The CBD has created this website in response to a request of the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (decision VII/11, paragraph 9) as a tool to help practitioners implement the ecosystem approach and share experiences.
The sourcebook has a case study database, which CBD encourage people to test, both by searching it and by submitting your own case studies. The database can be searched by biomes, sectors, issues, tools and approaches, and ecosystem approach principles and operational guidance.
Other components of the sourcebook will be added shortly, including information about the ecosystem approach, and the various tools and techniques that can be used to implement it, so visit the website from time to time to check on new developments.
Comments on the database can be e-mailed to secretariat@biodiv.org