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1 T h e E c o n o m i c s o f E c o s y s t e m s & B i o d i v e r s i t y MAINSTREAMING THE ECONOMICS OF NATURE A SYNTHESIS OF THE APPROACH, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF TEEB
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3 T h e E c o n o m i c s o f E c o s y s t e m s & B i o d i v e r s i t y MAINSTREAMING THE ECONOMICS OF NATURE A SYNTHESIS OF THE APPROACH, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF TEEB
4 This report should be cited as follows: TEEB (2010) The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity: Mainstreaming the Economics of Nature: A synthesis of the approach, conclusions and recommendations of TEEB. Authors This synthesis has been prepared by Pavan Sukhdev, Heidi Wittmer, Christoph Schröter-Schlaack, Carsten Nesshöver, Joshua Bishop, Patrick ten Brink, Haripriya Gundimeda, Pushpam Kumar and Ben Simmons. We would like to thank Tim Hirsch for his support in distilling the work of TEEB in this synthesis report. Acknowledgements The TEEB team expresses gratitude for the support of its Advisory Board: Joan Martinez-Alier, Giles Atkinson, Edward Barbier, Ahmed Djoghlaf, Jochen Flasbarth, Yolanda Kakabadse, Jacqueline McGlade, Karl-Göran Mäler, Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Peter May, Ladislav Miko, Herman Mulder, Walter Reid, Achim Steiner, Nicholas Stern TEEB Coordination Group: Pavan Sukhdev (UNEP), Lars Berg (Ministry of the Environment, Sweden), Sylvia Kaplan (Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany), Georgina Langdale (UNEP), Aude Neuville (EC), Mark Schauer (UNEP), Benjamin Simmons (UNEP), Tone Solhaug (Ministry of the Environment, Norway), James Vause (Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom), Francois Wakenhut (EC), Heidi Wittmer (UFZ) The TEEB team would also like to thank all contributors, reviewers and supporters to the TEEB study. Please see Annex 3 for a list of report authors and teebweb.org for more details. Thank you to Alexandra Vakrou, James Vause, Florian Matt, Augustin Berghöfer and Rodrigo Cassiola for helping to make the timely delivery of this report possible. The TEEB team: TEEB Study Leader: Pavan Sukhdev (UNEP) TEEB Scientific Coordination: Heidi Wittmer, Carsten Nesshöver, Augustin Berghöfer, Christoph Schröter-Schlaack (Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research UFZ) TEEB Report Coordinators: TEEB Foundations: Pushpam Kumar (Univ. of Liverpool); TEEB for National Policy: Patrick ten Brink (IEEP); TEEB for Local Policy: Heidi Wittmer (UFZ) & Haripriya Gundimeda (ITB); TEEB for Business: Joshua Bishop (IUCN) TEEB Operations: Benjamin Simmons (UNEP), Mark Schauer (UNEP), Fatma Pandey (UNEP), Kaavya Varma (consultant), Paula Loveday-Smith (UNEP-WCMC) TEEB Communications: Georgina Langdale (UNEP), Lara Barbier (consultant) Disclaimer: The views expressed in this report are purely those of the authors and may not in any circumstances be regarded as stating an official position of the organisations involved. ISBN Layouted by Printed by Progress Press, Malta TEEB is hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme and supported by the European Commission, the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, the UK government s Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Department for International Development, Norway s Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden s Ministry for the Environment, The Netherlands Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment and Japan s Ministry of the Environment.
5 PREFACE Pavan Sukhdev and the TEEB team In 2007, environment ministers from the governments of the G8+5 countries 1, meeting in Potsdam, Germany, agreed to initiate the process of analysing the global economic benefit of biological diversity, the costs of the loss of biodiversity and the failure to take protective measures versus the costs of effective conservation. The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) study, which emerged from that decision, has delivered a series of reports (see insert) addressing the needs of major user groups: national and local decision makers, business and the wider public. This synthesis complements, but does not attempt to summarize, the other products of TEEB (see insert, section 4 and Annex 1). The aim of this synthesis is to highlight and illustrate the approach adopted by TEEB: namely to show how economic concepts and tools can help equip society with the means to incorporate the values of nature into decision making at all levels. Applying economic thinking to the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services can help clarify two critical points: why prosperity and poverty reduction depend on maintaining the flow of benefits from ecosystems; and why successful environmental protection needs to be grounded in sound economics, including explicit recognition, efficient allocation, and fair distribution of the costs and benefits of conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. The analysis of TEEB builds on extensive work in this field over the last decades. TEEB presents an approach that can help decision makers recognize, demonstrate and, where appropriate, capture the values of ecosystems and biodiversity (see section 2). TEEB also acknowledges the plurality of values which people hold for nature, as well as the multitude of techniques available for their assessment. The values of nature vary according to local biophysical and ecological circumstances and the social, economic and cultural context. Intangible values, which may be reflected in society s willingness to pay to conserve particular species or landscapes, or to protect common resources, must be considered alongside more tangible values like food or timber to provide a complete economic picture. Valuation is seen not as a panacea, but rather as a tool to help recalibrate the faulty economic compass that has led us to decisions that are prejudicial to both current well-being and that of future generations. The invisibility of biodiversity values has often encouraged inefficient use or even destruction of the natural capital that is the foundation of our economies. The aim of TEEB is to provide a bridge between the multi-disciplinary science of biodiversity and the arena of international and national policy as well as local government and business practices. The scope of TEEB is intentionally broad and it should therefore be seen as an inspiration and as an invitation for others to deepen its findings and to develop more contextspecific recommendations. Ideally, TEEB will act as a catalyst to help accelerate the development of a new economy: one in which the values of natural capital, and the ecosystem services which this capital supplies, are fully reflected in the mainstream of public and private decision-making. The completion of the study and the publication of this synthesis come at a time when the global community has an unprecedented opportunity to rethink and reconfigure the way people manage biological resources. A new vision for biodiversity, with proposals for time-bound targets and clear indicators, is being drawn up by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in this International Year of Biodiversity. TEEB s approach to incorporating nature s values into economic decision making can help turn that vision into reality. M A I N S T R E A M I N G T H E E C O N O M I C S O F N AT U R E 3
