Monthly Archives: April 2013

Pimachiowin Aki World Heritage Project Area Ecosystem Services Valuation Assessment

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The non-profit Pimachiowin Aki Corp. is working on establishing a World Heritage Site in an intact boreal forest on the Ontario-Manitoba border and commissioned a study to estimate the ecosystem services values provided by the forest. Through mapping of the land covers and valuation studies, the values were derived for resident and non-resident populations and organized into four categories: provision, regulation, cultural and support.

Environmental Valuation Reference Inventory (EVRI)

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The Environmental Valuation Reference Inventory (EVRI) is a searchable archive of empirical studies on the economic value of environmental benefits and human health effects. It was designed as a tool to assist policy development using the benefits transfer approach to estimate these economic values. The information in the EVRI currently focuses on water valuation studies but the scope will be broadened to include studies for different types of natural capital.

The EVRI is only accessible to subscribers but non-subscribers can click on the link below to register or find out more about the EVRI and its functionality.

Environmental Valuation Reference Inventory

Suzuki Foundation’s Natural Capital Map Application

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The David Suzuki Foundation is working on a fantastic project Putting Natural Capital on the Map where users can highlight a parcel of land and an estimate of the economic benefits in that area will be generated. Currently, the application focuses on water ecosystems in the Lower Mainland in British Columbia.

Click here to access the map application.

Additional information from the Suzuki Foundation on natural capital can be found here

Valuing Nature Network event

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The Valuing Nature Network (VNN) hosted their event ‘Valuing Nature: Bringing the environment into economic decision-making’ on March 19, 2013. The event highlighted VNN’s successes and offered insight into the partnerships between academia, policy and business including the benefits of working across academic disciplines. Powerpoint presentations from the event are available for download.

Valuing Nature Network’s March 19, 2013 event

Valuing Nature Network brings together natural science research and economics into government and business sector decision-making.