What is the world worth?
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Natural Capital is one of a country’s greatest resources. It can be safeguarded by accounting for the value it provides.
Losses in the natural world have direct economic repercussions that we systematically underestimate. Making the value of our Natural Capital visible creates an evidence base that will pave the way towards better management of it.
Governments can forge a new consensus to protect biodiversity and ecosystems and their flows of services. The TEEB studies and analysis highlights existing and emerging instruments for better stewardship of natural capital.
For more information, see the TEEB for Policy Makers Report.
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