How sectors can contribute to sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity

To improve, speed-up and scale-up the integration of biodiversity within sectors effectively, the authors suggest the following four strategies: (1) use integrated land, water and seascape approaches to reap benefits from ecosystem services across landscapes, inland water and marine environments and deal with trade-offs; (2) heighten the attention to biodiversity within emerging voluntary sustainability initiatives such as standard-setting and certification; (3) strengthen the consumer’s perspective on biodiversity by raising awareness of the impacts of different products and of the importance of biodiversity for food security and a healthy diet; and (4) mobilise finance by improving the business case for biodiversity and green investments and shifting sectoral investment flows in a more biodiversity-friendly direction.