Kumar / Nunes / Esen Mainstreaming Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services into Development Policy

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-315-53120-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 308 Seiten

The development of the ecosystem services paradigm has enhanced our understanding of natural capital as an indispensable form of capital asset along with produced and human capital. This book highlights the latest advances in the science and practice of using ecosystem services to inform decisions in the context of the developing countries. Mainstreaming natural capital into development policy is designed to help decision makers at all levels (governments, businesses, multilevel development banks and individuals) integrate ecosystems and their services into their decision making.

Key issues addressed include what we currently know about the values of ecosystem services in the developing world and innovative tools to help policy makers and planners account for natural capital and ecosystem services. A number of detailed case studies are presented in which the understanding of ecosystem services values has successfully informed decisions, including examples from Chile, Morocco, South Africa, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Vietnam and the Aral Sea in Central Asia. These provide the means and mechanisms for policy makers to incentivize protection and discourage degradation of ecosystems and the services they provide.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kumar, Pushpam

Nunes, Paulo A.L.D

Esen, S. Ersin

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction Pushpam Kumar, Paulo A.L.D. Nunes and S. Ersin Esen 2. Natural Capital, Ecosystem Services and the Rate of Discount Anil Markandya 3. Mainstreaming Natural Capital into macroeconomic Policies: Restoration of South Aral Sea Rodney Smith et al. 4. Strengthening Ecosystems and Development Linkages through Conjunctive Use of Irrigation Water in Morocco Terry L. Roe et al. 5. Building Consensus through Assessment Evidence from San Pedro de Atacama, Chile Bernardo Broitman et al. 6. The Role of Ecological Infrastructure in Disaster Risk Management: Eden District, South Africa Belinda Reyers et al. 7. Valuation of Regulating Services for the Design of Payment for Ecosystem Services in Trinidad and Tobago John Agaard et al. 8. Nature’s Services Facilitate National Green Growth Strategy: Vietnam 2025 Van Tai et al. 9. The Contribution of Forest Ecosystems in the Tanzanian Economy Eric Mungatana et al. 10. Natural Capital and GDP of the Poor in Vietnam Pavan Sukhdev et al. 11. Integrating Ecosystem Services in a Strategic Environmental Assessment David Geneletti et al. 12. Mapping Ecosystem Service Values in Trinidad and Tobago Andrea Ghermandi 13. Conclusions Pushpam Kumar, Paulo A.L.D. Nunes and S. Ersin Esen

Über Autor(innen)

Pushpam Kumar is Chief of the Ecosystem Services Economics Unit, in the Division of Environmental Policy Implementation (DEPI) at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Nairobi, Kenya. He is the author or editor of several books on environmental economics and the valuation of ecosystems, including the TEEB project.

Paulo A.L.D. Nunes is Global Coordinator and Manager of UNEP's Project for Ecosystem Services (ProEcoServ), the GEF-funded umbrella project aiming at piloting the bundling of ecosystem services and the integration of ecosystem services approaches into resource management and decision making.

S. Ersin Esen is GEF Task Manager – Biodiversity at DEPI, UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya.