Valuing Florida Water Resources: Households’ Willingness to Pay for Water Availability

This study was carried out to design an incentive payment for an ecosystem services (IPES) scheme in the Baitadi Town Water Supply and Sanitation Project of Nepal. The main intention behind the designing of the scheme was to develop strategy for equitable use of water resources and involve communities, watershed and water user, in the sustainable management of water resources. We administered household survey in both the watershed community and water users to elicit their preferences regarding water source management and drinking water supply. A discrete choice experiment was employed in the case of water users which showed that, for them, water quality and quantity are the most important attributes. The estimated annual willingness-to-pay of water users for doubling water availability is NPR 482,076 (USD 4,505) and for doubling the water quantity and the supply of clean water that can be drunk directly from the tap is NPR 1.18 million (USD 10,988). The results of consultations with stakeholders indicate that the construction of public toilets, the regularization of grazing, off-season vegetable farming and drinking water distribution in the upstream area may contribute to maintaining the quality of water while keeping the watershed community satisfied with regard to water-sharing. These activities require NPR 1.17 million (USD 10,987) in the first year and NPR 425,640 (USD 3,978) annually from the second year on. The estimated willingness-to-pay and cost of the watershed activities indicate that implementing IPES in the Baitadi Town Water Supply Project is financially feasible and socially acceptable. Our study recommends the integration of the IPES design into the project design phase in future drinking water scheme, the best option being its integration into the initial environmental examination at the time of project design.

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Applying ecosystem services as a framework to analyze the effects of alternative bio-economy scenarios in Nordic catchments

AMBIO ◽

10.1007/s13280-020-01348-2 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 49 (11) ◽

pp. 1784-1796 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jan E. Vermaat ◽

Bart Immerzeel ◽

Eija Pouta ◽

Artti Juutinen

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Ecosystem Services ◽

Service Delivery ◽

Ecosystem Service ◽

Economic Value ◽

The Other ◽

Assessment Framework ◽

Cropland Area ◽

Current Scenario ◽

Total Economic Value

Abstract The inherently unknown future development of a Nordic bio-economy was studied with four scenarios applied in an ecosystem service assessment framework. This framework couples CORINE land use cover with estimates of 15 final ecosystem services from the CICES 5.1 classification in biophysical and monetary terms. Current land use in two catchments, Lillebæk (83% cropland, area 4.7 km2, Denmark) and Ovre Haldenvassdraget (67% forest, 1006 km2, Norway) was compared with four scenarios for 2050. One scenario focusing on sustainability and environmental awareness led to considerable changes in land use and ecosystem service delivery (more diverse provisioning and higher value of regulating services, but not a higher total economic value), whereas the other three did not deviate markedly from the current scenario. Projected land use scenarios were verified with experts and stakeholder representatives. We conclude that the framework has sufficient resolution to show differences in service delivery among scenarios.

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Valuing Florida Water Resources: Water Use in Irrigated Agriculture

EDIS ◽

10.32473/edis-fe1057-2019 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2019 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Tatiana Borisova ◽

Syed Irfan Ali Shah ◽

Tara Wade ◽

Kelly Grogan ◽

Xiang Bi

Keyword(s):

Ecosystem Services ◽

Water Resources ◽

Irrigation Water ◽

Economic Value ◽

Resource Economics ◽

Irrigated Agriculture ◽

Environmental Services ◽

Goods And Services ◽

Resource Protection ◽

Economics Department

Water resources provide us with a variety of goods and services (altogether often referred to as ecosystem services or environmental services.) Part of a series entitled Economic Value of Florida Water Resources, this 5-page fact sheet written by Tatiana Borisova, Syed Irfan Ali Shah, Tara Wade, Kelly Grogan, and Xiang Bi and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department assesses the economic value of the ecosystem services provided by irrigation water and shows the importance to agriculture of water resource protection and restoration. http:edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe1057

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Valuing Florida Water Resources: Ecosystem services that we do not notice, but still value

EDIS ◽

10.32473/edis-fe1096-2021 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Tatiana Borisova ◽

Fei He ◽

Xiang Bi ◽

Kelly Grogan

Keyword(s):

Ecosystem Services ◽

Water Resources ◽

Water Resource ◽

Economic Value ◽

Goods And Services

This article is a part of the EDIS series “Economic Value of Florida Water Resources” (see https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_series_valuing_florida_water_resources ). This series is aimed at helping water-resource professionals and interested citizens improve their knowledge of the economic value of goods and services provided by Florida water resources. The focus of this paper is specifically on supporting and regulating ecosystem services provided by Florida water resources.

