At this page you will find directions to selected publications on water valuation. This page also provides short announcements on the latest and upcoming publications. In addition links to the NV&F Publication Database and Case study spread sheet are provided to help you search for the information you need. At the bottom of this page you will find a shortlist of key publications
NV&F Publication Database
NV&F members to search for publications and websites that we have uploaded so far. If you are not a member you can search through a selection of those publications using the Online Publication Database. You are strongly recommended to become a member of the NV&F network. To become a memeber please click here and also send an e-mail to Mishka Stuip, mishka.stuip@fsd.nl, noting you have registered yourself). Membership is free of charge! Besides browsing and downloading, members have the possibility to upload publications and participate in discussion platforms
Biodiversityeconomics
IUCN-The World Conservation Union and WWF have joined forces to update the Biodiversity Economics web-site's library.
Case Studies - WANI
NV&F maintains a record of case studies that are often backed by specific publications that may be relevant to WANI members. The case studies are registered in an excel spreadsheet which safely opens up prior to download. The spreadsheet contains structured information on various case studies related to valuation and financing of water.
Key Publications Shortlist
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“Pay – Establishing payments for watershed services”, to be launched on World Water Day on 22 March 2007 by the World Conservation Union (IUCN). “Markets can solve watershed degradation through investments in the sustainable management of ecosystems”, says Ger Bergkamp, Head of the IUCN Water Programme.French Vittel already invests USD 24.5 million per year to compensate farmer's reduced use of fertilizer. Vittel, the world’s largest mineral water bottling company, has already incorporated this into their business by spending an average of USD 24.5 million per year to compensate farmers’ reduced use of fertilizer in France. The result is a reduction in the contamination risk of the bottler’s main source of water.
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L. Emerton (ed), 2005, Values and Rewards: Counting and Capturing Ecosystem Water Services for Sustainable Development. IUCN Water, Nature and Economics Technical Paper No. 1, IUCN — The World Conservation Union, Ecosystems and Livelihoods Group Asia. The project has involved developing and applying economic assessment tools for assessing the value of water-related ecosystems in river basins, in order to provide practical and policyrelevant information to be used in the context of addressing real-world river basin management issues. This document summarises these valuation case studies, all of which were carried out by IUCN and its partners within the context of planning, managing and implementing an ecosystem approach to wetland and river basin management.
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IUCN 2004, Emerton, L., Bos, E. Value. Counting Ecosystems as an Economic Part of Water. Forests, floodplains and coastal areas need water to provide goods and services for production and consumption. On the supply-side of the equation, natural ecosystems generate important economic services when they maintain the quantity and quality of water supplies and help to mitigate or avert water-related disasters.
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WWF 2004. Living Waters, the Economic Values of the World's Wetlands. This publication gives a comprehensive overview of the economic importance of wetlands and the need to preserve them. Wetlands are ecosystems that provide numerous goods and services that have an economic value, not only to the local population living in its periphery but also to communities living outside the wetland area. Furthermore, wetlands also provide recreational opportunities and amenities, and flood control and storm buffering.
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