TEEB training package for national implementers and practitioners - The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity

Linked to the TEEB Guidance Manual, TEEB offers a comprehensive training package tailored to national level implementers and practitioners, that aims to provide relevant and important information regarding the economic and non-economic values of nature and how these values can be used to help to make more informed land use decisions in regional, national and sub-national contexts.

The training is provided in 5 modules:

Responding to nature’s invisibilities
Engaging stakeholders
Conceptual frameworks
Valuation (non-economic/ economic value)
Policy responses

MODULE 1 Responding to nature’s invisibilities	Introduction Biodiversity loss – terms and concepts Biodiversity loss – key drivers TEEB approach Framing the issue Bibliography
MODULE 2 Engaging stakeholders	Introduction Stakeholder engagements Stakeholder analysis and mapping Mechanisms of engagement and cooperation Bibliography
MODULE 3 Conceptual frameworks	Introduction Conceptual frameworks The challenges of ecosystem valuation From concepts to action Bibliography
MODULE 4 Valuation tools	Introduction Analyzing value Valuation methods Benefit transfer and uncertainty Criticisms of valuation Bibliography
MODULE 5 Policy responses to TEEB findings	Introduction Integrating ecosystem service values into decision-making Instruments for improved stewardship of natural capital The road ahead Bibliography