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Valuing Florida Water Resources: Summary by Regions

EDIS ◽

10.32473/edis-fe1100-2021 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 (5) ◽

Author(s):

Fei He ◽

Tatiana Borisova ◽

Xiang Bi ◽

Kelly Grogan

Keyword(s):

Ecosystem Services ◽

Water Resources ◽

Water Resource ◽

Economic Value ◽

Goods And Services

This article is a part of the EDIS series “Economic Value of Florida Water Resources” (see https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_series_valuing_florida_water_resources ). This series is aimed at helping water-resource professionals and interested citizens improve their knowledge of the economic value of goods and services provided by Florida water resources. The focus of this paper is specifically on supporting and regulating ecosystem services provided by Florida water resources.

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The Economic Values of Utilizing Water Services Way Betung Watershed

Jurnal Sylva Lestari ◽

10.23960/jsl369-17 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 9

Author(s):

Hendra Pratama ◽

Slamet Budi Yuwono ◽

Hari Kaskoyo ◽

Samsul Bakri

Keyword(s):

Power Plant ◽

Willingness To Pay ◽

Water Availability ◽

Economic Value ◽

Primary Data ◽

Hydro Power ◽

Total Economic Value ◽

Value Of Water ◽

Forest Rehabilitation ◽

Economic Value Of Water

Way Betung watershed is a source of raw water supply utilized by the Talang Mulya community for various purposes, such as for household needs, irrigation of paddy farming and micro hydro power plant. Water availability is closely related to the existing forest presence in the area, the forest land management should be in balance on be half of maintaing water availability. This study aimed to determine the perception of the community and to analyze the economic value of water for household needs, irrigation of paddy farming and micro hydro power plant. This research also calculated the Willingness to Pay of forest and land rehabilitation costs by community. Primary data collection were conducted by interviewing 106 respondents. The results showed that the community appraisal of water resources in Way Betung watershed were good since 88% of respondents are willing to pay for forest rehabilitation. The total economic value of water utilization in Talang Mulya Village was Rp.2.963.540.390/year and the value of willingness to pay for forest rehabilitation costs was Rp.5.833.608/year with average willingness to pay was Rp.22.948/year. Keywords: watershed , total economic value, the economic value of water, willingness to pay.

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The total economic value of forest ecosystem services in the tropical forests of Malaysia

International Forestry Review ◽

10.1505/146554820831255551 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 22 (4) ◽

pp. 485-503

Author(s):

K.M. Nitanan ◽

A. Shuib ◽

R. Sridar ◽

V. Kunjuraman ◽

S. Zaiton ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Ecosystem Services ◽

Forest Ecosystem ◽

Economic Value ◽

Forest Products ◽

Relevant Information ◽

Goods And Services ◽

Forest Ecosystem Services ◽

Use Values ◽

Non Timber Forest Products ◽

Total Economic Value

Direct and indirect use of values and non-use values from forest ecosystem services perform an invaluable set of functions that cater to the needs of both living and non-living things. The values include market services obtained from timber and non-timber forest products, and non-market services (recreation, watershed protection and conservation value) were identified as components of the Total Economic Value (TEV). However, it is difficult to assign a monetary value to all goods and services provided by the forest. Failure to conserve the national park will result in the degradation of the forest and a reduction in the contribution of the forest ecosystem services to the community. Based on the result of this study, the TEV value of forest ecosystem services was estimated at RM 13 billion, and the estimation provides policy-relevant information for forest management and conservation purposes in Malaysia.