6 Crucially, TEEB s recommendations are aimed far beyond the remit of most environment ministries and environmental institutions. TEEB seeks to inform and trigger numerous initiatives and processes at national and international levels, including: the deliberations of the G8+5 and the G20 groups of nations, which have committed to move toward greener, more sustainable growth; the Millennium Development Goals, to which all nations subscribed and pledged to achieve by 2015; the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, also referred to as the Rio + 20 Earth Summit, planned for 2012; efforts to mainstream the environment in financial services, spearheaded by the United Nations; the on-going review and update of Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, which seek to promote responsible business conduct, by the OECD and several developing countries; and various voluntary declarations, codes and guidelines related to biodiversity and ecosystem services drawn up by, and for, industry. In the following pages, we make the case for systematic appraisal of the economic contribution of biodiversity and ecosystem services to human well-being; and for routine steps to prevent that contribution being lost or diminished through neglect or mismanagement. It is an appeal to each of us, whether a citizen, policy maker, local administrator, investor, entrepreneur or academics, to reflect both on the value of nature, and on the nature of value. Note to the reader This synthesis builds on the results of six TEEB reports over the last 3 years. To make referencing easy, we refer to these reports in the text with single letters followed by the corresponding chapter number: I TEEB Interim Report C TEEB Climate Issues Update F TEEB Ecological and Economic Foundations N TEEB for National and International Policy Makers L TEEB for Regional and Local Policymakers B TEEB for Business Example: (F5) refers to: TEEB Ecological and Economics Foundations, Chapter 5 Short summaries of all reports are provided in the insert. Information on contributors can be found in Annex 3. Glossary terms: The terms indicated with an are further defined in the glossary in Annex 1. TEEBcases: Examples from across the globe that illustrate how ecosystem services have already been taken into account in local/regional policy making. TEEBcases were reviewed by independent experts and are being uploaded to TEEBweb.org upon completion. 4 M A I N S T R E A M I N G T H E E C O N O M I C S O F N AT U R E
7 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Introduction Recognizing, demonstrating and capturing value: TEEB's approach Putting the tiered approach into practice Applying the approach: ecosystems...14 Forests: Identifying issues and assessing services...14 Forests: Demonstrating values...15 Forests: Capturing values and finding solutions Applying the approach: human settlements...18 Cities: Identifying issues and assessing services...18 Cities: Demonstrating values...19 Cities: Capturing values and finding solutions Applying the approach: business...21 Mining: Identifying issues and assessing services...21 Mining: Demonstrating values...22 Mining: Capturing values and finding solutions Summing up the TEEB approach Conclusions and recommendations...25 References...31 Annex 1: Glossary...33 Annex 2: What are ecosystem services?...34 Annex 3: Authors of the TEEB reports...35 This report includes an insert providing an overview of all TEEB reports. M A I N S T R E A M I N G T H E E C O N O M I C S O F N AT U R E 5
9 1 INTRODUCTION Biodiversity is defined by the CBD as the variability among living organisms from all sources including, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems (CBD 1992). In other words, biodiversity includes diversity within species populations (genetic variation); the number of species, and the diversity of ecosystems. Both quantity and quality attributes of biodiversity are important when considering the links between nature, economic activity and human well-being. In addition to the diversity of species, genes and ecosystems, the sheer abundance of individual animals and plants, as well as the extent of ecosystems such as forests or living coral reefs, are critical components of natural capital and key determinants of the benefits delivered. In recent literature, the links between nature and the economy are often described using the concept of ecosystem services, or flows of value to human societies as a result of the state and quantity of natural capital. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment defined four categories of ecosystem services that contribute to human well-being, each underpinned by biodiversity (MA 2005; for a more detailed description, see Annex 2): Provisioning services for example wild foods, crops, fresh water and plant-derived medicines; Regulating services for example filtration of pollutants by wetlands, climate regulation through carbon storage and water cycling, pollination and protection from disasters; Cultural services for example recreation, spiritual and aesthetic values, education; Supporting services for example soil formation, photosynthesis and nutrient cycling. The concepts of ecosystem services and natural capital can help us recognize the many benefits that nature provides [F1]. From an economic point of view, the flows of ecosystem services can be seen as the dividend that society receives from natural capital. Maintaining stocks of natural capital allow the sustained provision of future flows of ecosystem services, and thereby help to ensure enduring human well-being. Sustaining these flows also requires a good understanding of how ecosystems function and provide services, and how they are likely to be affected by various pressures. Insights from the natural sciences are essential to understanding the links between biodiversity and the supply of ecosystem services, including ecosystem resilience i.e. their capacity to continue to provide services under changing conditions, notably climate change [F2]. There is growing evidence that many ecosystems have been degraded to such an extent that they are nearing critical thresholds or tipping points, beyond which their capacity to provide useful services may be drastically reduced. However, there is considerable uncertainty about how much use or disturbance different ecosystems can withstand before irreversible harm is caused. Hence precaution is needed in order to maintain 'healthy' ecosystems and the continued flow of ecosystem services over the long-term. [F2] Few ecosystem services have explicit prices or are traded in an open market. Those ecosystem services most likely to be priced in markets are the consumptive, direct use values of provisioning services, such as crops or livestock, fish or water, which are directly consumed by people (see box far left in Figure 1). Non-consumptive use values, such as recreation, or non-use values, which may include the spiritual or cultural importance of a landscape or species, have often been influential in decision making but these benefits are rarely valued in monetary terms. M A I N S T R E A M I N G T H E E C O N O M I C S O F N AT U R E 7
10 Box 1: The Economics of Ecosystem Services: some numbers Conserving forests avoids greenhouse gas emissions worth US$ 3.7 trillion Halving deforestation rates by 2030 would reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 1.5 to 2.7 GT CO 2 per year, thereby avoiding damages from climate change estimated at more than US$ 3.7 trillion in NPV terms. This figure does not include the many co-benefits of forest ecosystems (Eliasch 2008). Global fisheries underperform by US$ 50 billion annually Competition between highly subsidized industrial fishing fleets coupled with poor regulation and weak enforcement of existing rules has led to over-exploitation of most commercially valuable fish stocks, reducing the income from global marine fisheries by US$ 50 billion annually, compared to a more sustainable fishing scenario (World Bank and FAO 2009). The importance of coral reef ecosystem services Although just covering 1.2% of the world s continent shelves, coral reefs are home to an estimated 1-3 million species, including more than a quarter of all marine fish species (Allsopp et al. 2009). Some 30 million people in coastal and island communities are totally reliant on reef-based resources as their primary means of food production, income and livelihood (Gomez et al. 1994, Wilkinson 2004). Green products and services represent a new market opportunity Global sales of organic food and drink have recently been increasing by over US$ 5 billion a year, reaching US $46 billion in 2007 (Organic Monitor 2009); the global market for eco-labelled fish products grew by over 50% between 2008 and 2009 (MSC 2009); and ecotourism is the fastest-growing area of the tourism industry with an estimated increase of global spending of 20% annually (TIES 2006). Bee keeping generates US$ 213 million annually in Switzerland A single bee colony ensured a yearly agricultural production worth (US$ 1,050) in pollinated fruits and berries in the year 2002, compared to just US$ 215 for direct products from beekeeping (e.g. honey, beeswax, pollen) (Fluri and Fricke 2005). On average, Swiss bee colonies ensured a yearly agricultural production worth about US$ 213 million by providing pollination, about five times value of the production of honey (TEEBcase: Valuation of pollination spurs support for bee keepers, Switzerland). The total economic value of insect pollination worldwide is estimated at 153 billion, representing 9.5% of world agricultural output in 2005 (Gallai et al. 2009). Tree planting enhances urban life quality in Canberra, Australia Local authorities in Canberra have planted 400,000 trees to regulate microclimate, reduce pollution and thereby improve urban air quality, reduce energy costs for air conditioning as well as store and sequester carbon. These benefits are expected to amount to some US$ million over the period , in terms of the value generated or savings realized for the city (Brack 2002). Some other ecosystem benefits, especially regulating services such as water purification, climate regulation (e.g. carbon sequestration), and pollination, have only recently begun to be assigned an economic value, referred to as indirect use values in Figure 1. Although the latter values, when calculated, commonly form the majority of the Total Economic Value of an ecosystem, they remain largely invisible in the dayto-day accounts of society [F1, F5]. 8 M A I N S T R E A M I N G T H E E C O N O M I C S O F N AT U R E
11 Figure 1: Approaches for the estimation of nature s values Source: TEEB Foundations, Chapter 5 The results of this economic invisibility are illustrated by the challenge of large-scale commercial deforestation. Companies do not clear-cut forests out of wanton destructiveness or stupidity. On the whole, they do so because market signals influenced by subsidies, taxation, pricing and state regulation, as well as land tenure and use rights make it a logical and profitable thing to do. It is often profitable and logical because the costs of deforestation are generally not borne by companies clearing the land for agriculture or by companies logging and selling the timber. Rather, these costs tend to fall on society, on future generations, and often, on poor households in rural areas who frequently depend on the resources and services of the forest for their daily survival and security. The most recent assessments of global biodiversity find that species are continuing to decline and that the risk of extinction is growing; that natural habitats are continuing to be lost and becoming increasingly degraded and fragmented; and that the principal direct drivers of biodiversity loss (habitat disturbance, pollution especially nutrient load, invasive alien species, over-exploitation and, increasingly, climate change) are either constant or intensifying (Butchart et al. 2010, GBO3 2010). Further driving forces include economic and human population growth. Finally, the failure to account for the full economic values of ecosystems and biodiversity has been a significant factor in their continuing loss and degradation (GBO3 2010, MA 2005). The same assessments warn of serious consequences for human societies as ecosystems become incapable of providing the goods and services, on which hundreds of millions of people depend (Rockstrom et al. 2009). Such thresholds have already been passed in certain coastal areas where dead zones now exist, for a range of coral reefs and lakes that are no longer able to sustain aquatic species, and for some dryland areas that have been effectively transformed into deserts. Similarly thresholds have been passed for some fish stocks [F5, N1, B2]. M A I N S T R E A M I N G T H E E C O N O M I C S O F N AT U R E 9
