The TEEB reports

Brief summary of all TEEB reports

Final TEEB: "Mainstreaming the Economics of Nature" - A Synthesis of the Approach, Conclusions and Recommendations of TEEB

(Final TEEB, as at: October 2010)

"Mainstreaming the Economics of Nature" is the last of four reports produced by the U.N. Environmental Program over the past two years and aims to capture how habitats such as tropical forests and coral reefs contribute to countries' economic bottom lines.

TEEB for local and regional policy makers

(TEEB for Local and Regional Policy Makers, as at: September 2010)

The study illustrates how dependent cities and municipalities are on nature, and that nature has cost-effective solutions to local problems such as drinking water supply or air pollution control.

TEEB for Business

(TEEB for Business, as at: July 2010)

This document summarizes a major component of TEEB aimed at the business community. The full report sets out the business case for biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES).

TEEB for Policy Makers

(TEEB for Policy Makers, as at: November 2009)

TEEB for Policy Makers underlines the urgent need to improve knowledge and awareness of the social and economic dimension of the loss of biological diversity. This summary aims to assist policy makers in reaching informed decisions regarding nature conservation and sustainable economic development.

Climate Issues Update

(Climate issues Update, as at: September 2009)

The Climate Issues Update was presented in Berlin in September 2009 and deals with climate-relevant economic aspects of biodiversity. Investments in the restoration and conservation of our planet's ecosystems, valued at several trillion dollars, can play a major role in combating climate change.

TEEB An Interim Report

(TEEB An interim report, as at: May 2008)

At the 9th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD in Bonn, author of the interim report Pavan Sukhdev presented a "comprehensive and convincing business model for the conservation of biological diversity". The project was launched in 2007 by the Federal Environment Ministry and commissioner for the Environment in the European Commission, Stavros Dimas, in order to gain a better understanding of the true economic value of the services provided by nature. This is the first interim report.

Executive Summaries

• Executive Summary EN (PDF-Dokument, 20 Kbyte) [/files/english/pdf/application/pdf/sukhdev_summary_en.pdf]
• Executive Summary FR (PDF-Dokument, 26 Kbyte) [/files/pdfs/allgemein/application/pdf/sukhdev_summary_fr.pdf]

Press Briefing

• Press Briefing EN (PDF, 27 KByte) [/files/english/pdf/application/pdf/sukhdev_hg_en.pdf]
• Press Briefing DE (PDF, 26 KByte) [/files/pdfs/allgemein/application/pdf/sukhdev_hg_de.pdf]
• Press Briefing ARAB (PDF, 98 KByte) [/files/pdfs/allgemein/application/pdf/sukhdev_hg_arab.pdf]
• Press Briefing CHIN (PDF, 236 KByte) [/files/pdfs/allgemein/application/pdf/sukhdev_hg_chin.pdf]