This study demonstrates the economic techniques for estimating the Total Economic Value (TEV) of forests. For the Mexican forest estate, the results show an annual lower bound value of the services of the total forest area to be in the order of $4 billion. This aggregate value stems largely from the functional values of hydrological and carbon cycling, as well as from the non-marketed services provided by non-consumptive use, future potential uses of the genetic resources, and pure existence values. However, only a proportion of this value can be feasibly captured within Mexico, as much of the benefit of Mexico's forests falls outside of the country's borders and is therefore not considered by forest users or national policy makers.
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This report examines the potential policy uses of the different varieties of resource and environmental accounts, particularly greener national accounting aggregates such as genuine savings and 'Eco-Domestic Product'.
This case study, Entry Points for Mainstreaming Ecosystem-based Adaptation - The Case of Mexico , is conducted by GIZ in Mexico to understand the entry points of Ecosystem-based Adaptation, and who were the pivotal parties, and how EbA can be further expanded in each country in the future. This report is a comprehensive review of existing policy and strategy was made, which was followed by a set of interviews with parties located in government as well as private sector organisations who have often led on-the-ground activities to date.
This case study summarizes the results of a review of the policy-related users and uses of the environmental accounts compiled in a select group of developed countries.
This paper presents the results of a case study, carried out in 1990 and 1991, with the objective of integrating and linking environmental and economic information and to explore whether environmentally-adjusted national product aggregates for Mexico can be derived. This work was carried out within the overall analytical framework developed in UNSC's Draft Handbook on Environmental Accounting.