Valuing the Ecosystem Services Provided by Forests In Pursat Basin, Cambodia
The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) is increasingly recognizing that adequate valuation of ecosystem services is a key input to improved decision-making on protected areas, forest and natural resources more generally; but the lack of data, accep...
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okr-10986-343232021-05-25T09:50:08Z Valuing the Ecosystem Services Provided by Forests In Pursat Basin, Cambodia Rawlins, Maurice Pagiola, Stefano Shaad, Kashif Alam, Mahbubul Portela, Rosimeiry Roy, Srabani Vollmer, Derek Kornexl, Werner ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOSYSTEM SERVICES RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT HYDROLOGY CARBON POLICY TOURISM The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) is increasingly recognizing that adequate valuation of ecosystem services is a key input to improved decision-making on protected areas, forest and natural resources more generally; but the lack of data, accepted methodologies and technical capacity have prevented it from using ecosystem valuation for decision making on meaningful scale. This analytical work is being undertaken as part of a broader effort of the World Bank to provide guidance to the RGC on managing its natural capital through landscape approaches. By focusing on the Pursat River Basin in the Cardamom Mountains, the case study presented in this report is intended to provide a practical illustration of how the ecosystem services that are provided by a forest can be valued and then compared to the benefits that would otherwise be obtained if the forest was converted to other uses. The study provides evidence of the importance of forests in providing ecosystem services that are important for Cambodia’s economy as well as for the country’s climate and disaster resilience. The results therefore intend to help the RGC quantify and communicate the value of its natural capital to Cambodia’s economy. 2020-08-11T14:57:07Z 2020-08-11T14:57:07Z 2020-07 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/589931596202203080/Valuing-the-Ecosystem-Services-Provided-by-Forests-In-Pursat-Basin-Cambodia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34323 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study East Asia and Pacific Cambodia |
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ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOSYSTEM SERVICES RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT HYDROLOGY CARBON POLICY TOURISM Rawlins, Maurice Pagiola, Stefano Shaad, Kashif Alam, Mahbubul Portela, Rosimeiry Roy, Srabani Vollmer, Derek Kornexl, Werner Valuing the Ecosystem Services Provided by Forests In Pursat Basin, Cambodia |
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The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC)
is increasingly recognizing that adequate valuation of
ecosystem services is a key input to improved
decision-making on protected areas, forest and natural
resources more generally; but the lack of data, accepted
methodologies and technical capacity have prevented it from
using ecosystem valuation for decision making on meaningful
scale. This analytical work is being undertaken as part of a
broader effort of the World Bank to provide guidance to the
RGC on managing its natural capital through landscape
approaches. By focusing on the Pursat River Basin in the
Cardamom Mountains, the case study presented in this report
is intended to provide a practical illustration of how the
ecosystem services that are provided by a forest can be
valued and then compared to the benefits that would
otherwise be obtained if the forest was converted to other
uses. The study provides evidence of the importance of
forests in providing ecosystem services that are important
for Cambodia’s economy as well as for the country’s climate
and disaster resilience. The results therefore intend to
help the RGC quantify and communicate the value of its
natural capital to Cambodia’s economy. |
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Report |
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Rawlins, Maurice Pagiola, Stefano Shaad, Kashif Alam, Mahbubul Portela, Rosimeiry Roy, Srabani Vollmer, Derek Kornexl, Werner |
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Rawlins, Maurice Pagiola, Stefano Shaad, Kashif Alam, Mahbubul Portela, Rosimeiry Roy, Srabani Vollmer, Derek Kornexl, Werner |
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Rawlins, Maurice |
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Valuing the Ecosystem Services Provided by Forests In Pursat Basin, Cambodia |
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Valuing the Ecosystem Services Provided by Forests In Pursat Basin, Cambodia |
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Valuing the Ecosystem Services Provided by Forests In Pursat Basin, Cambodia |
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Valuing the Ecosystem Services Provided by Forests In Pursat Basin, Cambodia |
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Valuing the Ecosystem Services Provided by Forests In Pursat Basin, Cambodia |
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valuing the ecosystem services provided by forests in pursat basin, cambodia |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2020 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/589931596202203080/Valuing-the-Ecosystem-Services-Provided-by-Forests-In-Pursat-Basin-Cambodia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34323 |
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