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The ocean, which regulates climate and supports vital ecosystem services, is crucial to our Earth system and livelihoods. Yet, it is threatened by anthropogenic pressures and climate change. A healthy ocean that supports a sustainable ocean economy requires adequate financing vehicles that generate, invest, align, and account for financial capital to achieve sustained ocean health and governance. However, the current finance gap is large; we identify key barriers to financing a sustainable ocean economy and suggest how to mitigate them, to incentivize the kind of public and private investments needed for topnotch science and management in support of a sustainable ocean economy.

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This paper aims to assist policy makers in formulating efficient, effective and sustainable wetland management policies by providing them with the results of a non-market valuation technique using the Cheimaditida wetland in Greece as a case study. A choice experiment is employed to estimate the benefits of the non-use values of the Cheimaditida wetland that accrue to the Greek public. The results indicate that there are positive and significant non-use values of this wetland. These results can aid in the design of socially optimal policies for the sustainable management of the Cheimaditida wetland, with implications for other wetlands in Greece and the rest of Europe.

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Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 20-Jul-2015 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________ English -Or. English ENVIRONMENT DIRECTORATE BIODIVERSITY POLICY RESPONSE INDICATORS -ENVIRONMENT WORKING PAPER No. 90 by Christina Van Winkle and Katia Karousakis (OECD), Rosalind Bark (CSIRO) and Martijn van der Heide (LEI Wageningen UR) OECD Working Papers should not be reported as representing the official views of the OECD or of its member countries. The opinions expressed and arguments employed are those of the author(s).