Intern, Assistant to Green Accounting and Planning

The Economics of Ecosystems Biodiversity - TEEB, a a collaboration of the world’s leading environmental economists and biodiversity, made one of the most compeling case for society to make nature’s values visible, and for decision-makers and the business community to take actions that incorporate the role of biodiversity and ecosystem services—from freshwater provision to nutrient cycling—in economic activities. The impact of this powerful effort was immediate and, as result, one year later, we already have a number of TEEB initiatives around the globe. Another important initiative, the World Bank-led Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services – WAVES is a pragmatic call  toward the integration of ecosystem services values into income accounts, with the ultimate goal promoting sustainable development worldwide through the implementation of comprehensive wealth accounting. CI is playing a leading role in supporting both initiatives, working both at the national and regional levels to foster the integration of ‘green accounting’ in development planning and analysis.  

This proposal is for an intern to work on providing support for CI’s work on both initiatives, with particular emphasis on activities that seek to combine economic and biophysical assessment of ecosystem services, participatory process, spatial planning, and policy analysis.