Assessing the Economic Value of Ecosystem Conservation

This paper seeks to clarify how valuation should be conducted to answer specific environmental policy questions. In particular, it looks at how valuation should be used to examine four distinct aspects of the value of ecosystems: 1) Determining the...

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Main Authors:	Pagiola, Stefano, von Ritter, Konrad, Bishop, Joshua
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE AIR QUALITY ATMOSPHERE BIODIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BIOMASS BIOSPHERE CARBON CIVIL SOCIETY COMMUNITIES CONSERVATION CONSERVATION DECISIONS CONSUMERS CONTINGENT VALUATION CORAL REEFS CROP YIELDS DEMAND CURVE DIRECT PAYMENTS DIRECT USE DIRECT USE VALUE DROUGHT ECOLOGICAL SERVICES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC VALUE ECONOMICS LITERATURE ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEM CHANGE ECOSYSTEM CONSERVATION ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ECOSYSTEMS ENDANGERED SPECIES ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FARMERS FARMING FISHING FOOD PRODUCTS FOREST ECOSYSTEMS FORESTRY FORESTS GDP GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HUMAN CAPITAL INDIRECT USE VALUES INTRINSIC VALUE LAND USE LOGGING MANGROVE MANGROVES MARGINAL VALUE MEDIA MORTALITY NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL INSURANCE NATURAL RESOURCES NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS NON-USE VALUES NUTRIENT CYCLING OPPORTUNITY COSTS PARK RANGERS PARKS PASSIVE USE PASSIVE USE VALUE PESTICIDES PESTS PROTECTED AREAS RAINWATER RECHARGE REFORESTATION RIPARIAN RIPARIAN AREAS SMOKE SOILS SOLID WASTE TEMPERATURE TOTAL ECONOMIC VALUE ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION UNDERESTIMATES URBAN AREAS WATER POLLUTION WATER SERVICES WATERSHED WATERSHEDS WELFARE ECONOMICS WETLANDS
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spelling	okr-10986-183912021-04-23T14:03:34Z Assessing the Economic Value of Ecosystem Conservation Pagiola, Stefano von Ritter, Konrad Bishop, Joshua AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE AIR QUALITY ATMOSPHERE BIODIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BIOMASS BIOSPHERE CARBON CIVIL SOCIETY COMMUNITIES CONSERVATION CONSERVATION DECISIONS CONSUMERS CONTINGENT VALUATION CORAL REEFS CROP YIELDS DEMAND CURVE DIRECT PAYMENTS DIRECT USE DIRECT USE VALUE DROUGHT ECOLOGICAL SERVICES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC VALUE ECONOMICS LITERATURE ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEM CHANGE ECOSYSTEM CONSERVATION ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ECOSYSTEMS ENDANGERED SPECIES ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FARMERS FARMING FISHING FOOD PRODUCTS FOREST ECOSYSTEMS FORESTRY FORESTS GDP GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HUMAN CAPITAL INDIRECT USE VALUES INTRINSIC VALUE LAND USE LOGGING MANGROVE MANGROVES MARGINAL VALUE MEDIA MORTALITY NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL INSURANCE NATURAL RESOURCES NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS NON-USE VALUES NUTRIENT CYCLING OPPORTUNITY COSTS PARK RANGERS PARKS PASSIVE USE PASSIVE USE VALUE PESTICIDES PESTS PROTECTED AREAS RAINWATER RECHARGE REFORESTATION RIPARIAN RIPARIAN AREAS SMOKE SOILS SOLID WASTE TEMPERATURE TOTAL ECONOMIC VALUE ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION UNDERESTIMATES URBAN AREAS WATER POLLUTION WATER SERVICES WATERSHED WATERSHEDS WELFARE ECONOMICS WETLANDS This paper seeks to clarify how valuation should be conducted to answer specific environmental policy questions. In particular, it looks at how valuation should be used to examine four distinct aspects of the value of ecosystems: 1) Determining the value of the total flow of benefits from ecosystems; 2) Determining the net benefits of interventions that alter ecosystem conditions: 3) Examining how the costs and benefits of ecosystems are distributed; and, 4) Identifying potential financing sources for conservation. These four approaches are closely linked, and build on each other. They represent four different ways to look at similar data regarding the value of an ecosystem: its total value, or contribution to society, the change in this value if a conservation action is undertaken, how this change affects different stakeholders. Each of these approaches to valuation uses similar data, yet in very different ways, that is, sometimes at a subset, sometimes looking at a snapshot, and sometimes looking at changes over time. Each approach has its uses and its limitations. 