Progress report for
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity - TEEB Aruba
Achievement at a glance
The project was completed and was presented to the new Minister of Regional Planning, Infrastructure & Environment as input for a review and update of the islands spatial plan.The NEXT STEP of the project is to support the Department of Nature and Environment in the development of a transparent online environmental indicators dashboard for reporting of the UN SDG indicators. The environmental indicators dashboard being developed will incorporate indicators that are pertinent to environmental management of Aruba and therefore contain localized relevant indicators for an islands context.
The environmental dashboard application will contribute in:
Supporting Aruba's implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
identifying the right data and set of indicators in the local context is important (natural capital indicators demonstrate the connection between nature, economy and achieving SDGs, e.g. link tourism economic sector financial dependence on natural assets of Aruba)
Supporting Aruba's ambition in their sustainable green development
transparent data is needed to understand and monitor whether the policy realized contributes to a sustainable green development of the island
Supporting Aruba's ambition in building a Knowledge Economy
transparent data is needed to feed science institutions/SME's and especially applied science towards Sustainable Development