The BIOFUND Virtual Library is an online archive of information on Mozambique’s biodiversity, organized along the lines suggested by the Convention on Biodiversity’s Clearing House Mechanism. The Virtual Library will strive to make available all the documents, studies, reports, articles, educational and communications materials, maps and digital files that have been produced, to serve as a repository of our collective institutional memory as a conservation community. The usefulness of the Virtual Library will improve the more we share amongst ourselves. If you have any materials that are not currently part of the Virtual Library, please click on "Add Document" and become a contributor.
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Author
Year of Publication
Exploring the Socio-Economic Role of Charcoal and the Potential for Sustainable Production in the Chicale Regulado, Mozambique
Herd, A.
2007
Sofala
University of Edinburgh
Wood fuels play a significant role in the energy requirements of many developing countries. This is especially the case in Sub-Saharan Africa, where dependence is increasing due to growing urban populations, and limited accessibility to alternative fuels. In this region, charcoal is the predominant fuel accounting for over half of the energy requirements (WEC, 2004). However, there are significant social and environmental impacts associated with the consumption of charcoal including: forest degradation, loss of biodiversity and environmental services, as well as health issues. There is growing concern that current levels of resource use will jeopardise the livelihoods of communities dependent upon forests.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures; Sustainable Use of Biodiversity; Community Use of Biodiversity
Gorongosa National Park
Exploring the Socio-Economic Role of Charcoal and the Potential for Sustainable Production in the Chicale Regulado, Mozambique
Charcoal production and use in Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia: historical overview, present situation and outlook
Falção, M.
S/D
N/A
The objective of this overview paper is to highlight the major trends, charcoal production technologies, charcoal markets and lessons from success and failures regarding the management systems, technologies and, community enterprises in selected countries in SADC. The limited budget and literature on charcoal and the purpose of the study (production of a overview paper) mean that this study is very much a descriptive one.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Charcoal production and use in Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia: historical overview, present situation and outlook
Mozambique Biomass Energy Strategy
Ministry of Energy
2012
N/A
The proposed biomass energy strategy is designed to reverse this process by developing the multiple and complementary solutions to ensure a sustainable biomass supply well into the near future. This will allow Mozambicans to continue using biomass for as long as they like, or switch to using other forms of energy if and when they like. Not acting now is a real and realistic scenario, which necessarily means that problems with the supply of biomass will start, sooner or later – and indeed has started in some areas already.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Official Government Document
Legal and Political (Laws, Regulations, Action Plans, Strategies, etc.)
None
Mozambique Biomass Energy Strategy
Indústria Carvoeira Ecológica de Moçambique
ICEM
2016
N/A
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Presentations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
None
Indústria Carvoeira Ecológica de Moçambique
Charcoal production as a means to a valuable end: Scope and limitations of charcoal income to alleviate acute multidimensional poverty among the rural population of Mabalane district, southern Mozambique
A/D
S/D
Cabo Delgado
This study used primary data at the household level from an important charcoal supplying region in southern Mozambique to evaluate if income from charcoal contributes to the alleviation of AMP.The Alkire-Foster method was used to aggregate AMPin nine composite indicators (sanitation, water, under-five mortality and access to equitable health care, education, food security, access to services, assets ownership and housing). Generalised linear models are used to assess the marginal effect of charcoal income on AMP.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Charcoal production as a means to a valuable end: Scope and limitations of charcoal income to alleviate acute multidimensional poverty among the rural population of Mabalane district, southern Mozambique
Mozambique Urban Biomass Energy Analysis 2012
Atanassov,B. Et al.
2012
Maputo (cidade); Maputo; Nampula; Sofala
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments; Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Mozambique Urban Biomass Energy Analysis 2012
Exploração da Biomassa Lenhosa: Como Assegurar Produção Sustentável de Carvão Vegetal
Falção, M.
2016
N/A
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Presentations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Exploração da Biomassa Lenhosa: Como Assegurar Produção Sustentável de Carvão Vegetal
Estimating the potential for charcoal production
A/D
S/D
N/A
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Estimating the potential for charcoal production
Caracterização de uso do carvão vegetal e de outras fontes de energia na cidade da Beira
Tuzine, M.
2005
Sofala
UEM-FAEF
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Caracterização de uso do carvão vegetal e de outras fontes de energia na cidade da Beira
Consumo doméstico do carvão vegetal ao nível da cidade de Mocuba província da Zambézia
Nhalusse, L.