12 The TEEB Interim Report [I], published in 2008, provided some initial estimates of the economic impacts of biodiversity loss at a global scale. Although such large-scale assessments may be helpful to outline the economic importance of natural capital, estimating the costs of biodiversity loss at a global scale remains a controversial and complex undertaking, and the resulting numbers should be used with care. Apart from exploring such big numbers, and perhaps more usefully, the TEEB reports offer numerous case studies of the economic impacts of biodiversity loss, and the economic opportunities from recognizing and responding better to the economic values of biological resources. These case studies are explored from several important perspectives, including those of: National and sub-national policy and management: ignoring or undervaluing natural capital in economic forecasting, modelling and assessments can lead to public policy and government investment decisions that exacerbate the degradation of soils, air, water and biological resources and thereby negatively impact a range of economic and social objectives. Conversely, investment in natural capital can create and safeguard jobs and underpin economic development, as well as secure untapped economic opportunities from natural processes and genetic resources. [N1, L1] Poverty reduction: poorer households, in particular in rural areas, face disproportionate losses from the depletion of natural capital due to their relatively high dependence on certain ecosystem services for income and insurance against hard times. Biodiversity conservation and sustainable management of ecosystems should be key elements in strategies to eliminate poverty, contribute to internationally-agreed objectives, such as the Millennium Development Goals, as well as a target for poverty reduction policies at national and local levels [I2, L1]. Businesses: the private sector both impacts and depends to varying degrees on ecosystem services and therefore on the stock of natural capital. Businesses must manage risks to reputation and the bottom line posed by environmental damage an issue highlighted with unprecedented force by the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. At the same time, promising new opportunities are offered by green innovation, environmental efficiencies and early entry into technologies and practices that are increasingly demanded by consumers or required by regulation. [B1] Individuals and communities: biodiversity loss imposes personal and collective costs to health, income, security and many other aspects of well-being. Conversely, conservation opportunities include individual action to improve the quality of life; as well as exercising the right of citizens to hold governments and companies accountable for managing the public wealth of which natural capital is a major part, and in which citizens and communities hold the ultimate stake. Assessing the costs and benefits of conserving and sustainably using biodiversity and ecosystems is only the first step. Knowing that overfishing is jeopardizing the integrity of a coral reef, and with it the benefits that local communities derive from the reef, will not by itself lead to changes in fishing methods, so long as short-term profits and government incentives continue to promote destructive practices. Recognizing that biodiversity underpins human wellbeing is one thing; translating that knowledge into incentives which influence behaviour for the better is another. It is a challenge both in political and technical terms that must be met if the failures of the recent past are not to be repeated and compounded. The approach promoted by TEEB is based on work carried out by economists over several decades. Economic assessment should be seen as a tool to guide biodiversity management, not as a precondition for taking action. However, the framework of economic analysis and decision making described in the TEEB reports, if widely implemented, could go a long way towards making pro-biodiversity investment the logical choice for a much wider range of actors in the future. For an overview of the different TEEB stakeholder reports, see insert. 10 M A I N S T R E A M I N G T H E E C O N O M I C S O F N AT U R E
13 2 CAPTURING RECOGNIZING, DEMONSTRATING AND VALUE: TEEB'S APPROACH A basic premise of the TEEB study is that the valuation of biodiversity and ecosystem services may be carried out in more or less explicit ways according to the situation at hand. The TEEB study follows a tiered approach in analyzing and structuring valuation. RECOGNIZING VALUE Recognizing value in ecosystems, landscapes, species and other aspects of biodiversity is a feature of all human societies and communities, and is sometimes sufficient to ensure conservation and sustainable use. This may be the case especially where the spiritual or cultural values of nature are strong. For example, the existence of sacred groves in some cultures has helped to protect natural areas and the biodiversity they contain, without the need to place a monetary value on the services provided. Equally, protected areas such as national parks have historically been established in response to a sense of collective heritage or patrimony, a perception of shared cultural or social value being placed on treasured landscapes, charismatic species or natural wonders. Protective legislation or voluntary agreements can be appropriate responses where biodiversity values are generally recognized and accepted. In such circumstances, monetary valuation of biodiversity and ecosystem services may be unnecessary, or even counterproductive if it is seen as contrary to cultural norms or fails to reflect a plurality of values. A more detailed view of the limitations of monetary valuation is provided in TEEB Foundations, Chapter 4 [F4]. DEMONSTRATING VALUE Nevertheless, demonstrating value in economic terms is often useful for policymakers and others, such as businesses, in reaching decisions that consider the full costs and benefits of a proposed use of an ecosystem, rather than just those costs or values that enter markets in the form of private goods. Economic valuations of natural areas are a case in point. Examples include calculating the costs and benefits of conserving the ecosystem services provided by wetlands in treating human wastes and controlling floods, compared to the cost of providing the same services by building water treatment facilities or concrete flood defences) (see for example the case of the Kampala wetland valuation in section below). A variety of economic valuation methods have been developed, refined, and applied to biodiversity