Key findings from a TEEB for Agriculture and Food report led by UNEP have been issued during the COP21 climate talks in Paris.

The interim report was launched at the Global Landscape Forum on 6 December and seeks to identify the economic and policy drivers and incentives that influence land-use decisions across the world, as well as pinpoint research gaps.

In addition to an interim report, six separate studies were issued covering palm oil, livestock, maize, rice, agroforestry and inland fisheries - all agricultural areas where environmental aspects are not included in market prices.

The overall TEEB for Agriculture and Food study seeks to demonstrate that the economic environment in which farmers operate is distorted by significant externalities, both negative and positive, as well as a lack of awareness of dependency on natural capital.

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