Knowledge materials for developing country-specific evidence through integrated ecosystem assessments and economic analysis
During the first phase of implementation of a PEI programme, country-specific evidence is gathered to identify priorities and develop arguments to influence policy processes. Country-specific evidence is mainly developed through ecosystem assessments and economic analysis.
A number of reviews, methodologies, tools and examples from countries can be used as reference.
Ecosystem Assessments
Reviews and introductory documents
- TEEB Report: The economics of ecosystems and biodiversity for international and national policy-makers, November 2009
- Links between Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation: Situation analysis for arid and semi-arid lands in southern Africa, January 2008
- Poverty, Health, and Ecosystems: Experience from Asia, IUCN – The World Conservation Union Asian Development Bank, 2006
- Ecosystems and Human Well-Being, The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, UN, 2005
- Depend on Nature: Ecosystem Services supporting Human Livelihoods, Sue Mainka, Jeff McNeely, Bill Jackson. IUCN, June 2005 [English], [Français ], [Español]
Methodologies and tools
- Convention on Biological Diversity, Ecosystem Approach Sourcebook – Tools and Approaches
- Sub-Global Assessment Network
- Enabling local success: A Primer on Mainstreaming Local Ecosystem-Based Solutions to Poverty-Environment Challenges, October 2011, UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative
- Ecosystem Services – A guide for Decision Makers, WRI, 2008
- Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: A Toolkit for Understanding and Action, Island Press, 2007
- Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Conducting and Using Integrated Assessments: A Training Manual, UN, 2005 [English], [Français ], [Portuguese]
Examples from countries
- Evaluation Intégrée d’un Ecosysteme Humide en Mauritanie: le Lac d’Aleg, Mauritanie, 2011
- Evaluation Intégrée de l’Environnement des Ecosystèmes du Parc National du Diawling, Republique Islamique de Mauritanie/PEI, 2010
- Evaluation Intégrée de l’Environnement des Ecosystèmes de la mare de Kankossa, Republique Islamique de Mauritanie/IPE, 2010
- Evaluation intégrée des écosystèmes: Cas de la region de Mopti au Mali, Minis tre de la l’Environnement, PEI Mali, 2009
- Policy brief: Land use change, land degradation and human welfare: Lessons learned from the Lake Kyoga catchment area, PEI Uganda, 2009
- Policy brief: Demographic change and its impacts on ecosystems and human welfare, PEI Uganda, 2009
- Policy brief: Climate change, the environment and human welfare: lessons learned from the Lake Kyoga catchment area, PEI Uganda, 2009
- Pilot Integrated Ecosystem Assessment of the Lake Kyoga Catchment Area, National Environment Management Authority/PEI, Uganda, 2008
- Ecosystems, Ecosystem Services and their Linkages to Poverty Reduction in Uganda, Centre for Resource Analysis Limited (CRA), 2006
- Policy brief: Water resources management, environmental degradation and human welfare: Lessons learned from the Lake Kyoga Catchment in Uganda, PEI Uganda, 2009
- Implementation of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessments in Tanzania, 2008, Mbinga District Pilot Assessment, National Environment Management Council
- Ecosystems Assessment in Tanzania: Experiences in ecosystems management, Tanzania National Environment Management Council (NEMC), 2006
- Pilot Integrated Ecosystem Assessment of Bugesera, UNDP-UNEP PEI, Republic of Rwanda, 2007
Economic analysis
Reviews and introductory documents
- Economics of ecosystems and biodiversity
- Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication, 2011
- Natural Resources and Pro-Poor Growth: The Economics and Politics, DAC Guidelines and Reference Series, 2009
- Payments for Environmental services: An Equitable Approach for Reducing Poverty and Conserving Nature, WWF, 2006
- Assessing the Economic Value of Ecosystem Conservation, Environment Department Paper No.101, Stefano Pagiola, Konrad von Ritter, Joshua Bishop, World Bank, In collaboration with IUCN—The World Conservation Union, 2004
- Value: Counting Ecosystems as Water Infrastructure, Lucy Emerton, Elroy Bos, IUCN, 2004
Methodologies and tools
- UNEP Training Resource Manual: The Use of Economic Instruments for Environmental and Natural Resource Management, 2009
- Greening Development Planning: A review of country case studies for making the economic case for improved management of environment and natural resources, OECD Environment Working Papers No. 5, 2009
- Making the economic case: A primer on the economic arguments for mainstreaming poverty-environment linkages into national development planning, UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative, 2009. [High resolution] [Low resolution]
- Financial Sustainability Scorecard for National Systems of Protected Areas, UNDP, 2007
- Environmental Economics Tool Kit: Analyzing the Economic Costs of Land Degradation and the Benefits of Sustainable Land Management, UNDP GEF, 2006
- Estimating the Cost of Environmental Degradation (A Training Manual in English, Français , and Arabic), World Bank, 2005 [English] [Français] [Arabic]
- Payments for Ecosystem Services:Getting Started – A Primer
Examples from countries
- Evaluation Économique de l’environnement et des ressources naturelles au Burkina Faso, PEI Burkina Faso, 2011
- Analyse Économique du secteur du coton – liens pauvrete et environnement , PEI Burkina Faso, 2011
- Analyse Économique du secteur du mines – liens pauvrete et environnement , PEI Burkina Faso, 2011, [Fact Sheet]
- Economic Analysis of Local Government Investments in Rural Roads, Government of Nepal/PEI, 2011, [Full Report] [Summary]
- Review of current practices of revenue generation from natural resources and formulation of policy options to improve the revenue generation and sharing for local bodies in Nepal, Government of Nepal/PEI, 2011 [Report]
- Economic Analysis of Sustainable Natural Resource Use in Malawi – Economic Study, 2011, Government of Malawi/PEI
- Evaluation économique des coûts et bénéfices de la gestion des ressources hydriques, pastorales et halieutiques, Republique Islamique de Mauritanie/IPE, 2010
- Evaluation coûts de la dégradation ou de la mauvaise utilisation des ressources naturelles en Mauritanie, Republique Islamique de Mauritanie/IPE, 2008, [Rapport], [Note de synthèse].
- Evaluation economique de la gestion environnementale au Mali: couts et benefices [Sols et forêts] –[Energies et matières] –[Air] –[Eau] –[Déchets], 2009, Republique du Mali/PEI with SBA
- Making the Connection: Economic Growth, Poverty and the Environment, PEI Kenya, 2007
- Economic Analysis of Natural Resource Management in Rwanda, PEI, 2006