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JAVNO-PRIVATNO PARTNERSTVO I VODOSNABDEVANjE

USKLAĐIVANjE pravnog sistema Srbije sa standardima Evropske unije: Knj.9 ◽

10.46793/upssix.643s ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 643-656

Author(s):

Predrag Stojanović ◽

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Water Resources ◽

Adverse Effects ◽

Water Supply ◽

Public Private Partnership ◽

The Other ◽

Public Utilities ◽

Private Capital ◽

Private Partnership ◽

The Right

Public-private partnership is often proposed as one of the better ways to establish sustainable and economically efficient use of water resources. On the other hand, we are witnessing an obvious crisis of legitimacy in the liberalization of public utilities, both by various civic movements and authors who challenge the success of this concept in financing water supply, emphasizing that numerous practical examples of private capital participation in this area have led to adverse effects on the poorest population strata. In this paper, the author analyzes the results of research related to the concept of public-private partnership, and attempts to answer whether such solutions appear to be necessary and whether they can be harmonized with the current tendency of public policies to recognize the right to water and include it in the catalogue of basic human rights.

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Quantifying the Economic Value of Ecosystem Services in Oil Palm Dominated Landscapes in Riau Province in Sumatra, Indonesia

Land ◽

10.3390/land9060194 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (6) ◽

pp. 194 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ando Aulia ◽

Harpinder Sandhu ◽

Andrew Millington

Keyword(s):

Ecosystem Services ◽

Oil Palm ◽

Ecosystem Service ◽

Economic Value ◽

Economic Sustainability ◽

Cultural Services ◽

Total Economic Value ◽

Cultural Ecosystem Service ◽

Farming Households ◽

Provisioning Services

Ecosystem services in oil palm plantations owned by smallholders in four villages in the Riau Province, Indonesia were identified and valued. Nine provisioning, three regulating and maintenance, one cultural ecosystem service, and a single ecosystem dis-service, were identified from interviews with 62 farming households. Direct and indirect market valuation methods were used to estimate the total economic value (TEV) of these services, which averaged USD 6520 ha−1 year−1 (range = USD 2970–7729 ha−1 year−1). The values of provisioning services were USD 4331 ha−1 year−1 (range = USD 2263–5489 ha−1 year−1), regulating and maintenance services were valued at USD 1880 ha−1 year−1 (range of USD 707–3110 ha−1 year−1), and cultural services were USD 309 ha−1 year−1. We conclude that identifying and valuing ecosystem services offers an opportunity to improve the environmental and economic sustainability of smallholders in oil palm landscapes in Indonesia.

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An Empirical Analysis of an Integrated Accounting Method to Assess the Non-Monetary and Monetary Value of Ecosystem Services

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12208296 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (20) ◽

pp. 8296

Author(s):

Yubang Liu ◽

Yunan Yan ◽

Xin Li

Keyword(s):

Ecosystem Services ◽

Empirical Analysis ◽

Ecosystem Service ◽

Economic Value ◽

Correlation Coefficients ◽

Classification Systems ◽

Ecological Value ◽

Ecosystem Service Value ◽

Service Value ◽

Value Evaluation

The process of ecosystem service value evaluation has developed from the use of a single economic value that only accounts for material products to an assessment of ecological value and the value of ecosystem services. However, due to the complexity of ecosystems and different understandings of ecosystem service values, different classification methods of ecosystem services and service values have been developed internationally, and this has resulted in a lack of clarity regarding the correlation between ecosystem service value and various ecosystems. The correspondence between the system and each value type is not clear; therefore, based on an analysis of the inadequacy of domestic and foreign ecosystem service classification systems and methods, this study constructed a new accounting framework for non-monetary ecosystem service functions based on emergy analysis and integrated monetary accounting methods. The practical application of the method was also researched. The research results re-classified the value of ecosystem services, established an accounting method for various ecosystem service values, clarified the principle of addition in accounting, and avoided double counting. In the empirical analysis, a large number of correlation coefficients, parameters, and index values found in the foreign literature were used, so, our method also has value for international use.

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