The study investigates the economic case for ecosystem management and restoration interventions in the Thukela river basin in South Africa. It weighs the benefits of ecosystem restoration in terms of the monetary value of improved provision of selected ecosystem services against the costs of interventions.
The report provides an overview of the work undertaken in China as part of the Natural Capital Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services (NCAVES) project to compile ecosystem accounts under the SEEA Ecosystem Accounting framework.
Informed by practitioner experience and stakeholder consultation, as well as existing water stewardship guidance and resources, this working paper introduces a three-step process for how companies can set water targets at the enterprise level to address the most material water-related risks in the places that matter the most across a company’s value chain.
This paper analyses the crucial interlinkage of ocean and coastal and marine Nature-based Solutions (NbS) as part of the GST.
The ocean, which regulates climate and supports vital ecosystem services, is crucial to our Earth system and livelihoods. Yet, it is threatened by anthropogenic pressures and climate change.