Biodiversity, Water and Natural Resource Management

Biodiversity is fundamental to sustaining life. To promote biodiversity conservation and sustainable use, OECD works on ecosystem services valuation, and creation of economic incentives and markets.

Better water management is needed to meet human needs, sustain economic activities and achieve environmental goals. OECD works on the institutional & policy responses to the water challenge.

OECD fosters policies to ensure the sustainable use of natural resources such as agricultural land and fisheries.

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Environment: Act now or face costly consequences, warns OECD

15-Mar-2012

As countries struggle with the immediate challenges of stretched public finances and high unemployment, they must not neglect the longer term. Action needs to be taken now to prevent irreversible damage to the environment.

Environment: The Water Challenge: sharing a precious commodity

07-Mar-2012

Water management needs urgent reform if the world is to head off serious deterioration in the quality and quantity of water available.

Meeting the Water Reform Challenge

07-Mar-2012

Building on the main water challenges identified by the OECD Environment Outlook to 2050, this report examines financing of the water sector; the governance and institutional arrangements that are in place; and coherence between water policies and policies in place in other sectors of the economy.

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