Heidi Wittmer heads the working group on governance and institutions for sustainable use of landscapes at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany, where she leads the scientific co-ordination of TEEB. Her previous work has focused on the governance of natural resources, especially biodiversity, and on studying and improving the interface of science and policy in this field.

Haripriya Gundimeda is an associate professor with the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay, India. She has worked at many notable institutions around the world, on various issues relating to environment and development economics and green accounting. Haripriya has also been the lead author of six of the eight monographs for the Green Accounting for Indian states Project initiated by the Green Indian States Trust.

Part 1: The Opportunity 1. The Value of Nature for Local Development Part 2: The Tools 2. Conceptual Frameworks for Considering the Benefits of Nature 3. Tools for Evaluation and Appraisal of Ecosystem Services in Policy Making Part 3: Practical Applications - Planning and Management 4. Ecosystem Services in Cities and Public Management 5. Ecosystem Services in Rural Areas and Natural Resources Management 6. Spatial Planning and Environmental Assessments 7. Ecosystem Services and Protected Areas Part 4: Practical Applications - Creating Markets 8. Payments for Ecosystem Services and Conservation Banking 9. Creating Markets to Conserve Biodiversity - Conservation Banking 10. Certification and Labelling Part 5: Conclusions 11. Making Your Natural Capital Work for Local Development. Appendix 1: Tools and Databases