Environmental Resources Valuation Services Brochure

B E S Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Understanding nature’s benefits What can eftec do for you? The types of projects we can assist clients in the public, private and NGO sectors with include: ? Application of the ecosystems approach to decision-making ? Valuing BES provision ? Valuing the cost of BES degradation and the potential value in their restoration ? Training on the economic concepts behind BES and how they can be used to improve decision making We are able to provide: ? Expertise in the economics of BES ? Understanding the environmental objectives and the economic complexities in valuing BES ? Analysis of corporate ecosystem services dependencies and risks ? Primary research into the value of BES and using such evidence in policy and project design and appraisal ? Development of market based approaches such as payments for ecosystem services and habitat banking ? Independence from the planning process and transparent, independentand trustworthy analysis ? Knowledge of the latest policy, project and methodological developments How to contact us: Mr Allan Provins – Technical Director Tel: +44(0) 207 580 5383 Contact us: Tel: +44(0) 207 580 5383 www.eftec.co.uk Ian Dickie Business Development Director ian@eftec.co.uk Guy Whiteley Consultant guy@eftec.co.uk Our track record eftecis the leading consultancy in environmental economics in the UK. Our in-house team and associates have extensive experience of biodiversity and ecosystem services analysis. We have recently conducted a number BES studies including valuing the impacts of air pollution, BES from forests, benefits from different conservation and management methods and Impact Assessments of biodiversity policies. We are able to bring international best practice and the latest conceptual developments to your BES questions. What are Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services? Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (BES) is a term that captures the complexity of nature and the goods and services that humans receive from it. Ecosystem service benefits generally fall into one of four main categories: provisioning services, regulating services, cultural services and supporting services. Some of the values andeconomic benefits that BES provideare reflected in markets, while others are not.Different methods have been developed to estimate the economic value of BES. The resulting estimates are useful for ensuring that more of the values can be demonstrated and captured creating incentives for better protection and more sustainable use of resources.