2013
Zambézia
O consumo do carvão vegetal, ocorre principalmente nas imediações dos grandes centros urbanos, resultando em cinturões de desmatamento e redução da cobertura vegetal que se expandem rapidamente, especialmente com o fluxo das migrações das populações do campo para os principais centros urbanos, ocorridas nos últimos anos (Carvalho, 2005).
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Consumo doméstico do carvão vegetal ao nível da cidade de Mocuba província da Zambézia
Produção e Consumo Doméstico de Combustíveis Lenhosos em Moçambique
Falção, D.
2013
N/A
O continente Africano encontra-se fortemente dependente da disponibilidade de combustíveis lenhosos para consumo das populações, tanto rurais como urbanas. Moçambique não é uma excepção, onde 80% da população utiliza lenha e carvão vegetal para fins domésticos. A quantificação do consumo e da disponibilidade de matéria-prima torna-se assim indispensável para a sustentabilidade deste recurso endógeno e renovável
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Produção e Consumo Doméstico de Combustíveis Lenhosos em Moçambique
Consumo doméstico do combustível lenhoso na Vila do distrito de Marracuene, província de Maputo
Mirasse, J.
2004
Maputo
UEM-FAEF
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments; Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Consumo doméstico do combustível lenhoso na Vila do distrito de Marracuene, província de Maputo
Clean and Improved Cooking in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Landscape Report
World Bank Group
2014
N/A
Reliance on solid-fuel cooking in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a large and growing problem. More than 700 million Africans (82%) use solid fuels, such as wood, charcoal, dung, crop waste, and coal, for their primary cooking needs—a number that will reach 850–900 million by the end of the decade. This high level of solid-fuel use, combined with household reliance on inefficient and unsafe traditional cookstoves, constitutes a first-order public health crisis: household air pollution (HAP) from solid-fuel cooking emissions kills nearly 600,000 Africans annually and is now recognized as the second-largest health risk factor in terms of death and disability in the region.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Clean and Improved Cooking in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Landscape Report
Charcoal supply chains from Mabalane to Maputo: who benefits?
IIED Briefing
2016
Todas as Províncias
Charcoal is the main cooking energy source for people living in Maputo city. It is also a crucial source of income for rural producers in Mabalane district, a key supplier of Maputo’s charcoal. But Mabalane’s forests — which provide the wood for charcoal — also supply rural populations with construction materials, firewood and food. Our research shows that the lack of community management in Mabalane’s charcoal trade has disadvantaged communities, widening income inequality and causing ecological depletion. To reverse these trends, we recommend that policymakers strengthen community management institutions, install sustainable management practices, review existing licensing schemes and seek affordable alternative energy sources.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
General Information
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Charcoal supply chains from Mabalane to Maputo: who benefits?
Charcoal as a diversification strategy: The flexible role of charcoal production in the livelihoods of smallholders in central Mozambique
Jones, D.; Ryan, C. & Fisher, J.
2016
Sofala; Tete; Zambézia
Energy for Sustainable Development
This paper presents a case study of charcoal producers supplying a small town in central Mozambique, as a contrast to the predominant focus of previous work on charcoal supply to major urban areas. It gives an in-depth account of the situations in which people produce charcoal, linking this to the role it plays in their livelihoods. Charcoal is made for a diverse set of reasons ranging from women wishing for financial autonomy from their husbands, through to gaining supplementary income from field opening. Those making charcoal have a wide range of livelihood strategies and produce in a wide range of situations. The findings counter the idea that charcoal production is a livelihood of last resort.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Charcoal as a diversification strategy: The flexible role of charcoal production in the livelihoods of smallholders in central Mozambique
Estudo sobre a cadeia de fornecimento de carvão em Pemba
Fernandes, A.
S/D
Cabo Delgado
ESSAP
O presente trabalho teve como incidência a verificação do fluxo da produção e consumo de combustíveis lenhosos desde as zonas de corte e produção de carvão até ao consumidor na cidade de Pemba em Cabo Delgado.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Estudo sobre a cadeia de fornecimento de carvão em Pemba
Cadeia de Fornecimento e Consumo de Combustíveis Lenhosos nas Cidades de Pemba e Montepuéz
Egas, A: Et al.
