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D1 - Ecosystem Approach and Ecosystem Services
… 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 … the CBD is a milestone in the global efforts towards biodiversity conservation and ecosystem-based management. The …
Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks
… that despite their importance to human well-be- ing and biodiversity, the world’s freshwater ecosystems as well as … of water-related PES schemes selected five in the Andean Mountain chain: Cerro Uchumachi- Coroico, Comarapa, Los … encouraging. For example, deterioration of páramos (high mountain) ecosystems, the loss of forest cover, the impact on …
A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes
… 5 Valuing ecosystem services – a commoditization of biodiversity? … 14 List of Abbreviations BBOP Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme CDM Clean Development … Natural Capital – see chapter 8: Capital Gains. Rocky Mountain Institute. http://www.natcap.org/sitepages/pid20.php …