The site structure. Symbols used on the site. Reading and printing PDF documents 1. Biodiversity is concerned with our living planet.
Biodiversity is about ecosystems, species and genes.
Biodiversity, however, is also about the conservation of nature, the sustainable use of natural resources, and the sharing of the benefits arising from the use of nature. Thus biodiversity is concerned with both the science of nature and the political economy of nature . Economics is about goods and services, consumers and producers, demand and supply, and benefits and costs. It is about efficiency and equity, markets and governments, prices and taxes, and investments and subsidies. If we are to care for our living planet effectively and efficiently, we must understand the economics of biodiversity .