Aim

To assess, communicate and mainstream the urgency of actions through its five deliverables—

1. Science and economic foundations, policy costs and costs of inaction,

2. Policy opportunities for national and international policy-makers,

3. Decision support for local administrators,

4. Business risks, opportunities and metrics and

5. Citizen and consumer ownership

The Ministry has launched the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity TEEB-India Initiative (TII) to highlight the economic consequences of the loss of biological diversity and the associated decline in ecosystem services.