Recently, governments agreed to create the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
It is increasingly common for governments and companies to pay for forest and other ecosystem services.
Furthermore, protected areas supply a range of ecosystem services to societies such as clean water, wild food and genetic material.
It is now widely recognized that we need to improve the way our societies and economies account for ecosystem services.
Wetlands deliver essential ecosystem services, or the benefits people obtain from nature, including acting as regulators and providers of water.
In essence, the dialogue between the scientific community, governments, and other stakeholders on biodiversity and ecosystem services needs to be strengthened.
There have been some encouraging signals that Wall Street is increasingly recognizing the importance of biodiversity and ecosystem services in business decisions.
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Current collaboration with DIVERSITAS includes common preparatory work for the first plenary of the International Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
Conversely, the loss of biodiversity and associated ecosystem services will lead to a loss in economic welfare, and to a loss of economic opportunities.
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To achieve this, decision makers need scientifically credible and independent information that takes into account the complex relationships between biodiversity, ecosystem services, and people.
Biodiversity itself is crucial to human life and to the reduction of poverty, in view of the basic goods and ecosystem services it provides.
In the face of their continuous and alarming erosion and unsustainable use, biodiversity and ecosystem services are gaining increasing attention in the international arena.
According to Defra's chief scientist, Dr Bob Watson, we've consistently failed to factor-in the billions of pounds these ecosystem services are worth to our economy.
The ecosystem services that matter at a global level are, for the most part, those to do with climate, and are covered in deals on deforestation.
Clearly we need to develop natural resource governance structures and schemes, such as payments for ecosystem services, which will help us to allocate resources effectively and fairly.
And if my belief of what will happen to ecosystem services plays out, we will make a lot more money with these assets than with most financial assets.
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Most of the time ecosystem services and natural capital are specific to a particular area, country or region, and that is the level where they ought to be supported.
The Organization has been deeply engaged also with the creation of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), a vital platform for action to protect biodiversity.
Decision makers need scientifically credible and independent information that takes into account the complex relationships between biodiversity, ecosystem services, and people in order to adopt and implement adequate policies.
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Biodiversity, which includes species, ecosystems, and ecological processes, is essential for the long-term maintenance of ecosystem services like photosynthesis, nutrient recycling, soil fertility, provision of fresh water, disaster prevention, and many others.
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Ecosystem services provided by coastal and marine habitats are of crucial importance for food security and poverty eradication, as well as many of the sectors currently driving the economies of coastal nations.
The degradation of water quality in surface and groundwater systems is further exacerbating water scarcity and negatively impacting our natural environment and the ecosystem services and goods that it provides, jeopardizing food security and livelihoods.
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To mitigate the continued degradation of the ocean and its marine treasures, and to restore and sustain its critical market and ecosystem services, a transition must be made towards blueing the green economy.
Coastal communities and small island developing states (SIDS), which rely on marine-based ecosystem services for a significant portion of their livelihoods, will be the first to feel the impacts of increased ocean acidification.
The Conference welcomed the establishment of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) earlier this year and recognized the potential contribution it could make to enhance the effectiveness of the Convention.
However, biodiversity and ecosystem services are declining at an unprecedented rate and the world failed to reach the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of a significant reduction in the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010.
Over 500 delegates, including from most of the 105 Member States of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), attended the first plenary meeting of the platform (IPBES-1), held in Bonn, Germany this week.
In terms of "ecosystem services" the provision of clean water, the absorption of carbon, the creation of soil, the prevention of erosion Hawaiian forests dominated by alien tree species can perform better than the pristine habitats they replace.
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This meeting saw the participation of a substantial number of scientific organizations, programmes and networks active in the field of biodiversity science and taking an interest in the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
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