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This report tackles the impediments to successful fisheries control/enforcement schemes by developing computer-based modelling approaches, which help to optimise the cost-benefit ratio of envisioned strategies.

This publication has the overall objective to provide practical examples or good case practices in the River Basin Management Plan (RBMP) by assessing a list of agricultural measures included in the plan and focusing on issues of particular interest for the Water Framework Directive (WFD) implementation in the agricultural sector. The River Basin Network (RBN) also lent support to the Expert Group on WFD and Agriculture in its work by offering technical and from-the-field feedback.

This case study compiles and synthesises data on marine ecosystem services to help identify the key ecosystem values of the Northern Mozambique Channel (NMC) region, one of the world’s outstanding terrestrial and marine biodiversity areas and a biological reservoir for the entire coastal area of East Africa.

This cost-benefit analysis study was conducted within the CITYWATER project, which aimed to promote the implementation of water protection actions to improve the state of the local waters and the Baltic Sea. It consists of five case studies representing differing measures. The results show that investments in infrastructure such as wastewater treatment plants and port reception facilities, as well as in natural solutions such as stormwater wetland and agricultural buffer zones, result in significant reductions in nutrient loads.

This study, conducted in Southern Punjab province, explores the impacts of a massive flood in 2010 on the livelihoods and food security of rural communities. The study found that agriculture was the major income source of the area and that the flood severely affected natural capital (land, irrigation, orchards, and livestock). This resulted in food insecurity, deficiency, and contaminated commodities.

This paper estimates the economic value of ecosystem services of Piatra Craiului National Park in Romania by using a number of recognized methodologies applied by environmental economists around the world. The approach and results include a benefit distribution analysis, for both the economic sectors and the groups of beneficiaries.

This case study advocates for integrating the values of goods and services provided by forest ecosystems into policy making in Tunisia. For example, the study recommends combining forest conservation measures with compensation systems for income losses and creating a Forest Development Fund funded by a tax on products and services provided by forests.

This paper aims to identify the costs of coastal disasters in relation to human, social, built, and natural capital as well as their associated services at the local site of the disaster and in the regions and nations that respond for relief and recovery. It examines how, compared to typical cost accounting, disaster planning and preparedness becomes more cost effective when the full cost of disasters is calculated. A full-cost accounting also sets the stage for rigorous comparisons of strategies for post-disaster development.

This paper uses the cases of Chad and Mauritania to illustrate how the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) and net saving can be used to diagnose policy failure and improve economic performance.

This paper provides an analysis of the importance and analytical potential of indirect flows in Italy. First, the importance of indirect flows is discussed, including a definition and instructions on calculation. This is followed by a detailed analysis of the Italian case, including several decompositions. Last, the paper concludes that indirect flows are quantitatively and qualitatively important and policy relevant and provides an outlook of their potential for future analysis.