Appreciating biodiversity - modernising economic accounting in Germany

Intact ecosystems - such as clean, species-rich rivers or near-natural forests - are the subject of environmental reporting in Germany, but surprisingly they hardly play a role in the economic and business information bases.
Therefore, on the one hand, the manifold contributions of ecosystems to societal well-being and also to prosperity are underestimated, and on the other hand, biodiversity as the basis of sustainable services provided by nature is systematically forgotten.

In the Bio-Mo-D project, we are exploring how corporate and national business reporting can be expanded to include ecosystem services and biodiversity indicators. The aim is to provide business, political and social leaders with information to make ecologically sustainable decisions and consequently to show more appreciation for nature and biodiversity.

The project is funded by the Research Initiative for Biodiversity Conservation (FEdA) of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

• Official project website of Bio-Mo-d
• Project Bio-Mo-D interview with Roland Zieschank and Karsten Grundewald: On the modernization of economic reporting in Germany - valuing biodiversity!