This technical report, Pilot Ecosystem Account for Southern Palawan, explores the specific challenges confronting natural resource management in Southern Palawan and presents the key findings of the ecosystem accounts, which were developed at different scales (depending on data availability), including the Pulot watershed and the municipalty of Sofroñio Española.
This technical report and its accompanying policy brief provide a social and economic valuation of the flood protection benefits from mangroves in the Philippines.
This case study, Natural Capital and Sustainable Development in Madagascar , summarizes the work done in the framework of the implementation of macroeconomic indicators to inform public policies on realistic and effective indicators. Madagascar is one of the five pilot countries engaged since 2011 in the Global Partnership for Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services - WAVES.
This case study presents a discussion on the possibilities of implementing and using energy accounts in developing countries as a complement to traditional energy balances and statistics, which is particularly applicable in Central American countries.
In this technical paper, Water Accounts in Madagascar: Concepts and results , results for national water accounts prepared as part of the WAVES partnership are presented. These water accounts will make it possible to improve the management of water in the Malagasy territory, in proportion to the consumption of users, and to meet the needs of industries and growth sectors.
This case study research examines six water quality trading (WQT)/offset programs from Canada, the United States and New Zealand and highlights specific policy and program mechanisms that enabled the programs to achieve their goals of reduced nutrient and contaminant loading.
Conducted as a demonstration study for Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES) in Madagascar, this analysis provides an in-depth assessment of the contribution of key ecosystem services from the Ankeniheny-Zahamena Forestry Corridor (CAZ), the largest remaining contiguous patch of humid forest in eastern Madagascar.
This study measures the mineral reserves in the Philippines, notably nickel, gold, copper, and chromium, based on the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) framework.
This paper provides an overview of land use planning challenges and opportunities in the Greater Mekong Subregion and introduces tools to improve land use planning and management in the subregion.
The Role of Sustainability-oriented Social Enterprises in Boosting Green Livelihoods and Business Opportunities in Rural Contexts reviews the cases of capacity building and knowledge improvement of rural livelihood in rural communities related to sustainable and low-carbon solutions. The reviewed sub-cases show that implementation of local integrated systems of solutions addressing energy, water, shelter and other livelihood needs at community level require paying major attention to enabling social processes and organisational capacities rather than only focusing on a given technological innovation.