Financial incentives for ecosystem conservation : a review of the development of markets for environmental services in Sri Lanka
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Publisher: IUCN
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 41
ISBN-13: 9558177466
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Ecosystems and Integrated Water Resources Management in South Asia
Author: E. R. N. Gunawardena
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2020-11-29
Total Pages: 269
ISBN-13: 1000365662
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides an ecosystem perspective in addressing the water resource management issues in the South Asian region. It argues that aspects such as sources of water, its distribution and users; land–water interrelations; drivers of change such as laws, policies and institutions; management of issues and technologies related to water supply; institutional set-up; economic instruments such as pricing, taxes, subsidies; and economics of ecosystem services are crucial. Climate changes, melting of glaciers and polar ice caps, rising sea level and the increased frequency of extreme events, have to be factored into integrated management of water resources. This book addresses some of these major issues related to aquatic ecosystems and focuses on three major aspects: (a) concepts related to ecosystems, ecosystem services and their linkages with water; (b) human impacts on ecosystems, particularly the aquatic ecosystems, and their assessment; and (c) the management, including policy, governance and economics. Comprising new theories, research and case studies, the book will be useful those concerned with water resource management – professionals, students and researchers.
Effective Conservation Science
Author: Peter M. Kareiva
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 0198808976
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis novel text assembles some of the most intriguing voices in modern conservation biology. Collectively they highlight many of the most challenging questions being asked in conservation science today, each of which will benefit from new experiments, new data, and new analyses. The book's principal aim is to inspire readers to tackle these uncomfortable issues head-on. A second goal is to be reflective and consider how the field has reacted to challenges to orthodoxy, and to what extent have or can these challenges advance conservation science. Furthermore, several chapters discuss how to guard against confirmation bias. The overall goal is that this book will lead to greater conservation of ecosystems and biodiversity by harnessing the engine of constructive scientific scepticism in service of better results.
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity: Ecological and Economic Foundations
Author: Pushpam Kumar
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-12-20
Total Pages: 455
ISBN-13: 1136538798
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHuman well-being relies critically on ecosystem services provided by nature. Examples include water and air quality regulation, nutrient cycling and decomposition, plant pollination and flood control, all of which are dependent on biodiversity. They are predominantly public goods with limited or no markets and do not command any price in the conventional economic system, so their loss is often not detected and continues unaddressed and unabated. This in turn not only impacts human well-being, but also seriously undermines the sustainability of the economic system. It is against this background that TEEB: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity project was set up in 2007 and led by the United Nations Environment Programme to provide a comprehensive global assessment of economic aspects of these issues. This book, written by a team of international experts, represents the scientific state of the art, providing a comprehensive assessment of the fundamental ecological and economic principles of measuring and valuing ecosystem services and biodiversity, and showing how these can be mainstreamed into public policies. This volume and subsequent TEEB outputs will provide the authoritative knowledge and guidance to drive forward the biodiversity conservation agenda for the next decade.
REDD, Forest Governance and Rural Livelihoods
Author: Oliver Springate-Baginski
Publisher: CIFOR
Published: 2010-01-01
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 6028693154
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExperiences from incentive-based forest management are examined for their effects on the livelihoods of local communities. In the second section, country case studies provide a snapshot of REDD developments to date and identify design features for REDD that would support benefits for forest communities.
Handbook of Market Creation for Biodiversity Issues in Implementation
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2004-11-03
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 926401862X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis OECD Handbook shows how public policy in the form of market creation can be used to internalise the loss of biodiversity. It promotes the use of markets to ensure that our collective preferences for conservation and sustainable use are reflected in economic outcomes.
Valuing Ecosystem Services
Author: K N Ninan
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2014-08-29
Total Pages: 460
ISBN-13: 1781955166
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis thought provoking book draws together prominent international authorities to discuss the key methodological issues and challenges in valuing ecosystem services. Covering a cross-section of ecosystems and services in different sites, countries and
Natural Capital
Author: Peter Kareiva
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2011-04-07
Total Pages: 395
ISBN-13: 019162103X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 2005, The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) provided the first global assessment of the world's ecosystems and ecosystem services. It concluded that recent trends in ecosystem change threatened human wellbeing due to declining ecosystem services. This bleak prophecy has galvanized conservation organizations, ecologists, and economists to work toward rigorous valuations of ecosystem services at a spatial scale and with a resolution that can inform public policy. The editors have assembled the world's leading scientists in the fields of conservation, policy analysis, and resource economics to provide the most intensive and best technical analyses of ecosystem services to date. A key idea that guides the science is that the modelling and valuation approaches being developed should use data that are readily available around the world. In addition, the book documents a toolbox of ecosystem service mapping, modeling, and valuation models that both The Nature Conservancy and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) are beginning to apply around the world as they transform conservation from a biodiversity only to a people and ecosystem services agenda. The book addresses land, freshwater, and marine systems at a variety of spatial scales and includes discussion of how to treat both climate change and cultural values when examining tradeoffs among ecosystem services.
Sustainable Financing of Protected Areas
Author: Lucy Emerton
Publisher: IUCN
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9782831708812
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt has become clear during recent global deliberations on biodiversity conservation that achieving Protected Area (PA) financial sustainability will require major changes in the way that PA funding is conceptualized, captured and used. With many, if not most, PAs facing funding crises, both in terms of the amount of funds available and how those are used, there is an urgent need to expand and diversify PA financial portfolios, and to ensure that funding reaches the groups and activities essential for biodiversity conservation. A range of innovative financing mechanisms have been developed and implemented to increase funding for PAs. This document aims to review and assess the status of a variety of these mechanisms, the major obstacles and opportunities for their implementation, and the potential for improvement.
Restoring Nature's Capital
Author: Frances H. Irwin
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis publication outlines an action agenda for governments, business, and civil society to restore and sustain ecosystem services: the benefits people receive from nature such as fresh water, food, protection from floods, and spiritual enrichment. The action agenda responds to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment finding that globally nearly two thirds of ecosystem services assessed were degraded. The agenda is informed by the recommendations of 17 policy experts from around the globe.
