"This book is a further key output of TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity). It provides important new evidence of growing corporate concern about biodiversity loss and offers examples of how some leading companies are taking action to conserve biodiversity and to restore ecosystems"--

The risks posed by forest destruction throughout the world are highly significant for all. Not only are forests a critical source of timber and non-timber forest products, but they provide environmental services that are the basis of life on Earth. However, only rarely do beneficiaries pay for...

chapter 1 Introduction to Biodiversity and Ecosystems for Business -- chapter 2 Business Impacts and Dependence on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services -- chapter 3 Measuring and Reporting Biodiversity and Ecosystem Impacts and Dependence -- chapter 4 Scaling Down Biodiversity and Ecosystem Risks...