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Integrating the value of natural capital in evidence-based policy making
Banerjee, Onil; Vargas, Renato; Cicowiez, Martín - 2020
This paper describes how Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) can be integrated into economy wide analytical frameworks to enhance evidence based decision making. Examples from applications of the Integrated Environmental Economic Modelling (IEEM) Platform show how explicitly accounting for the...
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Methods for modeling public policy and investment impacts on the economy, natural capital and ecosystem services
Banerjee, Onil; Crossman, Neville; Vargas, Renato; … - 2020
The year 2020 is a critical year for sustainable development policy and practice with the review and renewal of various international commitments including the Sustainable Development Goals, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Paris Agreement. The post-2020 agenda needs to be informed...
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The value of biodiversity in economic decision making : applying the IEEM+ESM approach to conservation strategies in Colombia
Banerjee, Onil; Cicowiez, Martín; Malek, Žiga; … - 2020
In this paper we evaluate the economic, natural capital and ecosystem services impacts of strategies for conserving Colombias rich natural capital endowment. Specifically, we consider Government program proposals for establishing Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES), implementing more...
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Empty promises of growth : the bioeconomy and its multiple reality checks
Eversberg, Dennis; Holz, Jana - 2020
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Redesigning payments for ecosystem services to increase cost-effectiveness
Izquierdo-Tort, Santiago; Jayachandran, Seema; … - 2024
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Valuation of ecosystem services provided by biodiversity conservation : an integrated hydrological and economic model to value the enhanced nitrogen retention in renaturated stream...
Bräuer, Ingo; Marggraf, Rainer - 2004
The importance of ecosystem functions for humankind is well known. But only few attempts have been undertaken to estimate the economic value of these ecosystem services. In particular, indirect methods are rarely used, even though they are most suitable for the task. This discrepancy is because...
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Reducing acidification : the benefits of increased nature quality : investigating the possibilities of the contingent valuation method
Ruijgrok, E. C. M. - 2004
In order to complete cost benefit analyses of acidification policies, an attempt was made to monetarize the benefits of increased nature quality. So far, several benefits of acidification abatement, such as reduced health risks, had been determined, but the benefits of increased nature quality...
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Traditional representations of the natural environment and biodiversity conservation : sacred groves in Ghana
Sarfo-Mensah, Paul; Oduro, William; Antoh Fredua, Ernestina - 2010
influence in the management of the natural resources and biodiversity amongst rural communities in the transitional zone of … natural beings. These beliefs and perceptions have in the past strongly supported the conservation of biodiversity. However … ; Sustainability and Biodiversity …
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Mapping of forest biodiversity values : a plural perspective
Ojea, Elena; Nunes, Paulo A. L. D.; Loureiro, Maria - 2009
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment is built on a conceptual framework that links biodiversity to the services … aims to highlight the mapping of biodiversity indicators and assesses their respective role on the valuation exercise. Our … results show that biodiversity loss is having an effect on forest ecosystem values. In addition, these effects reveal to be …
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A bug's life : competition among species towards the environment
Bella, Giovanni (contributor) - 2007
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