Natural resource management: Sustainable agriculture  -  Fisheries  -  Forests

Work on biodiversity (pdf)

Biodiversity is fundamental to sustaining life, providing critical ecosystem services such as food provisioning, water purification, flood and drought control, nutrient cycling, andclimate regulation, amongst many others.

Work on water (pdf)

"Water policies around the world are in urgent need of reform. OECD work identifies the priority areas where governments need to focus their reform efforts.”
Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General

A Framework for Financing Water Resources Management

Water is essential for economic growth, human health, and the environment. Yet governments around the world face significant challenges in managing their water resources effectively. The problems are multiple and complex: billions of people are still without access to safe water and adequate sanitation; competition for water is increasing among the different uses and users; and major investment is required to maintain and improve water infrastructure in OECD and non-OECD countries. This OECD series on water provides policy analysis and guidance on the economic, financial and governance aspects of water resources management. These aspects generally lie at the heart of the water problem and hold the key to unlocking the policy puzzle.

Meeting the Water Reform Challenge

The need to reform water policies is as urgent as ever. Water is essential for economic growth, human health, and the environment. Yet governments around the world face significant challenges in managing their water resources effectively. The problems are multiple and complex: billions of people are still without access to safe water and adequate sanitation; competition for water is increasing among the different uses and users; and major investment is required to maintain and improve water infrastructure in OECD and non-OECD countries.

Environmental Outlook to 2050: The Consequences of Inaction

This Outlook focuses on four areas: climate change, biodiversity, freshwater and health impacts of pollution. These four key environmental challenges were identified by the previous Environmental Outlook to 2030 (OECD, 2008) as “Red Light” issues requiring urgent attention. Based on model projections, this edition of the Environmental Outlook paints a possible picture of what the environment might look like in 2050. It focuses on four areas which were identified by the previous edition of the Outlook as needing urgent attention: climate change, biodiversity, water, and health and environment.

Paying for Biodiversity: Enhancing the Cost-Effectiveness of Payments for Ecosystem Services

This book identifies good practice in the design and implementation of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) PES programmes to enhance their environmental and cost effectiveness.