The Role of Biodiversity and Ecosystems in Sustainable Development

Biologically diverse ecosystems in countries served by the World Bank provide an array of valuable economic services. While the benefits of conserving ecosystems frequently outweigh the costs, conversion of these ecosystems to other uses occurs any...

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Main Authors: Sobrevila, Claudia, Hickey, Valerie
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
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topic ADAPTATION STRATEGIES
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
AGRICULTURE
AMPHIBIANS
APPROACH TO BIODIVERSITY
BENEFIT ANALYSIS
BIODIVERSITY
BIODIVERSITY ACTIVITIES
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
BIODIVERSITY CRISIS
BIODIVERSITY ECOSYSTEMS
BIODIVERSITY FUNDS
BIODIVERSITY LOSS
BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT
BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION
BIODIVERSITY VALUATION
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES
BIOLOGICALLY DIVERSE ECOSYSTEMS
BIOLOGY
BIOMASS
BIRDS
BUFFER ZONES
BUILDING MATERIALS
CARBON
CARBON CYCLE
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON EMISSIONS
CARBON SEQUESTRATION
CARBON SINKS
CARBON STORAGE
CASE STUDIES
CATTLE
CLEAN WATER
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
COASTAL DEVELOPMENT
COASTAL ZONE
COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
CONSERVATION EFFORTS
CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY
CONSERVE BIODIVERSITY
CONSERVING BIODIVERSITY
CONSTRUCTION
CONTINGENT VALUATION
CORAL REEFS
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES
CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM
CRITICAL ECOSYSTEMS
CRITICAL HABITATS
CRITICAL NATURAL HABITATS
CROP PRODUCTION
CROPS
DAMS
DATA COLLECTION
DECLINE IN BIODIVERSITY
DEFORESTATION
DIETS
DRY SEASON
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC BENEFITS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC MODELS
ECONOMIC VALUATION
ECONOMIC VALUE
ECONOMIC VALUES
ECONOMICS
ECONOMISTS
ECOSYSTEM
ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT
ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION
ECOSYSTEM GOODS
ECOSYSTEM HEALTH
ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT
ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION
ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE
ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
ECOSYSTEMS
EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION
EMISSIONS
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
ENDANGERED SPECIES
ENDEMIC SPECIES
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
ENVIRONMENTAL TERMS
EROSION
EROSION CONTROL
EXPLOITATION
EXTERNALITIES
FARMS
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FISH
FISH STOCK
FISHERIES
FISHERS
FLOOD CONTROL
FLOODS
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOOD SECURITY
FOREST
FOREST ECOSYSTEMS
FOREST MANAGEMENT
FORESTRY
FORESTS
FRAGMENTATION
FRESH WATER
FRESHWATER
GENETIC DIVERSITY
GENETIC MATERIAL
GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
GRANT MONEY
GRASSLANDS
GREENHOUSE GASES
HABITAT
HABITAT CONSERVATION
HABITAT DESTRUCTION
HOT SPOTS
HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
ILLEGAL TRADE
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES
INVASIVE SPECIES
LAND MANAGEMENT
LAND USES
LANDSCAPE
LANDSCAPES
LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES
LIVELIHOODS
LOCAL COMMUNITIES
LOCAL LIVELIHOODS
LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY
LOSS OF SPECIES
MANGROVES
MARINE ECOSYSTEMS
MARINE FISHERIES
MARINE RESERVES
MARINE RESOURCES
MITIGATION
MOUNTAINS
NATIONAL ACCOUNTING
NATIONAL WILDLIFE
NATURAL AREAS
NATURAL CAPITAL
NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS
NATURAL FEATURES
NATURAL HABITAT
NATURAL HABITATS
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
NATURAL RESOURCES
NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
NATURE
NEGATIVE IMPACTS
NUTRIENT CYCLING
OIL
PARKS
PASTURE MANAGEMENT
POLICY MAKERS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLLUTANTS
POLLUTION
POPULATION GROWTH
PREDATORS
PRESENT VALUE
PRIVATE COSTS
PROTECTED AREAS
PUBLIC GOOD
PUBLIC GOODS
RAINFALL
RECYCLING
RED LIST
REDUCING EMISSIONS
REDUCTION OF BIODIVERSITY
REPLENISHMENT
RESERVOIRS
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
RIVERINE
SOIL EROSION
SOILS
STORM PROTECTION
