In the Republic of the Maldives, coral reefs and associated habitats provide valuable ecosystem services such as fish and other food, natural hazard protection, climate regulation, and the beaches, clear blue waters, and seascapes that are the basis for the thriving tourism industry. The analysis presented in this report clearly shows that investing in coral reef management would be beneficial to the economy of North Ari Atoll.
This case study provides information on the social resilience of eight local community islands in North Ari Atoll, Maldives, and identifies differences in gender roles, resource use, and perception of environmental issues. This study is key in understanding the value of ecosystem services in one atoll in the Maldives.
This case study looks at the governance of ecosystem services in four countries: Cameroon, China, Costa Rica, and Ecuador. It describes the existing legal and institutional frameworks, including the specific legal and policy instruments used to directly or indirectly govern the provision of ecosystem services.
This case study examines the costs of conservation and the value of benefits associated with biodiversity around the QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) project area, with a focus on the Tsitongambarika (TGK) forest complex.
This report summarizes the best practice reporting recognized by the 2° Invest Awards, organized by the 2° Investing Initiative, the French Ministry for the Environment, and the French Treasury.
The mining sector continues to be the backbone of Botswana’s economy, despite efforts to diversify. Mining is still, by some measures, the largest contributor to gross domestic product (GDP), generates the majority of export earnings, and makes a major contribution to government revenues. The use of mineral revenues is, therefore...
This is the first comprehensive report on Botswana’s energy accounts project. It presents the methodology, data compilation process, results, and policy messages. The prime focus of the report is on the Physical Energy Flow Accounts. The accounts cover two energy products—coal and electricity—in physical energy units during the reference period 2010/11 to 2014/15.
This case study focuses on the preparation of adjusted macroeconomic indicators of Botswana. In particular, it applies the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) to derive measures of the national balance sheet (NBS), adjusted net national income (ANNI), and adjusted net national savings (ANNS), for the first time in Botswana.
This case study, The Integrated Economic-Environmental Modelling Framework: An illustration with Guatemala’s forest and fuelwood sectors , develops and operationalizes the Integrated Economic-Environmental Modelling (IEEM) platform which integrates environmental data organized under the first international standard for environmental-economic accounting with a powerful economy-wide modelling approach, which is calibrated with Guatemala’s environmental-economic accounts and applied to analysis of its forest and fuelwood sector where negative health and environmental impacts arise from inefficient household fuelwood use.
This case study exhibits the compilation of experimental Indonesia energy flow accounts, which are intended to broaden the coverage of accounts in Sisnerling (Indonesian Integrated System of Economic and Environment Accounts). This report contains various accounts describing the supply and use of energy by the environment and economic units as well as air emissions released to the environment as a result of energy use activities.