and ecosystem services in a range of different contexts. TEEB has reviewed the main methods, which all have their advantages and disadvantages (F5). It first needs to be stressed that valuation is best applied for assessing the consequences of changes resulting from alternative management options, rather than for attempting to estimate the total value of ecosystems. In practice, most valuation studies do not assess the full range of ecosystem services but focus on just a few services. Moreover, not all biodiversity values can be reliably estimated using existing methods (see Figure 1). Nevertheless, as a first step, it is important to identify all significant changes in ecosystem services even if it is not possible or necessary to monetize all of these changes. Decision makers also need information about who is affected and where and when the changes will take place. The demonstration of economic value, even if it does not result in specific measures that capture the value, can be an important aid in achieving more efficient use of natural resources. It can also highlight the costs of achieving environmental targets and help identify more efficient means of delivering ecosystem services. Valuation in these circumstances enables policy makers to address trade-offs in a rational manner, correcting the bias typical of much decision making today, which tends to favour private wealth and physical capital above public wealth and natural capital. M A I N S T R E A M I N G T H E E C O N O M I C S O F N AT U R E 11
14 Some aspects of ecosystem functioning such as ecological resilience or the proximity of tipping points are difficult to capture in valuations. In such cases this information should rather be presented alongside the valuation calculation. The adoption of safe minimum standards or precautionary approaches for decisions about critical natural capital is called for prior to any consideration of trade-offs. [F2, 5, N7, L2] CAPTURING VALUE Capturing value, the final tier of the economic approach, involves the introduction of mechanisms that incorporate the values of ecosystems into decision making, through incentives and price signals. This can include payments for ecosystem services, reforming environmentally harmful subsidies, introducing tax breaks for conservation, or creating new markets for sustainably produced goods and ecosystem services [N2,5-7; L8-9]. It needs to come along with reinforcing rights over natural resources and liability for environmental damage, In many cases, explicit valuation of the ecosystem services targeted by such mechanisms can help to ensure they are economically efficient. However, calculating prices for natural assets and ecosystem services is not always necessary in order to set up market-based schemes. Moreover, such valuation does not imply that all ecosystem services must necessarily be privatized and traded in the market: that is a separate choice that involves a range of issues including equity for the users of common resources and future generations, as well as considerations of economic efficiency. The TEEB reports provide numerous examples that illustrate the use of market-based mechanisms for biodiversity conservation, which may be appropriate in certain circumstances. The challenge for decision makers is to assess when market-based solutions to biodiversity loss are likely to be culturally acceptable, as well as effective, efficient and equitable. [N5, 7,; L8] In summary, TEEB s approach to valuing ecosystems and biodiversity is one that acknowledges the limits, risks and complexities involved, covers different types of value appreciation, and includes various categories of response at the level of public policies, voluntary mechanisms and markets. In situations where cultural consensus on the value of ecosystem services is strong and the science is clear, it may be relatively straightforward to demonstrate values in monetary terms and capture them in markets. This applies most obviously to commodity values such as the number of livestock or cubic meters of timber, but can equally be applied to amount of carbon storage or the supply of clean water. On the other hand, in more complex situations involving multiple ecosystems and services, and/or plurality of ethical or cultural convictions, monetary valuations may be less reliable or unsuitable. In such cases, simple recognition of value may be more appropriate. In general, however, one should not shy away from providing the best available estimates of value for a given context and purpose and seeking ways to internalize that value in decision making. Indeed, the TEEB study calls for assessing and internalizing such values wherever and whenever it is practical and appropriate to do so. A failure to do so is unacceptable: namely, to permit the continued absence of value to seep further into human consciousness and behaviour, as an effective zero price, thus continuing the distortions that drive false trade-offs and the self-destructiveness that has traditionally marked our relationship with nature (for a detailed review of the economics of ecosystem valuation F5, N4, L3). Valuation can act as a powerful form of feedback, a tool for self-reflection, which helps us rethink our relation to the natural environment and alerts us to the consequences of our choices and behaviour on distant places and people. It also acknowledges the costs of conservation and can promote more equitable, effective and efficient conservation practices. 12 M A I N S T R E A M I N G T H E E C O N O M I C S O F N AT U R E
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LATEST: Boy (8) who died on farm is named
An eight-year-old boy who died after an incident on a farm in Co Galway on Saturday morning has named locally as Mark Fordham.
Mark was fatally injured after he fell into a machine on the family farm in Kilcolgan at about 11am.
The Health and Safety Authority is investigating the incident.
Mark was a second class pupil at Kiltiernan National School.
Acting principal Bríd Fenlon said it was a "terrible tragedy" for the Fordham family, the school and the community.
"We are deeply saddened by this event," she said in a statement.
"Our sympathy and thoughts are with Mark's family and friends. Mark will be greatly missed by all who were privileged to have known him. We have been in contact with Mark's parents who have requested that we all understand their need for privacy at this time," she said.
According to irishtimes.ie the school has implemented a critical incident management plan and support is being proviced by psychologists from the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS).
Ms Fenlon said the school will be open tomorrow and Tuesday in an effort to support both pupils and parents.