2016
Cabo Delgado
O presente trabalho teve como objectivo analisar o fluxo da produção e consumo de combustíveis lenhosos desde as zonas de corte e produção de carvão até ao consumidor nas cidades de Pemba e Montepuéz em Cabo Delgado e sobre essa base propor acções concretas para mitigação dos impactos negativos.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Cadeia de Fornecimento e Consumo de Combustíveis Lenhosos nas Cidades de Pemba e Montepuéz
Biomass Value Chain Analysis – Maputo/Matola 2012
Atanassov, B. & Mahumane, G.
2012
N/A
The aim of this study is to tackle, in relatively detailed analysis, all actors involved in the charcoal energy market, from loggers to end-retailers. A livelihoods approach is used to describe the economic significance at each level of the charcoal chain of supply, with the view to contribute in the formulation of a national biomass strategy towards promoting sustainable development while meeting the energy needs of those people who depend on traditional biomass for their subsidence.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures; Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Biomass Value Chain Analysis – Maputo/Matola 2012
Report on Charcoal and Firewood Supply to Maputo And Matola Cities
Falcão, M. ; Fernandes, A . & Atanassov, B.
2012
Maputo
2011
To accomplish this work, the data were collected from primary and secondary sources. Three methods were used, namely monitoring the firewood and charcoal at a specific check points, interviewing charcoal transporters about the tree species and literature review. Woodfuel (charcoal and firewood) data for all year (2011) was collected from the reports from Maputo Provincial Forest Services. Four different official check points to Maputo and Matola cities were identified in close collaboration with government institutions (Maputo Provincial Forest Services and National Directorate of Forestry and Wildlife). These check points are Matola-Rio, Moamba, Marracuene and Gare de Mercadorias.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Report on Charcoal and Firewood Supply to Maputo And Matola Cities
Estratégia de Conservação e Uso Sustentável da Energia da Biomassa Para o período 2014-2025
Ministério da Energia
2013
N/A
A situação energética de Moçambique é relativamente privilegiada, uma vez que o país possui uma ampla e diversificada base de recursos energéticos, e que, por sua vez, podem permitir o aproveitamento das diversas opções para responder a demanda nos vários sectores de actividades. A presente Estratégia de Conservação e Uso Sustentável da Energia da Biomassa, surge no âmbito da implementação da Política de Desenvolvimento de Energias Novas e Renováveis aprovada pelo Conselho de Ministros, através da Resolução no 62/2009 de 14 de Outubro de 2009, com vista abordar medidas e acções inerentes aos desafios ligados a energia da biomassa.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity; Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Official Government Document
Legal and Political (Laws, Regulations, Action Plans, Strategies, etc.)
None
Estratégia de Conservação e Uso Sustentável da Energia da Biomassa Para o período 2014-2025
Corporate Ecosystem Valuation (CEV) Road Test Summary (Work in progress)
WBCSD
S/D
N/A
Eka Chemicals (a business unit within AkzoNobel) is one of the world's leading manufacturers of bleaching and performance chemicals for the pulp and paper industry. The company has 2’700 employees worldwide and production takes place at 36 locations in 19 countries. As part of the company’s efforts to incorporate ecosystems into decision-making, it road tested the Guide to Corporate Ecosystem Valuation (2009-2010) with support from the World Resources Institute. The study compared the societal costs of atmospheric emissions for three alternative chemicals used in paper production.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
None
Corporate Ecosystem Valuation (CEV) Road Test Summary (Work in progress)
Guide to Corporate Ecosystem Valuation: Brief Presentation
WBCSD
2011
N/A
Definitions: ecosystem services & biodiversity Value of ecosystems Ecosystem drivers & business context Business risks & opportunities How can business respond? Guide to Corporate Ecosystem Valuation (CEV) In summary
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
None
Guide to Corporate Ecosystem Valuation: Brief Presentation
Guide to Corporate Ecosystem Valuation: Detailed presentation
WBCSD
2011
N/A
Definitions: ecosystem services & biodiversity Value of ecosystems Ecosystem drivers & business context Business risks & opportunities How can business respond? Guide to Corporate Ecosystem Valuation (CEV) Step by step incl. one case example In summary
English
No Restrictions
General
Presentations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
None
Guide to Corporate Ecosystem Valuation: Detailed presentation
Corporate Ecosystem Valuation Additional Notes B Selection & Application of Ecosystem Valuation Techniques for CEV
Spurgeon, J. & Cooper, E.
