The green economy, at least as a concept, may be important in: - Helping conserve the environment and biodiversity. - Helping manage natural resources in a sustainable way. - Helping protect certain basic human rights, and contribute to human well being. At the invitation of Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight Maros Šefčovič and Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton, a high-level roundtable will be held in Brussels this afternoon with representatives of 20 important raw materials projects. The projects, selected with the However, given the importance of primary industries to much of the economy, natural resource protection also plays a prominent role in the green economy debate (e.g. Globe Foundation, 2010). Discussion of the concept of a green economy can also be found beyond the UNECE region and member countries (e.g. UNEP, 2010b). PcGxr.