Links and Resources
Links
- Biodiversity Economics
- Earth Economics
- IIED Environmental Economics Programme
- Conservation Finance Alliance
- WWF Center for Conservation Finance
- Economics and Environment at IUCN
- Biodiversity and Business at IUCN
- Ecosystem Valuation
- Biodiversity and Economics for Conservation
- UNEP Finance Initiative
- World Bank Environmental Economics
- Forest Trends
- German Techincal Cooperation
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- WWF-US webpage on PES
Articles and Resources
- Salzman J. 2005. The promise and perils of payments for ecosystem services. Int. J. Innovation and Sustainable Development, Vol. 1, Nos. 1/2.
- From Goodwill to Payments for Environmental Services: A Survey of Financing Options for Sustainable Natural Resource Management in Developing Countries, ed. P. Gutman. 2004.
- Compensation for Ecosystem Services(CES): A Catalyst for Ecosystem Conservation and Poverty Alleviation. InfoResources. 2004.
- Silva, Eduardo. Selling sustainable development and shortchanging social ecology in Costa Rican forest policy. Latin American Politics & Society. Fall 2003, Vol. 45 Issue 3, p93.
- Where is the Wealth of Nations? Measuring Capital for the XXI Century. World Bank, Conference Edition 2005.
- Payments for Environmental Services: A Survey and Assessment of Current Schemes. UNISFERA for CEC, 2005.
- Emerton L., J. Bishop and L. Thomas. Sustainable Financing of Protected Areas: A global review of challenges and options.
- D. Perrot-Maître and Patsy Davis, Esq. Case Studies of Markets and Innovative Financial Mechanisms for Water Services from Forests.
2001. - Boyd J. and S. Banzhaf. What Are Ecosystem Services? The Need for Standardized Environmental Accounting Units. 2006.
- Ecosystem Challenges and Business Implications, produced by EarthWatch, World Conservation Union (IUCN), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), and the World Resources Institute (WRI)
- Environmental Markets Trends Report by Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)
- What's Nature Worth? New Computer Models Tell All, TerraDaily. August 17, 2006
- Cochrane P. May 2006. Exploring cultural capital and its importance in sustainable development. Ecological Economics 57(2): 318-330.
- New York Times. May 17, 2006. The Business of Green.
WWF Resources
A WWF Initiative on Capacity Building and on the Ground PES ProjectsFrom Goodwill to Payments for Environmental Services: A Survey of Financing Options for Sustainable Natural Resource Management in Developing Countries, ed. P. Gutman. 2004.
Fostering Payments for Environmental Services in the Danube Basin: The Goal