2011
N/A
This interim concept paper on ecosystem valuation techniques complements the World Business Council for Sustainable Development Guide to Corporate Ecosystem Valuation (CEV). The paper provides a basic overview and advice for corporate managers on: The main categories of ecosystem valuation techniques available; Selecting the most suitable techniques; Applying the techniques; and Approaches for valuing other environmental externalities
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
None
Corporate Ecosystem Valuation Additional Notes B Selection & Application of Ecosystem Valuation Techniques for CEV
Corporate Ecosystem Valuation Additional Notes A Selected Ecosystem Valuation Concepts and Issues
Spurgeon, J. & Gallaher, D.
2011
N/A
This interim paper on selected ecosystem valuation concepts and issues complements the World Business Council for Sustainable Development Guide to Corporate Ecosystem Valuation (CEV). The paper provides a basic overview for corporate managers on: Ecosystem Services and Total Economic Valuation; Other related CEV concepts and issues; and Business approaches that CEV can be linked to.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
None
Corporate Ecosystem Valuation Additional Notes A Selected Ecosystem Valuation Concepts and Issues
Guide to Corporate Ecosystem Valuation A framework for improving corporate decision-making
WBCSD
S/D
N/A
Corporate Ecosystem Valuation (CEV) can be defined as a process to make better-informed business decisions by explicitly valuing both ecosystem degradation and the provided by ecosystem services. By including ecosystem values, the company’s aim is to improve corporate performance in relation to social and environmental goals and the financial bottom-line. Valuation can make decisionmaking around ecosystems more compelling and practical, thereby enhancing sustainable development strategies and outcomes.
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
None
Guide to Corporate Ecosystem Valuation A framework for improving corporate decision-making
Relevant Database-Oriented Tools for Potential Use with Multi-Ecosystem Services Tools
BSR
2011
N/A
The purpose of this work was to lay the groundwork for interested Working Group (WG) member companies to leverage their investments in certain widely-supported and accepted database-driven tools, as ecosystem services (ES) tool developers consider potential datasets to feed into and/or interface with their tools.
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Relevant Database-Oriented Tools for Potential Use with Multi-Ecosystem Services Tools
THE ECOSYSTEM QUESTION: How can Ecosystem Services assessment tools be better understood and used more effectively by companies?
Aubertin, A.
2011
N/A
Institute for Environmental Studies and IUCN National Committee of the Netherlands
For companies to take actions on managing their impacts and dependencies on ecosystem services and biodiversity, it is key that they are given the right tools to identify, measure and analyse them. One of IUCN Netherlands’ main missions is to support companies in this process. The main purpose of this study is to orientate companies in this tools profusion. The first step was to review the literature available on the ES assessment tools to be able to identify the key tools currently available on the market.
English
No Restrictions
General
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
THE ECOSYSTEM QUESTION: How can Ecosystem Services assessment tools be better understood and used more effectively by companies?
Ecosystem Services Management: A Briefing on Relevant Public Policy Developments and Emerging Tools
Waage, S. & Stewart, E.
S/D
N/A
If your company had real estate liabilities that could be turned into assets, would your senior executives consider action? If your firm could tap into new revenue sources that might cover the costs of this transition from liability to assets, what implications would it have on prioritizing action? And if, in the process, your business could create a good marketing story that speaks to core values—around clean air, green neighbourhoods, and healthy children—how would you see this opportunity?
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Legal and Political (Laws, Regulations, Action Plans, Strategies, etc.)
None
Ecosystem Services Management: A Briefing on Relevant Public Policy Developments and Emerging Tools
2009 State of Global Ecosystem Services Policy Developments
BSR
2010
N/A
Ecosystem services are gaining attention among academics, leading NGOs, and government officials around the world. Yet much of the ongoing work remains in a research or exploratory phase. The question for businesses is whether, how, and on what timeframe ecosystem services may gain traction among key stakeholders, government officials, and/or regulators.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Legal and Political (Laws, Regulations, Action Plans, Strategies, etc.); Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
2009 State of Global Ecosystem Services Policy Developments
Combined Impact Assessment and Ex Ante Evaluation of the Review of the LIFE+ Regulation: Options Development
Medhurst, J. Et al.
