- TEEB
- TEEBAgriFood
- Natural Capital Accounting
- TEEB Country Studies
- TEEB Water & Wetlands
- Other publications
- TEEB Case Studies (2009-2013)
- TEEB: Challenges and Responses (2014)
- Natural Capital Accounting and Water Quality: Commitments, Benefits, Needs and Progress – A Briefing Note (2013)
- TEEB Valuation Database Manual (2013)
- Nature and its Role in the Transition to a Green Economy (2012)
- Implementation Guide for Aichi Target 2: A TEEB Perspective (2012)
- Implementation Guide for Aichi Target 3: A TEEB Perspective (2012)
- Implementation Guide for Aichi Target 11: A TEEB Perspective (2012)
- Why Value the Oceans? A Discussion Paper (2012)
- TEEB Manual for Cities: Ecosystem Services in Urban Management (2011)
- TEEB for Business – Executive Summary 2010
- TEEB Climate Issues Update (2009)
- TEEB Interim Report (2008)
These case studies prepared in collaboration with Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ ) and GIST Advisory describe examples where a focus on ecosystem services and their economic significance helped decision makers to find more sustainable solutions for the management of ecosystems.
These case studies can be an informative reference for stakeholders who might be facing similar scenarios and are looking for examples of possible options.
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- Blue Flag certification for beach quality, South Africa (2010)
- Certification for forest coffee, Ethiopia (2010)
- Economic valuation of forest goods and services, Tunisia (2013)
- Environmental flow assessment taking into account the value of ecosystem services, Pangani River Basin, Tanzania (2011)
- FSC certification for maintaining ecosystem services, Tanzania (2012)
- Multi criteria analysis for resolving conflicting river basin uses, Kenya (2010)
- Protected wetland for securing wastewater treatment, Uganda (2010)
- Spatial planning in eThekwini Municipality (Durban), South Africa (2010)
- Strategic catchment assessment in uMhlathuze municipality, South Africa (2010)
- Temporary closures in octopus fishing areas increase catch, Madagascar (2011)
- Tourism value of San Rock Art South Africa (2010)
- Traditional forest restoration in Tanzania (2011)
- Wastewater treatment by wetland, South Africa (2010)
- Watamu Beach Turtle Watch Nest Protection Programme, Kenya (2010)
- Water transfer project influenced by ecosystem services valuation, Egypt (2010)
- Wetland valuation changes policy perspectives, Burkina Faso (2010)
- Working for water programme in South Africa (2010)
- Benefit sharing as key to conserving the Tubbataha Reefs, Philippines (2011)
- Bhoj Wetlands watershed services, India (2010)
- Cidanau Watershed PES scheme, Indonesia (2010)
- Community forestry for public health, Nepal (2010)
- Community-based lake restoration increases income from fisheries, Nepal (2013)
- Compensation payments for maintaining – saving Beijing’s Miyun Reservoir’s Water Quality, China (2012)
- Conserving wetlands through microfinance programs, India (2010)
- Converting water-intensive paddy to dryland crops, China (2012)
- Discounts on entrance fees for exercising in the Keoladeo, National Park, Bharatpur, India (2013)
- Enhancing agriculture by ecosystem management in Hiware Bazaar, India (2010)
- Enhancing Kanlaon Spring Water Plant, Philippines (2010)
- Equitable sharing of benefits in Sukhomajri India (2010)
- Fertilizing the fields with ducks, Japan (2013)
- Flooding rice paddies for migrating birds, Japan (2010)
- Forest environmental tax, Japan (2010)
- Forest valuation stimulates green development policies in the province of Aceh, Indonesia ( 2012)
- Harnessing the ecosystem services for local livelihoods: The case of the tea forests in Yunnan, China (2013)
- Human-elephant conflict mitigation through insurance scheme, Sri Lanka (2010)
- Industries share revenue for watershed protection, China (2012)
- Insurance scheme to protect Snow Leopards, (2010)
- Integrating Ecosystem Services into Spatial Planning in Sumatra, Indonesia (2010)
- Mapping conservation areas for ecosystem services in land-use planning, China (2010)
- National-level Soil Erosion Control Policies in China (2010)
- Outcome based payments for improved water quality, RUPES program, Indonesia (2012)
- Palm Oil Certification, Indonesia (2010)
- Participatory Guarantee Systems for organic agriculture, India (2010)
- Participatory valuation of forests in subsistence economy in Sekong, Lao PDR (2012)
- Payment for Ecosystem Services, Sibuyan Island, Philippines (2010)
- Payments for fresh water conservation, China (2010)
- Payments for ground water recharge, Japan (2010)
- PES for habitat restoration to reintroduce Oriental White Stork, Japan (2010)
- PES scheme funded through monthly salary contributions, China (2012)
- Planting orange orchards to curb soil erosion, China (2012)
- Reintroducing the Japanese Crested Ibis in Sado, Japan (2010)
- Singapore City Biodiversity Index (2010)
- Tourism more valuable than fisheries, Maldives (2010)
- Valuing forests for different protection strategies, Japan (2010)
