Topic: economic valuation

Despite projections, many financial analysts ignore the risks and opportunities associated with environmental trends. ENVEST seeks to change this.

A new project will help identify and measure the water-related risks facing companies and their investors, and lead to better environmental decisions.

Payments for ecosystem services are becoming an increasingly important part of the U.S. business and regulatory landscape. As programs that provide payments for ecosystem services grow, policy makers will need to determine how these various payments should interact with each other.

Multilateral development bank (MDB) development services can benefit from incorporating a more systematic approach to managing ecosystems in their strategic priority setting, analytical advisory servi

In the 1980s, Thailand’s government, initially supported by the World Bank, focused on a single ecosystem service—aquaculture—to supply a growing frozen shrimp export industry.

A retrospectiv

This report identifies entry points for mainstreaming ecosystem services in Multilateral Development Banks’ (MDBs’) core operations and describes a portfolio of tools to help. It also presents a range of policy options that MDBs can help country partners implement to sustain critical ecosystem services.

Ecosystem Services is playing a growing role in Brazilian environmental law.

Uganda’s leaders now have access to maps that will allow them—for the first time ever—to reduce poverty through better management of the country’s wetlands.

Reef ecosystems face both local and global threats. Here is what needs to be done to ensure the world’s corals and mangroves are preserved.

Lauretta Burke explains why President Bush’s recent designation of 195,000 square miles of coral rich marine habitat in the Pacific Ocean is important to global reef conservation efforts.

A new WRI/WWF Central America analysis finds that the coral reefs and mangroves of Belize make a substantial contribution to the country’s economy.

This study evaluated the average annual contribution of reef- and mangrove-associated tourism, fisheries, and shoreline protection services to the economy of Belize.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a collaboration to deliver improved science and practical tools to help companies and governments protect ecosystems and address climate change.

The economic benefits derived from coral reefs are vital to the economies of small island states in the Caribbean. Economic valuation of these benefits helps to guide the wise, sustainable use of these resources.

Adding Environmental Risk to the Financial Equation

Betting on Water

Fact Sheet: Stacking Payments for Ecosystem Services

Entry Points for Integrating Ecosystems Services into MDB Operations

Comparing the Economic and Social Value of Mangroves and Shrimp Farms

Banking on Nature's Assets: How Multilateral Development Banks Can Strengthen Development by Using Ecosystem Services

Green Taxation

Uganda Wetland Maps Will Help Reduce Poverty, Boost Economy

Video: Protecting Coral Reefs

Protecting Coral Reefs: A Q&A With WRI's Lauretta Burke

High-Value Assets: Belize's Coral Reefs and Mangroves

Annual Economic Contribution of Coral Reefs and Mangroves in Belize

Belize's Coastal Capital: The Economic Contribution of Belize's Coral Reefs and Mangroves

EPA Partners With WRI to Heighten Awareness of Ecosystem Services

Coastal Capital: Economic Valuation of Coral Reefs in Tobago and St. Lucia

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