This guide aims at making accessible the main concepts and methods of economic valuation of the monetary value of goods and services rendered by natural ecosystems in general. This text is designed for all actors involved in the economic valuation of ecological services. It was deliberately simplified in order to enable all economist and non-economist actors to take ownership of it.
This book emerged from a conference sponsored by the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies with the ambitious title, Toward a New Consciousness: Creating a Society in Harmony with Nature (held in Aspen, late 2007).
This book provides a review of progress in achieving the EECCA Environment Strategy's objectives, and provides a solid analytical base for discussions on future environmental co-operation between EECCA countries and their partners.