Quotes
Anyaa Vohiri, Executive Director Environmental Protection Agency, Liberia:
Thank you for giving us the opportunity to share the experiences of the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia with the international community. We do not want that our policy-evidence on the human wellbeing costs of mangrove degradation ends up on a shelf in an office. 60 to 70 percent of the population in Liberia derive their protein from fish for which the mangrove forest often serve as the nesting ground. The mainstreaming of nature’s values may not be achieved within a project framework, but this workshop provided us the necessary tools to be piloted in our country.
Zack Romo, leader of the Socio Bosque Programme, Ministry of Environment Ecuador
I feel inspired by the experiences in Bhutan on ecosystem service assessments related to hydropower. Also in Ecuador we aim to establish a solid science base for the introduction of finance mechanisms from hydropower companies to integrate sustainable management of hydrological resources at the wider landscape level. Furthermore, I explored the lessons learned from Tanzania on the assessment of land use changes that relate to agriculture. This was very useful for our work on achieving an inclusive and sustainable growth in the cocoa value chain, incorporating the value of diversified agro-ecosystems into land-use planning. Finally and maybe most importantly, I learned a lot from other countries how they address key implementation challenges, such as bringing cross-sectoral actors to the same table. Looking forward to keep in touch with TEEB country actors across the world!”
This study is supported by the European Commission as part of the “Reflecting the Value of Ecosystems and Biodiversity in Policy-Making” project.
Additional funding was provided by SwedBio, a programme of the Stockholm Resilience Centre.