2014-05-22T20:06:33Z 2014-05-22T20:06:33Z 2004-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/10/5493359/assessing-economic-value-ecosystem-conservation-assessing-economic-value-ecosystem-conservation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18391 English en_US Environment Department Papers. Environmental Economics;no. 101 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE AIR QUALITY ATMOSPHERE BIODIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BIOMASS BIOSPHERE CARBON CIVIL SOCIETY COMMUNITIES CONSERVATION CONSERVATION DECISIONS CONSUMERS CONTINGENT VALUATION CORAL REEFS CROP YIELDS DEMAND CURVE DIRECT PAYMENTS DIRECT USE DIRECT USE VALUE DROUGHT ECOLOGICAL SERVICES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC VALUE ECONOMICS LITERATURE ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEM CHANGE ECOSYSTEM CONSERVATION ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ECOSYSTEMS ENDANGERED SPECIES ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FARMERS FARMING FISHING FOOD PRODUCTS FOREST ECOSYSTEMS FORESTRY FORESTS GDP GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HUMAN CAPITAL INDIRECT USE VALUES INTRINSIC VALUE LAND USE LOGGING MANGROVE MANGROVES MARGINAL VALUE MEDIA MORTALITY NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL INSURANCE NATURAL RESOURCES NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS NON-USE VALUES NUTRIENT CYCLING OPPORTUNITY COSTS PARK RANGERS PARKS PASSIVE USE PASSIVE USE VALUE PESTICIDES PESTS PROTECTED AREAS RAINWATER RECHARGE REFORESTATION RIPARIAN RIPARIAN AREAS SMOKE SOILS SOLID WASTE TEMPERATURE TOTAL ECONOMIC VALUE ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION UNDERESTIMATES URBAN AREAS WATER POLLUTION WATER SERVICES WATERSHED WATERSHEDS WELFARE ECONOMICS WETLANDS
spellingShingle	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE AIR QUALITY ATMOSPHERE BIODIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BIOMASS BIOSPHERE CARBON CIVIL SOCIETY COMMUNITIES CONSERVATION CONSERVATION DECISIONS CONSUMERS CONTINGENT VALUATION CORAL REEFS CROP YIELDS DEMAND CURVE DIRECT PAYMENTS DIRECT USE DIRECT USE VALUE DROUGHT ECOLOGICAL SERVICES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC VALUE ECONOMICS LITERATURE ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEM CHANGE ECOSYSTEM CONSERVATION ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ECOSYSTEMS ENDANGERED SPECIES ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FARMERS FARMING FISHING FOOD PRODUCTS FOREST ECOSYSTEMS FORESTRY FORESTS GDP GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HUMAN CAPITAL INDIRECT USE VALUES INTRINSIC VALUE LAND USE LOGGING MANGROVE MANGROVES MARGINAL VALUE MEDIA MORTALITY NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL INSURANCE NATURAL RESOURCES NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS NON-USE VALUES NUTRIENT CYCLING OPPORTUNITY COSTS PARK RANGERS PARKS PASSIVE USE PASSIVE USE VALUE PESTICIDES PESTS PROTECTED AREAS RAINWATER RECHARGE REFORESTATION RIPARIAN RIPARIAN AREAS SMOKE SOILS SOLID WASTE TEMPERATURE TOTAL ECONOMIC VALUE ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION UNDERESTIMATES URBAN AREAS WATER POLLUTION WATER SERVICES WATERSHED WATERSHEDS WELFARE ECONOMICS WETLANDS Pagiola, Stefano von Ritter, Konrad Bishop, Joshua Assessing the Economic Value of Ecosystem Conservation
relation	Environment Department Papers. Environmental Economics;no. 101
description	This paper seeks to clarify how valuation should be conducted to answer specific environmental policy questions. In particular, it looks at how valuation should be used to examine four distinct aspects of the value of ecosystems: 1) Determining the value of the total flow of benefits from ecosystems; 2) Determining the net benefits of interventions that alter ecosystem conditions: 3) Examining how the costs and benefits of ecosystems are distributed; and, 4) Identifying potential financing sources for conservation. These four approaches are closely linked, and build on each other. They represent four different ways to look at similar data regarding the value of an ecosystem: its total value, or contribution to society, the change in this value if a conservation action is undertaken, how this change affects different stakeholders. Each of these approaches to valuation uses similar data, yet in very different ways, that is, sometimes at a subset, sometimes looking at a snapshot, and sometimes looking at changes over time. Each approach has its uses and its limitations.
format	Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author	Pagiola, Stefano von Ritter, Konrad Bishop, Joshua
author_facet	Pagiola, Stefano von Ritter, Konrad Bishop, Joshua
author_sort	Pagiola, Stefano
title	Assessing the Economic Value of Ecosystem Conservation
title_short	Assessing the Economic Value of Ecosystem Conservation
title_full	Assessing the Economic Value of Ecosystem Conservation
title_fullStr	Assessing the Economic Value of Ecosystem Conservation
title_full_unstemmed	Assessing the Economic Value of Ecosystem Conservation
title_sort	assessing the economic value of ecosystem conservation
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/10/5493359/assessing-economic-value-ecosystem-conservation-assessing-economic-value-ecosystem-conservation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18391
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