Leading companies are learning the value of ecosystems services, to the environment and to the bottom line.
The BP oil spill will degrade critical ecosystem services and their economic benefits for decades to come.
This week, governments will meet in Korea to decide whether to establish an intergovernmental panel on biodiversity services.
WRI’s Lauretta Burke discusses her work on measuring the economic value of coral reefs in the Dominican Republic and other Caribbean countries.
The federal commitment to develop and support environmental markets could have national significance.
Investing in ecosystem services will help MDBs improve the livelihoods of the poor.
GDP is no longer the gold standard for measuring a country’s progress.
The World Bank and other Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) are revising their environmental strategies for development planning. As they do so, they can and should integrate nature’s ecosystem services into their planning and decisions, says a new WRI report.
