Buy, Sell and Trade! Free Game on Ecosystem Services. 20 January
2009 | News story IUCN and the World Business Council for
Sustainable Development (WBCSD), along with input from key
stakeholders (Earthwatch Institute, World Resources Institute,
Katoomba Group/Forest Trends, the US Business Council for
Sustainable Development and Fundacion Entorno) have developed a
free, interactive and fun game about how ecosystem markets work.
The final test run of the game took place at the World
Conservation Forum and Congress in Barcelona in October 2008,
and the final version is now available online to download. The
“Buy, Sell, Trade!” game is a role-playing exercise that
demonstrates the multiple benefits of preserving ecosystems for
the services that they provide. Anyone can play the game, from
all parts of society, from different positions, etc. The game
helps people try to make ecosystem services ‘deals',” says Björn
Stigson, President of the WBCSD. “We hope it will provide
insights into the many practical, political