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS
SUSTAINABLE USE
THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY
TIMBER
TOURISM
TRADEOFFS
TREE SPECIES
TROPICAL FORESTS
UNSUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATION
VEGETATIVE COVER
WATERSHED
WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
WATERSHED PROTECTION
WATERSHEDS
WETLANDS
WILD NATURE
WILDLIFE
WILDLIFE TRADE
WORLD FISHERIES
spellingShingle ADAPTATION STRATEGIES
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
AGRICULTURE
AMPHIBIANS
APPROACH TO BIODIVERSITY
BENEFIT ANALYSIS
BIODIVERSITY
BIODIVERSITY ACTIVITIES
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
BIODIVERSITY CRISIS
BIODIVERSITY ECOSYSTEMS
BIODIVERSITY FUNDS
BIODIVERSITY LOSS
BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT
BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION
BIODIVERSITY VALUATION
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES
BIOLOGICALLY DIVERSE ECOSYSTEMS
BIOLOGY
BIOMASS
BIRDS
BUFFER ZONES
BUILDING MATERIALS
CARBON
CARBON CYCLE
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON EMISSIONS
CARBON SEQUESTRATION
CARBON SINKS
CARBON STORAGE
CASE STUDIES
CATTLE
CLEAN WATER
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
COASTAL DEVELOPMENT
COASTAL ZONE
COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
CONSERVATION EFFORTS
CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY
CONSERVE BIODIVERSITY
CONSERVING BIODIVERSITY
CONSTRUCTION
CONTINGENT VALUATION
CORAL REEFS
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES
CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM
CRITICAL ECOSYSTEMS
CRITICAL HABITATS
CRITICAL NATURAL HABITATS
CROP PRODUCTION
CROPS
DAMS
DATA COLLECTION
DECLINE IN BIODIVERSITY
DEFORESTATION
DIETS
DRY SEASON
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC BENEFITS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC MODELS
ECONOMIC VALUATION
ECONOMIC VALUE
ECONOMIC VALUES
ECONOMICS
ECONOMISTS
ECOSYSTEM
ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT
ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION
ECOSYSTEM GOODS
ECOSYSTEM HEALTH
ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT
ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION
ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE
ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
ECOSYSTEMS
EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION
EMISSIONS
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
ENDANGERED SPECIES
ENDEMIC SPECIES
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
ENVIRONMENTAL TERMS
EROSION
EROSION CONTROL
EXPLOITATION
EXTERNALITIES
FARMS
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FISH
FISH STOCK
FISHERIES
FISHERS
FLOOD CONTROL
FLOODS
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOOD SECURITY
FOREST
FOREST ECOSYSTEMS
FOREST MANAGEMENT
FORESTRY
FORESTS
FRAGMENTATION
FRESH WATER
FRESHWATER
GENETIC DIVERSITY
GENETIC MATERIAL
GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
GRANT MONEY
GRASSLANDS
GREENHOUSE GASES
HABITAT
HABITAT CONSERVATION
HABITAT DESTRUCTION
HOT SPOTS
HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
ILLEGAL TRADE
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES
INVASIVE SPECIES
LAND MANAGEMENT
LAND USES
LANDSCAPE
LANDSCAPES
LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES
LIVELIHOODS
LOCAL COMMUNITIES
LOCAL LIVELIHOODS
LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY
LOSS OF SPECIES
MANGROVES
MARINE ECOSYSTEMS
MARINE FISHERIES
MARINE RESERVES
MARINE RESOURCES
MITIGATION
MOUNTAINS
NATIONAL ACCOUNTING
NATIONAL WILDLIFE
NATURAL AREAS
NATURAL CAPITAL
NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS
NATURAL FEATURES
NATURAL HABITAT
NATURAL HABITATS
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
NATURAL RESOURCES
NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
NATURE
NEGATIVE IMPACTS
NUTRIENT CYCLING
OIL
PARKS
PASTURE MANAGEMENT
POLICY MAKERS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLLUTANTS
POLLUTION
POPULATION GROWTH
PREDATORS
PRESENT VALUE
PRIVATE COSTS
PROTECTED AREAS
PUBLIC GOOD
PUBLIC GOODS
RAINFALL
RECYCLING
RED LIST
REDUCING EMISSIONS
REDUCTION OF BIODIVERSITY
REPLENISHMENT
RESERVOIRS
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
RIVERINE
SOIL EROSION
SOILS
STORM PROTECTION
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS
SUSTAINABLE USE
THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY
