World Bank Group2014-09-092014-09-092014-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19998The World Bank Group (WBG) has a long experience in engaging in biodiversity with world-class expertise in the field. It has been the single largest funder of biodiversity investments since the late 1980s. The WBG investments have largely been of two kinds: (1) investments in biodiversity, aimed at the conservation and sustainable use of species, habitats, and ecosystems that sustain healthy ecosystems, while enhancing people's livelihoods and safety nets. These investments have also been providing jobs and economic development in frequently impoverished rural areas for example by supporting protected areas and an increasingly important tourism industry; and (2) investments that add value to projects in other sectors, such as irrigation, hydropower, and infrastructure, by increasing their environmental sustainability. The WBG is a global center of excellence that provides economy wide technical and economic knowledge and expertise on biodiversity and ecosystems. It has the standing and convening power to facilitate participatory dialogue between client countries and networks of other relevant stakeholders on matters of biodiversity and climate change concern, such as loss of ecosystem resilience, forest law enforcement and governance, wildlife trade, and overexploitation of natural resources.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACTION PLANACTION PLANSADVERSE IMPACTSAGRICULTURAL EXPANSIONAGRICULTURAL FRONTIERAGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATIONAGRICULTURAL LANDAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSAMPHIBIANSANIMALANIMAL PROTEINANIMALSANNUAL DEFORESTATIONAQUACULTUREAQUATIC ECOSYSTEMSARTISANAL FISHERIESBATSBEESBENEFIT SHARINGBIODIVERSITYBIODIVERSITY COMMUNITYBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATIONBIODIVERSITY CONVENTIONBIODIVERSITY VALUEBIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYBIOLOGICALLY RICH ECOSYSTEMSBIOMASSBIRDSBRAZILIAN AMAZONCASH CROPSCASH INCOMECAUSES OF BIODIVERSITY LOSSCLEAN WATERCLIMATE CHANGECLOUD FORESTSCOASTAL AREASCOASTAL COMMUNITIESCOASTAL FORESTSCOMMON PROPERTYCOMMON PROPERTY RESOURCESCOMMUNITY FORESTRYCOMMUNITY INVOLVEMENTCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPONENTS OF BIODIVERSITYCONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKCONSERVANCYCONSERVATION FUNDCONSERVATION INTERVENTIONSCONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITYCONSERVATION OF NATURECONSERVATION PROJECTSCORALCORAL REEFSCORALSCRITICAL ECOSYSTEMCRITICAL ECOSYSTEMSCROP PRODUCTIONCROPPING SYSTEMSDEFORESTATIONDEMONSTRATION PROJECTSDIVERSITY OF ECOSYSTEMSDIVERSITY WITHIN SPECIESDRINKING WATERECOLOGICAL COMPLEXESECOLOGICAL PROCESSESECOLOGICAL SYSTEMSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC INCENTIVESECONOMIC VALUEECONOMICSECONOMISTSECOSYSTEMECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENTECOSYSTEM CHANGEECOSYSTEM GOODSECOSYSTEM HEALTHECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITYECOSYSTEM RESILIENCEECOSYSTEM STRUCTUREECOSYSTEMSEFFECTIVE CONSERVATIONELEPHANTENDANGERED SPECIESENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTENVIRONMENTAL POLICIESENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCESENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYEXTERNALITIESEXTINCTIONFARMING SYSTEMSFARMSFAUNAFENCINGFISHFISHERIESFISHINGFLOOD CONTROLFLORAFOOD AVAILABILITYFOOD CROPSFOOD PRODUCTIONFOOD SECURITYFORESTFOREST ECOSYSTEMSFOREST LAWFOREST LAW ENFORCEMENTFOREST PRODUCTSFOREST SECTORFORESTSGENETICGENETIC RESOURCESGLOBAL BIODIVERSITYGREENHOUSE GASGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSHABITATHABITAT CHANGEHABITAT DEGRADATIONHABITAT FOR FISHHABITAT FRAGMENTATIONHABITAT LOSSHABITATSHEALTHY ECOSYSTEMSILLEGAL LOGGINGINDIGENOUS COMMUNITIESINSECTINSECTSINTRINSIC VALUESINVASIVE ALIEN SPECIESINVASIVE SPECIESISSUESLAKESLAND MANAGEMENTLAND USELAND USE CHANGELAND USE CONVERSIONLANDSCAPELANDSCAPESLIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIESLIVELIHOODSLIVESTOCKLIVESTOCK PRODUCTIONLIVING ORGANISMSLOSS OF BIODIVERSITYLOSS OF SPECIESMANGROVESMARINE RESOURCESMICRO-ORGANISMSMICROORGANISMSNATIONAL PARKNATIONAL PARKSNATURAL AREASNATURAL CAPITALNATURAL DISASTERSNATURAL ECOSYSTEMSNATURAL FORESTSNATURAL HABITATSNATURAL REGENERATIONNATURAL RESOURCENATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTNATURAL RESOURCESNATURENEGATIVE CONSEQUENCESOCEANSOILOPPORTUNITY COSTSPALMPARK AUTHORITIESPARTICIPATORY FOREST MANAGEMENTPASTURE MANAGEMENTPERVERSE INCENTIVESPLANTATION FORESTRYPOACHINGPOLLINATIONPOLLINATORSPOLLUTIONPREDATORSPROTECTIONPROTECTION OF BIODIVERSITYPUBLIC GOODPUBLIC GOODSRANGELANDSRED LISTREFORESTATIONREPTILESRESOURCE USERISK MANAGEMENTROADSSAFETY NETSAFETY NETSSCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGESEDIMENTATIONSOIL CARBONSOIL EROSIONSPECIESSPECIES OF MAMMALSSTREAM FLOWSTREAMSSURFACE WATERSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE GROWTHSUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODSSUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENTSUSTAINABLE USESUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITYSWAMPSTHREATS TO BIODIVERSITYTIMBERTOURISMTOURISM INDUSTRYTRADEOFFSTRANSACTION COSTSURBAN CENTERSWAGESWATER TOWERSWATERSHEDWATERSHED MANAGEMENTWETLANDSWILDLIFEWILDLIFE CONSERVATIONWILDLIFE CRIMEWILDLIFE TRADE10.1596/19998