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The business of biodiversity: can we put a value on nature?
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Nature provides people with everything from food and water to timber, textiles, medicinal resources and pollination of crops. 

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The business of biodiversity: can we put a value on nature?
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Global Program on Sustainability

GPS

WAVES is now part of the broader World Bank umbrella initiative, the Global Program for Sustainability (GPS).

Resources

The Global Program on Sustainability (GPS) Brochure

Publication , October 2019

Natural Capital Accounting for Better Policy Decisions: Climate change and biodiversity

Policy Forum , June 2019

Critical Assessment of Biodiversity Accounting Approaches for Businesses

Publication , November 2018

Mainstreaming biodiversity and development - Guidance from African experience 2012-17

Publication , July 2017

Valuing Ireland’s Coastal, Marine and Estuarine Ecosystem Services

Technical Report , January 2018

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Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES) is a World Bank-led global partnership that aims to promote sustainable development by ensuring that natural resources are mainstreamed in development planning and national economic accounts.

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