The acting principal asked that the media respects the privacy of the family and the school community.

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Pakistan needed a breath of fresh air to revive their cricketing fortunes, he added.
"The PCB has failed completely in the past few years. Today, teams are refusing to visit Pakistan and nobody takes us seriously in the cricket. These are very bad times for Pakistan cricket," The News quoted Miandad as saying.
He added that 'incompetent and unprofessional" PCB officials had reduced Pakistan to the status of a "mere pushover" in the international cricket community.
The PCB is responsible for the sorry plight of Pakistan cricket, he said and added "till 1990s, Pakistan was considered to be a big power in world cricket. It was ranked up on the cricket pyramid alongside top cricket-playing nations like Australia, England and India. But now Pakistan is treated as a minor team like Kenya or Zimbabwe."
He pointed out that it is because of a weak PCB that teams like Australia can easily pick and choose about which country to tour. "The Australians can easily skip tours of Pakistan on the pretext of terrorism but are readily available to go to India just days after deadly bombings taking place there. Had the PCB been a strong and competent body, such a thing would never be allowed," Miandad claimed.
Rejecting the impression that he was lobbying for the post of PCB chairman, Miandad said: "Pakistan cricket has already given me a lot," he said. "It has given me respect, fame and wealth and I don"t need anything more. I just want to help Pakistan cricket get back on its feet."


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The legislature is an embodiment of legal constitution. It makes, amend and/or repeal laws. It is therefore in a better position to respect what the judiciary, the interpreter of the law, concludes on. This is why the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, should expeditiously do the needful by carrying out the judgment of the Appeal Court, Abuja Division, passed by Justice Tani Yusuf Hassan on February 8.
In that judgment, Justice Hassan held that the allegation of forgery of certificate brought against Christian Abah by Hon Hassan Saleh ought to have been proven before an order withdrawing the certificate of return issued to him (Abah) by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, could be validly withdrawn.
Saleh had challenged the eligibility of Abah to stand for the April 11, 2015 general election before the Federal High Court in Abuja on the ground that he forged an Ordinary National Diploma (OND) certificate in Accountancy purportedly obtained from the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, in 1985.
The judgment of the Federal High Court Abuja, which was presided over by Justice Adeniyi Ademola, delivered last year, nullified the election of Christian Abah as a member of the House of Representatives from Benue State on the grounds of certificate forgery and ordered that Hassan Saleh who scored the second highest votes during the primaries be sworn in.
However, Christian Abah was the unopposed candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in that election after Hassan Saleh and other contestants lost out to him in the primary election.
At the end of the day, he was declared the winner of the election even before the conduct of the elections and was issued certificate of return.
But the Appellate Court held that the judgment of Justice Ademola was pervasive because the ingredients of criminality in the allegations against Abah was not proven let alone beyond reasonable doubt.
In the Appeal Court lead judgment delivered by Justice Hassan, it was held that the allegation of forgery of certificate brought against Christian Abah ought to have been proven before an order withdrawing the certificate of return issued to him by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, could be validly withdrawn.
Justice Hassan also held that the Federal High Court was wrong in its order that INEC should issue a new certificate of return to Saleh and dabbling into the issue of the nomination when in actual fact, the allegation made by Saleh against his opponent has not been proven by any law court.
The court therefore, upheld the certificate of return earlier issued to Abah by INEC and ordered him to be inaugurated as a member of House of Representatives from Benue State.
Surprisingly, the speaker, Yakubu Dogara, is yet to carry out the judgment of the appellate court.
This, perhaps, could be as a result of steps taken by Saleh to appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal at the Supreme Court.
He was reported to have said: 'I have duly consulted my team of lawyers and in no time, we shall approach the Supreme Court and appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal, which is alien to any legal authority in Nigeria and all over the world. It is a miscarriage of justice and with God on our side, we shall triumph and remain victorious.
'It is also very pertinent to address the misinformation and misrepresentation of the decision of the Court of Appeal.
'For the records, my opponent, Christian Adaba Abah whose election was nullified by the Federal High Court, Abuja, on the premises of certificate forgery and perjury approached the court of Appeal to set aside the decision of the lower court and allow a retrial, which was resolved in his favour.
'The court of Appeal couldn't have exonerated him of certificate forgery and perjury which are the nucleus of the matter. What the ruling of Appellant court has done today is to leave us with two options of either appealing against the judgment or go back to the Federal High Court for a fresh trial.
However, the court was very emphatic in saying that Hassan Saleh has no business being in the National Assembly as he was not a contestant in the said election.
It went further to hold that the forgery case which is criminal in nature bear a burden of proof beyond reasonable doubt which Hon Saleh had not discharged. It directed that Christian Abah should be issued with certificate of return and sworn in immediately and set aside the judgement of the lower court.
Meanwhile, some legal practitioners under the aegis of Concerned Legal Practitioners of Ado/Ogbadibo/Okpokwu Federal Constituency of Benue State recently matched to the National Assembly to demand for the immediate swearing-in of Christian Adaba Abah as the representative of their constituency in compliance with the Appeal Court judgment.
The lawyers said they were surprised that after the Appeal Court in Abuja ordered for the swearing-in of Abah on February 8th this year, the leadership of the House of Representatives under Hon. Yakubu Dogara has not considered it necessary to do so.
