The economic evaluation of ecosystem services as well as the identification of stakeholders place ecosystems in the perspective of social and economic development needs. The protection of biodiversity and the sustainable management of ecosystems should be key elements of strategies to combat poverty.

This awareness-raising guide provides an overview of the values of certain ecosystem services by showing their contribution to human well-being. It also shows some threats to the ecosystems that provide these goods and services. It aims to develop the sensitivity of Decision-makers and Administrators to the economic value of ecosystem goods and services for the protection of the ecosystems that provide them.