2011
N/A
The overall purpose of the study is to assist the Commission in carrying out a combined exante evaluation of the existing financing instrument LIFE+ and an Impact Assessment of different options for the development of a new financial instrument focusing exclusively on the environment. Throughout this report, the scope of a specific instrument for the environment extends to all environmental issues, including climate action. As such, when referring to the environmental acquis, this refers to all environmental legislation for the environment, including climate.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Impact Assessment
None
Combined Impact Assessment and Ex Ante Evaluation of the Review of the LIFE+ Regulation: Options Development
LIFE Sub-programme for Climate Action Commission proposal for a new LIFE Regulation (2014-2020)
A/D
2011
N/A
English
No Restrictions
General
Presentations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
LIFE Sub-programme for Climate Action Commission proposal for a new LIFE Regulation (2014-2020)
Funding opportunities for biodiversity and nature in the 2014-2020 EU funding regulations
Kelemen, A.
2011
N/A
English
No Restrictions
General
Presentations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
None
Funding opportunities for biodiversity and nature in the 2014-2020 EU funding regulations
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions Annexes to the IMPACT ASSESSMENT
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
2011
N/A
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity; Communication and Public Awareness; Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
None
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions Annexes to the IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
2011
N/A
Biodiversity — the extraordinary variety of ecosystems, species and genes that surround us — is our life insurance, giving us food, fresh water and clean air, shelter and medicine, mitigating natural disasters, pests and diseases and contributes to regulating the climate. Biodiversity is also our natural capital, delivering ecosystem services that underpin our economy. Its deterioration and loss jeopardises the provision of these services: we lose species and habitats and the wealth and employment we derive from nature, and endanger our own wellbeing.
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Legal and Political (Laws, Regulations, Action Plans, Strategies, etc.); Biological and Cultural Diversity; Communication and Public Awareness
None
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions
POLICYMIX Case Study Description: Portugal
A/D
2013
N/A
The following is a short description of policy and research questions in the Portuguese case study of POLICYMIX. This page will be continually updated as the case study focus is developed. Assessments of economic instruments in their policymix in case studies will take place in 2011-2013.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
None
POLICYMIX Case Study Description: Portugal
Payments for Ecosystem Services Literature Review A review of lessons learned, and a framework for assessing PES feasibility
BioClimate Research and Development
2010
N/A
WWF
This document presents a review of selected literature to date on payments for ecosystem services (PES) schemes. Payments for ecosystem services (PES) are, as the name implies, payments made to compensate and incentivise individuals or groups engaged in activities that support the provision of ecosystem services. PES is a mechanism that has gained increasing interest and recognition over the past decade or so, and is emerging as a central tenet of “contractual conservation” (Wunder, 2008)
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
None
Payments for Ecosystem Services Literature Review A review of lessons learned, and a framework for assessing PES feasibility
Payments for Ecosystem Services Getting Started: A Primer
Forest Trends & The Katoomba Group
2008
N/A
Forest Trends, The Katoomba Group, and UNEP
This primer is designed to provide you with a solid understanding of what Payments for Ecosystem Service (PES) are and how PES deals work. It is intended for an audience interested in exploring the potential of PES — either as prospective PES sellers themselves or as staff of organizations that work directly with communities or landowners who may be interested in PES. The primer should be read before you set out to design a PES deal, as it provides guidance on conditions under which PES is most relevant and likely to succeed. It should also be read sequentially, as concepts defi ned in the early pages are built upon later.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
None
Payments for Ecosystem Services Getting Started: A Primer
Scoping Study on the Economic (or Non-Market) Valuation Issues and the Implementation of the WFD – Final Report
Ozdemiroglu, E.; Provind, A. & Hime, S.
2010
N/A
eftec
The objective of this study is to identify recent developments in the field of economic valuation, and contributing fields such as environmental sciences, that are relevant to the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The technical specification establishes that the study is a small desk-based scoping study, which takes stock of recent progress in order to help inform discussions relating to future work concerning economic valuation and the implementation of the WFD.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
None
Scoping Study on the Economic (or Non-Market) Valuation Issues and the Implementation of the WFD – Final Report
Value of biodiversity- Documenting EU examples where biodiversity loss has led to the loss of ecosystem services
Kettunen, M. & ten Brink, P.
2006
N/A
IEEP
The objective of this study has been to bring together EU examples where biodiversity loss or the modification/loss of habitats accompanied by biodiversity loss has led to the loss/degradation of ecosystem services, and consequently to economic costs and/or social losses. The information used and analysed in the study has been collected through expert interviews, a literature survey, and a short questionnaire distributed to relevant stakeholders in February 2006.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
None
Value of biodiversity- Documenting EU examples where biodiversity loss has led to the loss of ecosystem services