The protesters, who locked down the National Assembly for three hours, we're led by Dominic Sunday Ochenehi who said the protest became necessary because all entreaties to the speaker to swear in Abah have failed.
The speaker was, however, said to have stated that he would not breach the constitution by swearing in Abah as the matter was still before the Supreme Court.
Ken Dede is a public affairs analyst writing in from Abuja


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The attack, which killed at least 26 people, is the latest in a string of bombings that have targeted U.S. allies or international agencies, such as the United Nations and Red Cross.
The bombings, many of them launched by suicide attackers, are also a sign that the U.S.-led coalition is facing a resistance that is more lethal and is growing in sophistication and organization.
"What we see is increasing evidence that we are facing an enemy that has a strategy," says Andrew Bacevich, a professor of international relations at Boston University and a former Army colonel. "This is careful planning of the thoughtful, logical use of violence in order to achieve the enemy's objective."
Insurgents hope to foster a sense of insecurity in Iraq and shake resolve in the United States.
"The center of gravity in this war is not the (U.S.) military force, to defeat it, but rather the people of Iraq and the people of the United States," says Andrew Krepinevich, executive director of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. "There is no way the Iraqi insurgents can physically force the U.S. military to leave. What they've got to do is convince the American people it is not worth it to sustain the military presence."
Krepinevich says the insurgents will know that they have lost the war when the Iraqi people "feel confident enough to actively support the coalition and provide intelligence." That is why the insurgents "exact retribution on any Iraqi that seems to support the coalition," he says.
The resistance started out small and ineffective after Baghdad fell April 9. Small groups attacked U.S. soldiers with rifles and grenades. Usually, the attackers were killed. Pentagon officials initially described the attacks as doomed efforts of "dead-enders" from the former regime.
More recently, guerrillas have used mortars and improvised explosives detonated by remote control, which have allowed insurgents to attack soldiers from a distance and survive.
Suicide bombers and more sophisticated weaponry have increased the death toll. At least 37 U.S. soldiers have died in hostile action in Iraq this month, including 22 killed in two attacks on U.S. helicopters. American officers say the insurgency is an alliance of Saddam Hussein loyalists and foreign fighters.
Guerrillas are now regularly targeting international aid groups, American allies, U.S. soldiers and Iraqis who cooperate with coalition forces.
The attacks have had an impact: Hope has faded at the Pentagon that other nations will contribute troops to Iraq. The United Nations, Red Cross and other international organizations have scaled back their presence in Iraq. And some supporters of the U.S. effort, such as Spain, Bulgaria and the Netherlands, have reduced their diplomatic missions in Iraq.
The insurgents are attempting to use classic guerrilla tactics designed to give advantage to a force that is outnumbered and outgunned.
These tactics were first developed in the sixth century B.C. by Chinese general Sun Tzu in The Art of War. Sun Tzu wrote, "If we wish to fight, the enemy can be forced to an engagement even though he be sheltered behind a high rampart and a deep ditch. All we need do is attack some other place that he will be obliged to relieve."
"This is a campaign against the occupation, and it is one where there is thought and organization and logic, and that is bad news for us," Bacevich says. "It does not mean that we lost or mean that we are losing; it means the problem with each passing day deepens and that if you are supporting the Americans, you are in the gun sights."
Coalition forces have stayed with a dual strategy that combines attempting to locate and kill insurgents with efforts to rebuild the country. But some military experts say good intelligence remains an obstacle.
"The big story of late is the inadequacy of American intelligence," Bacevich says. "The first step to begin to counter this insurgency is that we need to be in a position to initiate the attacks — to hit them before they hit us. At this point, that initiative still lies with the enemy. We need better intelligence if we are going to be able to turn that around."
But the longer that U.S. and coalition forces are there, the better U.S. intelligence gets.
"The United States still has major problems in human intelligence collection and analysis which terrorists are exploiting," says Anthony Cordesman, an analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
"We cannot ever stop their intelligence from improving, although our intelligence networks are getting steadily better," Cordesman said.


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By Pan Pylas, AP Business Writer
LONDON European stock markets traded sharply lower Thursday following overnight losses in Asia, as investors fretted about the global economy ahead of expected interest rate reductions later from the European Central Bank and the Bank of England.
The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was down 180.42 points, or 4.0 percent, at 4,350.31, while Germany's DAX was 214.99, or 4.2 percent, lower at 4,951.88. France's CAC-40 was down 145.06 points, or 4.0 percent, at 3,473.05.
Europe's losses echoed those seen on Wall Street Wednesday and in Asia overnight. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 486.01, or 5.1 percent, to 9,139.27, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index shed more than 5 percent.
It's not expected to get much better later, with stock futures down. Dow futures were down 107 points, or 1.1 percent, at 9,070, while S&P futures were 12.9 points, or 1.4 percent, lower at 945.1.
The losses on Wall Street triggered a renewed bout of selling in Asia with Japan's Nikkei stock average down 6.5 percent at 8,899.14, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index 7.1 percent lower at 13,790.04.
"Equities are back in reverse... as traders fail to find any letup in the run of downbeat economic and corporate news," said Matt Buckland, a dealer at CMC Markets.
Stocks around the world have enjoyed a strong rally over the last week or so, partly on relief that the U.S. presidential election was coming to an end.
