversity co-benefits in REDD can be enhanced, both at the design and implementation level.
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Economics and biodiversity policies
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