Reports, videos and analysis on the Green Economy.
Financialization of Nature / Attac TV / June 2012 This animated film by European civil society groups argues the green economy will result in financial speculation based on nature’s services. In recent years the financial sector has become more important relative to the productive economy. Up […]
An Introductory Primer to Assessing and Developing Payments for Ecosystem Service Deals / Katoomba Group / 2008 The Katoomba Group was established in 1999 by Forest Trends. It is an international working group made up of experts from different sectors (forests, energy, finance, environment) focused […]
Martyn Murray / IUCN – Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group / March 2013 Murray picks through the main debates around Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes. He argues definitions are becoming too broad because they are including very diverse types of ecosystem services such […]
Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation / May 2012 The Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) research programme was set up in 2010. Its goal is to “ensure that, in developing countries, ecosystems are being sustainably managed in a way that contributes to poverty reduction as […]
Carbon Trade Watch / June 2011 According to Carbon Trade Watch REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in developing countries) is a “global initiative to create a financial value for the carbon stored in forests to compensate governments and companies or owners of […]
Global Canopy Programme / November 2012 This animated video explains the aim of REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) is to address deforestation in developing countries. If deforestation is not tackled there will not be a solution to climate change. The video says that some […]
PES Learning Tools / Katoomba Group This introductory page is designed to support organizations who want to understand how PES can work in practice. The Katoomba Group was established in 1999 by Forest Trends. It is an international working group made up of experts from […]
Muradian, R et al / Conservation Letters journal / January 2013 The authors cover current debates around the impact of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes. They assess claims that PES are “market-based” instruments which reduce ecosystem services to just another commodity. According to this […]
Background document prepared by Ecosystems Marketplace The Ecosystems Marketplace website has regular news and reports on environmental markets, Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES), climate change, water and biodiversity. In this introduction they provide a brief overview of the origins of the concept of ecosystem services […]
Responding to Climate Change (RTCC) climate change TV at Rio+20 / June 2011 Aly Abou-Sabaa from the African Development Bank explains why he believes it is so important to place an economic value on the environment because there is currently over exploitation of the oceans, […]