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5 February 2019
Online

Valuing Nature Webinar - The Natural Capital of Floodplains

Valuing Nature
On 5 February 2019 (1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CET) ​Valuing Nature is hosting a webinar on "The Natural Capital of Floodplains".
May 2014

The Value of Land: Quick Guide to the Report

Economics of Land Degradation (ELD)
This report is a Quick guide to the report The Value of Land - Prosperous lands and positive rewards through sustainable land management.
January 1994

Towards Estimating Total Economic Value of Forests in Mexico

University College London (UCL), agribusiness, sectoral agreements
This study demonstrates the economic techniques for estimating the Total Economic Value (TEV) of forests. For the Mexican forest estate, the results show an annual lower bound value of the services of the total forest area to be in the order of $4 billion.
July 2017

Valuing Protective Services of Mangroves in the Philippines: Technical Report

Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES), The Nature Conservancy
This technical report and its accompanying policy brief provide a social and economic valuation of the flood protection benefits from mangroves in the Philippines.

The Nature Value Explorer

VITO
The Nature Value Explorer is an online calculation tool that can be used to establish the impact that various land use scenarios will have on the value of ecosystem services. These pragmatic methods for the valuation of ecosystem services can be used to show the value of changes in land use, the benefits of management measures, or the advantages of green development projects. Companies use these methods to calculate the impact of their production process or company premises on the local green space.
January 2018

The Natural Capital of Temporary Rivers: Characterising the Value of Dynamic Aquatic-Terrestrial Habitats

This report provides an evidence-informed characterization of the natural assets in temporary rivers.
April 2014

Changes in the Global Value of Ecosystem Services

Global Environmental Change (Elsevier)

In 1997, the global value of ecosystem services was estimated to average US$33 trillion/yr in 1995 US$ (US$46 trillion/yr in 2007 US$). In this paper, we provide an updated estimate based on updated unit ecosystem service values and land use change estimates between 1997 and 2011.

December 2006

The Value of Biodiversity in India's Forest

This paper aims to value the biodiversity functions of India’s natural ecosystems and suggests a method to adjust national (GDP) and state income (GSDP) accounts accordingly.
January 2013

The Economic Value of Virunga National Park

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
This case study evaluates the current and potential social and economic value of Virunga National Park, which is located in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
January 2017

Economic Value of Ecosystem Services in Ichkeul National Park, Tunisia (in French)

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
This case study, Economic Value of Ecosystem Services in Ichkeul National Park, Tunisia , aims to assess the economic value of ecosystem services provided by the Ichkeul National Park (INP), with the objective to increase awareness among decision-makers and users to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of the different components of natural capital and biodiversity present within the park.

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