1. Latin America and the Caribbean
Civil Society Forum
TEEB
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2. TEEB – Interim Report Three Key Messages
Economic Size & Welfare Impact of Losses is huge
Strong link with
Poverty & risk of
MDG’s failure
Discount rates
are ethical choices

3. Level of Biodiversity in the World in 2000
Mean Species Abundance (MSA) indicator
Remaining MSA in %
Source: Ben ten Brink (MNP) presentation at the Workshop: The Economics of the Global Loss of Biological Diversity 5-6 March 2008, Brussels, Belgium.
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4. Level of Biodiversity in the World in 2050
One Scenario of the future : OECD/Globio
Remaining MSA in %
MSA loss from 72% to 61%
Natural Areas decline by 7.5 Million Sq. Km.
Source: Ben ten Brink (MNP) presentation at the Workshop: The Economics of the Global Loss of Biological Diversity 5-6 March 2008, Brussels, Belgium.
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5. Discount Rate) Discount Rate)
Losses in ‘PV’ terms…
(‘COPI’ study, May 2008)
A : 50-year impact of inaction
or ‘business as usual’
B : Natural Capital Loss every year
Natural Capital Lost : Annually
EUR 1.35 x to 3.10 x 1012
4% 1%
Discount Rate) Discount Rate)
Welfare losses equivalent
to 7 % of GDP, horizon 2050
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6. Global Loss of Fisheries…
Human Welfare Impact
Open Access & Perverse Subsidies are key drivers of the loss of fisheries
Half of wild marine fisheries are fully exploited, with a further quarter already over-exploited
at risk : $ billion income from the sector
at risk : est. 27 million jobs
but most important of all…..
We are fishing down the food web to ever smaller species…
at risk : Health … over a billion rely on fish as their main or sole source of animal protein, especially in developing countries.
Source: Ben ten Brink (MNP) presentation at the Workshop: The Economics of the Global Loss of Biological Diversity 5-6 March 2008, Brussels, Belgium. Original source: Pauly
UNEP ETB

7. TEEB – Interim Report “From Economics to Policies”
Rethink todays subsidies to meet tomorrow’s priorities
Reward unrecognized
benefits, penalize
uncaptured costs
Share the benefits of
conservation
Measure what
we Manage !

8. TEEB – Final Reports Nov 2009 – August 2010
Science & Economics
Foundations, Policy
Costs, & Costs of Inaction
Policy Evaluation
for Policy-Makers
Decision Support
for Administrators
Business Risks
& Opportunities
Citizen & Consumer
Ownership
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