- Waste reduction to conserve tidal flat, Japan (2012)
- Water fee for forest management, Japan (2010)
- Water Source Forest Management by Private Sector in Japan (2010)
- Water tank rehabilitation benefits rural development, Sri Lanka (2010)
- Watershed services crucial for economic development, Mongolia (2010)
- Wetland protection and restoration increases yields, Bangladesh (2010)
- Wetlands reduce damages to infrastructure- Lao PDR (2010)
- Wetland restoration incorporates ecosystem service value, Aral Sea, Central Asia (2010)
- Bundling of ecosystem services in agro-forestry, Mexico (2009)
- Certificate for Environmental Services, Costa Rica (2010)
- Enabling the legal framework for PES, Costa Rica (2010)
- Payments for hydrological ecosystem services in the Gil González Watershed – A Public-Private-Partnership Case Study (2013)
- PES as a strategy to minimize risk: The Case of La Esperanza Hydroelectric Power Company, Costa Rica (2010)
- PES as incentive for farmers to shift to sustainable activities, Honduras (2010)
- Procuencas Project, Costa Rica (2010)
- Changed agro-management to prevent muddy floods, Belgium (2010)
- Developing the first national park in Belgium together with stakeholders (2011)
- Managed realignment for coastal protection, UK (2011)
- Natural Spaces and Health: Mapping Accessible Natural Greenspace in Wales, UK (2010)
- Peatlands restoration for carbon sequestration, Germany, (2010)
- Organic farming in private protected area, Russia (2013)
- Regional labelling in biosphere reserve, Germany (2010)
- River Elbe flood regulation options with ecological benefits, Germany (2010)
- SEA for including ecosystem services in coastal management, Portugal (2010)
- TEEB Nordic case: Assessing recreational values of Danish forests to guide national plans for afforestation (2013)
- TEEB Nordic Case: Baltic Sea survey – revealing the recreational values of the Baltic Sea (2013)
- TEEB Nordic case: Benefits of green infrastructure – socio-economic importance of constructed wetlands, Nummela, Finland (2013)
- TEEB Nordic case: Ecosystem services provided by the Baltic salmon – a regional perspective to the socio-economic benefits associated with a keystone species (2013)
- TEEB Nordic case: Estimating local economic benefits of visitors’ spending in protected areas (2013)
- TEEB Nordic case: Marine Ecosystem Services in the Barents Sea and Lofoten Islands, a scoping assessment (2013)
- Valuation of pollination spurs support for bee keepers, Switzerland (2010)
- Carbon finance for conservation of native prairie, USA (2010)
- Conserving Bobolinks in Rhode Island, USA (2013)
- Enhancing Carbon offsets for sustainable land use, Scolel Te, Mexico (2010)
- Economic value of Toronto’s Green Belt, Canada (2010)
- Fair Trade Certification for coffee, Canada (2010)
- Integrating ecosystem services into land-use planning in Hawai’i, USA (2010)
- Local value of wolves beyond a protected area, USA (2010)
- Multiple benefits of urban ecosystems: spatial planning in Miami, USA (2010)
- Natural Capital Valuation in the Credit River Watershed, Ontario (2010)
- Recreational value of coral reefs, Hawaii (2010)
- Reverse auctions help farmers to reduce phosphorous content in local waterways, USA (2010)
- River restoration to avoid flood damage, USA (2010)
- The Kennecott Inland Sea Shorebird Reserve, Utah, USA (2010)
- Wetland restoration for carbon sequestration in Prairie Canada (2010)
- Assessing ecosystem services for a protected area network, Solomon Islands (2011)
- Benefits of Forest Certification, Solomon Islands (2012)
- Biodiversity Banking and Offset Scheme of NSW, Australia (2010)
- Conservation law benefits communities and biodiversity, Papua New Guinea (2010)
- Salinity Credits Trading Scheme, Australia (2003)
- A long term financial mechanism for conservation agreements in the Ecuadorian Chocó (2013)
- Adaptive co-management for conservation of the Llancahue watershed in southern Chile (2013)
- Agroecological Zoning, Brazil (2010)
- Better fishery management could significantly increase economic returns, Argentina (2010)
- Compensation scheme for upstream farmers in municipal protected area, Peru (2010)
- Conserving forests through grants, Brazil (2010)
- Cost-benefit analysis of road construction considering deforestation, Brazil (2011)
- Financing conservation through ecological fiscal transfers Brazil (2010)
- Inter-municipal cooperation in watershed conservation through the establishment of a regional water fund – FORAGUA – in Southern Ecuador, Ecuador (2012)
- Payments and technical support for reforestation and soil conservation for watershed protection, Brazil (2010)
- Reducing nutrient loads by providing soft loans, Fúquene Lake, Colombia (2012)
- Subsidy for traditional rubber production, Brazil (2013)
- The PES experience in Costa Rica, Colombia and Nicaragua (2013)
- The Socio Bosque Programme for Rainforest and Paramo Conservation, Ecuador (2014)
- Water fund for catchment management, Ecuador (2010)
- Water Funds for conservation of ecosystem services in watersheds, Colombia (2010)