However, investors know that President-elect Barack Obama will have his work cut out to improve the U.S.'s immediate economic prospects and that Inauguration Day is still more than two months away.
Further proof of the scale of the downturn in the world's largest economy came Wednesday with the news that the U.S. service sector contracted sharply in October as new orders and employment fell. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing executives, says the services sector index fell to 44.4 in October from 50.2 in September. Analysts had anticipated a far more modest drop.
"The honeymoon period for Obama is already proving extremely short-lived, with the run of grim U.S. economic data yesterday highlighting the mammoth task ahead in terms of getting the economy back on its feet," said Mitul Kotecha, an analyst at Calyon.
Despite the underlying concerns about the world economy, Europe's stock markets will be keeping a close eye on how much the European Central Bank and the Bank of England reduce interest rates later.
Both banks are expected to follow the U.S. Federal Reserve's lead and cut interest rates by at least half a percentage point, though there's growing talk that the Bank of England may reduce interest rates by as much as a full percentage point for the first time since four cuts of that size in 1992-3 when Britain's economy was last mired in recession.
"The ECB and BoE rate verdicts do have the potential to provide some cheer, especially if the cuts end up at the more aggressive end of the spectrum," said CMC Markets' Buckland.
Earlier, South Korea's benchmark Kospi index broke a five-session winning streak to dive 7.6 percent. Markets in Singapore, Australia and mainland China also dropped sharply.
Meanwhile, oil prices slipped $0.20 a barrel to $65.10 a barrel. Oil prices have fallen by about 56 percent since peaking at $147.27 a barrel in mid-July.
The euro was 0.4 percent lower at $1.2909, while the dollar was 0.3 percent weaker at 97.84 yen.
AP Business Writer Jeremiah Marquez in Hong Kong contributed to this report.
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Monday, May 18, 2015
Zeke turns ONE!!
His party was a success in pulling off when it came to the decorations and theme, but as for the attendants, it was a smaller group and one of the partyers had food poisoning and lost his lunch all over the floor shortly after Zeke bit into his cake. The two families who came were leaving and I was nursing a very fussy Zeke in his room when he decided to join the "puke party" and lost his cake all over his white carpeted bedroom. The thing to note here is that his bedroom is the only bedroom upstairs with carpet. In fact, most of our house is hardwood or tile with the exception of the basement bedroom, movie room, and his room.
I promptly bathed him and spent the next half hour on my hands and knees scrubbing and willing the purple mess out of the carpet. (He'd had some purple carrot baby food prior to cake) I was pretty irritated to be cleaning up this kind of mess on the night of his special birthday but then quickly reminded myself that this was part of the process and something I would soon forget or that would fade with time.
You probably were looking forward to reading about babies throwing up when you opened this post, right?!
And since there's more to Zeke than his tummy troubles, I will give you a quick flyby of what's he's currently into and what life is like for him.
-He can crawl pretty fast and pulls up on furniture, but is thankfully NOT walking or attempting to walk yet. I am perfectly happy with this mode of transportation.
-He is a stair master and makes a beeline for them as soon as possible. But remember the floor situation in our house?? The stairs are all wood and so we make it a point to follow him up the stairs whenever we hear his pudgy little hands smacking the stairs.
-Zeke and Rainey love each other. Rainey loves to giggle at him and run away from him squealing, as if tempting him to chase her. He usually grins and starts crawling toward her for more laughs.
-We all love to tickle him and get him laughing, especially me.
-He's learning what "No" means, in particular around mealtime and the throwing of food off the high chair.
-As it turns out, we're pretty sure he's allergic or has some sensitivity to dairy which means no milk or cheese or homemade frosting on cake! Bummer!!
-He also loves swings, his rocking chair, and anything that lulls him to sleep. Jake gave me a hammock for Mother's Day and I got in it with Zeke and within 10 minutes he was snoring. It was a sweet little time with my little guy.
-His first haircut was a success! He doesn't look like a baby much anymore now that his hair is trim and clean cut!
Hope you enjoyed the photos!!
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|David Buxton
|Malcolm Taylor
|Bill Podmore
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|11th July 1979
The Faircloughs and Bet return from Morecambe. Brian calls Ivy a gossipy old biddy but nevertheless he wants to know who Roy Thornley is. Bert is furious that Ivy has told Brian and refuses to eat with her. Gail breaks down in tears when Brian asks her who Roy Thornley is. She tells Brian all about the affair with Roy. She assures Brian she loves him but he's jealous and annoyed that she isn't innocent. Bert tells him he's a hypocrite as he's not a virgin. Suzie is fed up with the phone job and she considers a career in modelling. Elsie advises her to come down to earth. When Ivy insinuates Roy was one of many men, Brian packs and walks out, saying he can't stay living with his mother anymore.
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- Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
- Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
- Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
- Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
- Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
- Brian Tilsley - Christopher Quinten
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- Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
- Suzie Birchall - Cheryl Murray
- Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
- Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
- Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
- Steve Fisher - Lawrence Mullin
- Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
Guest castEdit
- Coronation Street exterior
- Rovers Return Inn - Public
- 5 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- 11 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen
- The Kabin
- Dawson's Cafe
- Viaduct Street
- Viaduct Garage
- TV Times synopsis: Gail Potter confesses a secret?
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 12,550,000 viewers (2nd place).
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