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… Cover layout by: L’IV Com Sàrl Produced by: IUCN Forest Conservation Programme Cover photo: © … forests certified in accordance with the rules of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). Table of Contents … 5 Valuing ecosystem services – a commoditization of biodiversity? …

… that despite their importance to human well-be- ing and biodiversity, the world’s freshwater ecosystems as well as … agricultural or cattle-ranching activities, or when forest owners convert their forest land to agricultural land. In these cases, down- …

… to ecosystems in order to ensure adequate protection of biodiversity and related habitats is the 1992 Convention on … The CBD goes on to define the two related concepts of biodiversity and habitat: “Biological diversity” is “the … Vietnamese forestry legislation regulates payment for Forest Ecosystem Services (FES). In particular, the 2008 …

… and wetlands. 15 These ecosystems support plant and animal biodiversity, but also provide goods and services that … / - medium + medium + medium + medium + medium + medium + Forest medium + low + high + low + low + low + high + low + … 70 to 80% of irrigated land threatened. In 1999, State Forest of New South Wales (a government agency), entered into …