TEEB Atewa: Conserving Water from
the Mountains
AF 2016 – IUCN NL
Maxime Eiselin
INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE
WWW.IUCN.NL
Agenda
1. The problem
2. The solution
3. Next steps
Drivers of environmental change
• Mining:
- Artisanal (illegal)
gold
- Potentially bauxite
• Unsustainable logging
• Illegal chainsaw logging
• Farm encroachment
• Hunting for bush meat
Ecosystem services
The solution
Next steps
• Finish valuation study
• Establishment of Atewa National Park
• Use the services of GUN