TIMBER
TOURISM
TRADEOFFS
TREE SPECIES
TROPICAL FORESTS
UNSUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATION
VEGETATIVE COVER
WATERSHED
WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
WATERSHED PROTECTION
WATERSHEDS
WETLANDS
WILD NATURE
WILDLIFE
WILDLIFE TRADE
WORLD FISHERIES
Sobrevila, Claudia
Hickey, Valerie
The Role of Biodiversity and Ecosystems in Sustainable Development
relation 2010 Environment Strategy Analytical Background Papers;
description Biologically diverse ecosystems in countries served by the World Bank provide an array of valuable economic services. While the benefits of conserving ecosystems frequently outweigh the costs, conversion of these ecosystems to other uses occurs anyway, because many ecosystem benefits are of a public good nature, without markets that would reflect their real value. The objective of this paper was defined at a Concept review meeting held on December 2009 and is to increase the understanding on how biodiversity is incorporated in a development agency such as the World Bank Group (WBG) and how the WBG can enhance its role in biodiversity and ecosystems protection and management as a key ingredient to reach development sustainability. In order to define a reasonable strategy to prepare this paper, two approaches were used: the first was to carry out background and analytical studies, and the second was to consult with a wide range of stakeholders including Bank staff, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and indigenous groups. Biodiversity provides many instrumental benefits, from food and fuel to recreation. But even where biodiversity is not immediately instrumental, it represents global public goods that must be protected, if only for their potential value in the future. The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has been the mainstay of grants implemented by the Bank ($1.4 billion) for biodiversity conservation and management, but the Bank has itself committed $2 billion in loans and has leveraged $2.9 billion in co-financing.
format Working Paper
author Sobrevila, Claudia
Hickey, Valerie
author_facet Sobrevila, Claudia
Hickey, Valerie
author_sort Sobrevila, Claudia
title The Role of Biodiversity and Ecosystems in Sustainable Development
title_short The Role of Biodiversity and Ecosystems in Sustainable Development
title_full The Role of Biodiversity and Ecosystems in Sustainable Development
title_fullStr The Role of Biodiversity and Ecosystems in Sustainable Development
title_full_unstemmed The Role of Biodiversity and Ecosystems in Sustainable Development
title_sort role of biodiversity and ecosystems in sustainable development
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/564131468182647339/The-role-of-biodiversity-and-ecosystems-in-sustainable-development
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27584
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spelling okr-10986-275842021-04-23T14:04:43Z The Role of Biodiversity and Ecosystems in Sustainable Development Sobrevila, Claudia Hickey, Valerie ADAPTATION STRATEGIES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE AMPHIBIANS APPROACH TO BIODIVERSITY BENEFIT ANALYSIS BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY ACTIVITIES BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIODIVERSITY CRISIS BIODIVERSITY ECOSYSTEMS BIODIVERSITY FUNDS BIODIVERSITY LOSS BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION BIODIVERSITY VALUATION BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES BIOLOGICALLY DIVERSE ECOSYSTEMS BIOLOGY BIOMASS BIRDS BUFFER ZONES BUILDING MATERIALS CARBON CARBON CYCLE CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON SINKS CARBON STORAGE CASE STUDIES CATTLE CLEAN WATER CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT COASTAL ZONE COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS CONSERVATION EFFORTS CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY CONSERVE BIODIVERSITY CONSERVING BIODIVERSITY CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENT VALUATION CORAL REEFS COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM CRITICAL ECOSYSTEMS CRITICAL HABITATS CRITICAL NATURAL HABITATS CROP PRODUCTION CROPS DAMS DATA COLLECTION DECLINE IN BIODIVERSITY DEFORESTATION DIETS DRY SEASON ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MODELS ECONOMIC VALUATION ECONOMIC VALUE ECONOMIC VALUES ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION ECOSYSTEM GOODS ECOSYSTEM HEALTH ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ECOSYSTEMS EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION EMISSIONS EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ENDANGERED SPECIES ENDEMIC SPECIES ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL TERMS EROSION EROSION CONTROL EXPLOITATION EXTERNALITIES FARMS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FISH FISH STOCK FISHERIES FISHERS FLOOD CONTROL FLOODS FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOREST FOREST ECOSYSTEMS FOREST MANAGEMENT FORESTRY FORESTS FRAGMENTATION FRESH WATER FRESHWATER GENETIC DIVERSITY GENETIC MATERIAL GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS GRANT MONEY GRASSLANDS GREENHOUSE GASES HABITAT HABITAT CONSERVATION HABITAT DESTRUCTION HOT SPOTS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS ILLEGAL TRADE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES INVASIVE SPECIES LAND MANAGEMENT LAND USES LANDSCAPE LANDSCAPES LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES LIVELIHOODS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL LIVELIHOODS LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY LOSS OF SPECIES MANGROVES MARINE ECOSYSTEMS MARINE FISHERIES MARINE RESERVES MARINE RESOURCES MITIGATION MOUNTAINS NATIONAL ACCOUNTING NATIONAL WILDLIFE NATURAL AREAS NATURAL CAPITAL NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS NATURAL FEATURES NATURAL HABITAT NATURAL HABITATS NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT NATURE NEGATIVE IMPACTS NUTRIENT CYCLING OIL PARKS PASTURE MANAGEMENT POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTANTS POLLUTION POPULATION GROWTH PREDATORS PRESENT VALUE PRIVATE COSTS PROTECTED AREAS PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC GOODS RAINFALL RECYCLING RED LIST REDUCING EMISSIONS REDUCTION OF BIODIVERSITY REPLENISHMENT RESERVOIRS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RIVERINE SOIL EROSION SOILS STORM PROTECTION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS SUSTAINABLE USE THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY TIMBER TOURISM TRADEOFFS TREE SPECIES TROPICAL FORESTS UNSUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATION VEGETATIVE COVER WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WATERSHED PROTECTION WATERSHEDS WETLANDS WILD NATURE WILDLIFE WILDLIFE TRADE WORLD FISHERIES Biologically diverse ecosystems in countries served by the World Bank provide an array of valuable economic services. While the benefits of conserving ecosystems frequently outweigh the costs, conversion of these ecosystems to other uses occurs anyway, because many ecosystem benefits are of a public good nature, without markets that would reflect their real value. The objective of this paper was defined at a Concept review meeting held on December 2009 and is to increase the understanding on how biodiversity is incorporated in a development agency such as the World Bank Group (WBG) and how the WBG can enhance its role in biodiversity and ecosystems protection and management as a key ingredient to reach development sustainability. In order to define a reasonable strategy to prepare this paper, two approaches were used: the first was to carry out background and analytical studies, and the second was to consult with a wide range of stakeholders including Bank staff, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and indigenous groups. Biodiversity provides many instrumental benefits, from food and fuel to recreation. But even where biodiversity is not immediately instrumental, it represents global public goods that must be protected, if only for their potential value in the future. The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has been the mainstay of grants implemented by the Bank ($1.4 billion) for biodiversity conservation and management, but the Bank has itself committed $2 billion in loans and has leveraged $2.9 billion in co-financing. 2017-07-17T19:18:31Z 2017-07-17T19:18:31Z 2010-11-23 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/564131468182647339/The-role-of-biodiversity-and-ecosystems-in-sustainable-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27584 English en_US 2010 Environment Strategy Analytical Background Papers; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research