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Finland - Promote Transboundary Aspects of Ecosystem Services

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Finland commits to developing transboundary cooperation with neighbouring countries in order to improve ecosystem services provided by shared water bodies. The commitment will enhance transboundary cooperation, economic growth and reduce flood damages.

November 2018

Forests and Water: Valuation and payments for forest ecosystem services

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Forests play an important role in producing and regulating freshwater flows, and forested watersheds are essential for sustaining freshwater supply. Forests and Water: Valuation and payments for forest ecosystem services assesses the governance, design and funding sources of various payments for watershed services (PWS) schemes, and promotes the understanding of a wide range of values related to watershed services of forests and its co-benefits, such as carbon mitigation.
6 October 2020

Using the Ocean As a Tool for Global Economic Recovery

Eliza Northrop, Mansi Konar, Nicola Frost, Liz Hollaway
The ocean economy, which contributes upwards of $1.5 trillion in value added to the global economy, was particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, with a projected loss of $1.9 billion for international shipping carriers alone. Coastal communities were hardest hit, with an estimated $7.4 billion fall in GDP across Small Island Developing States due to the decline in tourism.
December 2019

Ecosystem Services Assessment of the Prins Hendrik Zanddijk

International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC)
This study examines which and, if possible, how much more ecosystem services are provided by the most recent nature inspired coastal protection project Prins Hendrik Zanddijk, in comparison with a traditional concrete and asphalt construction.
December 2016

Using Ecosystem Service Trade‐offs to Inform Water Conservation Policies and Management Practices

This case study quantifies ecosystem services in several land use scenarios, relative to actual land use change, over a nine-year period. These scenarios were developed in an effort to maintain agricultural production while improving water quality and increasing water quantity in the watershed of the Miyun Reservoir—the only source of surface water currently available for domestic use in Beijing, China.

Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS)

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

The web platform offers information on the development, implementation, use and feedback from users of climate services at the global, regional, national and local levels.

12 February 2018

Pilot Projects Offer Innovative Solutions for Service Delivery

Lauren Hermanus
Pilot projects in India, Indonesia and South Africa showcase new approaches to filling service delivery gaps in marginalised communities. Many of these projects rethink the role of government, private sector companies and investors, and beneficiaries.
October 2008

All that glitters: A review of payments for watershed services in developing countries

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

This report reviews the current status of payments for watershed services (PWS) in developing countries.

November 2020

Adaptation Principles : A guide for designing strategies for climate change adaptation and resilience

World Bank Group
The Adaptation Principles offer a guide to effective climate change adaptation, containing hands-on guidance to the design, implementation and monitoring of national adaptation strategies.
January 2012

Biophysical Assessment and Monetary Valuation of Ecosystem Services: Scenario Analysis for the Case of Water Purification in Europe

European Commission
This study presents a framework for the valuation of ecosystem services related to conservation policies, both theoretically and practically, in order to make an economic case for the conservation of biodiversity. Theoretically, it is shown that the application of monetary valuation techniques is instrumental to the outcomes of models. Practically, the case study covers the valuation of water purification in the Northern Mediterranean region.

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