Payment for ecosystem services of water resources and its economic valuation

Valuation and Market- Based Pricing of Economic and Ecosystem Services of Water Resources

This chapter presents a comprehensive review of valuation of water. Though existing literature has a large number of papers on the significant attempts at valuing water, a number of publications only consider certain specific aspects of water pricing, rarely attempting a comprehensive review. Water pricing, whether by government mandate or in practice, has to take into consideration a host of c...

Strategies for implementation of Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) in Rangeland Management of North Khorasan Province

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Valuation of Ecosystem Services

Applying CVM for Economic Valuation of Drinking Water in Iran

Economic valuation of water is useful in the administration and management of water. Population growth and urbanization caused municipal water demand increase in Iran. Limited water resource supply and urban water network capacity raised complexity in water resources management. Present condition suggests using economic value of water as a criterion for allocating policies and feasibility study...

Payment for Ecosystem Services from Forests

Payment for Ecosystem Services from Forests Every year between 2000 and 2010, our planet lost native forests roughly the size of Costa Rica. (FAO, 2010). This rapid deforestation has dramatically changed the chemical composition of the world’s atmosphere, the level of biodiversity, and the presence of vegetation key to maintaining watershed function and preventing landslides. There has been a b...