Strategic Financing and Economic Analysis for Ecosystem Restoration
Task 9: Tools and key considerations for conducting a cost-benefit analysis
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Tools for Conducting a Cost-Benefit Analysis
These tools and resources offer frameworks, data, and guidance for valuing restoration benefits and estimating economic impacts:
Integrating Ecosystem Values into Cost-Benefit Analysis
IPBES Assessment Report on Land Degradation and Restoration
Economics of Forest Landscape Restoration
Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Country Profiles
TEER (The Economics of Ecosystem Restoration) Template
MOOC: A Business Approach to Sustainable Landscape Restoration
MOOC: Business Model Innovation for Sustainable Landscape Restoration
Key Considerations When Conducting a CBA
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Key Considerations When Conducting a CBA
During this step, consider the following:
- When you are conducting a cost-benefit analysis, be sure to remember that restoration should not focus only on one ecosystem service. Focusing on one benefit may reduce the restoration potential in a landscape, or may lead to a program that either does not optimize recovery of biodiversity, or could cause biodiversity degradation. Focusing on a broad suite of benefits is likely to result in greater biodiversity, social, and ecosystem services benefits.
- As you make your calculations, be sure to consider as many potential benefits and costs as can be responsibly quantified. Be aware of the tradeoff between including all legitimate sources of benefit, and increasing skepticism of your analysis if values are included poorly.
- Include and distinguish market and non-market benefits, and private and public goods.
- Do not assume that baseline scenario values for ecosystem services are zero.
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- Are you considering a wide enough range of costs and benefits in your restoration analysis?
- Which of these tools could be most useful for your restoration planning?
- How might stakeholder engagement improve the credibility and relevance of your CBA?
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Integrating Ecosystem Values into Cost-Benefit Analysis: Recommendations for USAID and Practitioners. This guidance document provides a step by step approach and tools for including ecosystem service value changes into CBA Access here
IPBES Assessment Report on Land Degradation and Restoration This report assesses the costs and benefits of different management options in terms of priorities in relation to ecosystem restoration. Access here.
Economics of Forest Landscape Restoration This study guides users on how to make credible estimations of the economic impacts of FLR at a landscape level. Access here.
Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Country Profiles The country profiles present evidence-based arguments that support investment in LDN by showcasing the importance and multiple benefits of taking actions to avoid, reduce, and reverse land degradation. Access here.
TEER (The Economics of Ecosystem Restoration) Template TEER presents a standardized framework for the collection of data on the costs and benefits of restoration programs. The template offers a dashboard of the data that provides the basis for a cost-benefit analysis. Access here.
MOOC: A Business Approach to Sustainable Landscape Restoration This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) offers comprehensive knowledge of landscape degradation and landscape restoration from both the perspective of natural science and from an economics and business administration perspective. Access here.
MOOC: Business Model Innovation for Sustainable Landscape Restoration In this Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), participants go through the business model innovation process in groups of their choice, based on a common interest. Access here.
SER & CBD (2019). A Companion to the Short Term Action Plan on Ecosystem Restoration - Considerations in the Context of Restoration Science and Practice for Group of Activities A. Available here.
Section overview
Tools for Conducting a CBA
Key Considerations When Conducting a CBA
Reflection
Section overview
Tools for Conducting a CBA
Key Considerations When Conducting a CBA
Reflection
Section overview
Tools for Conducting a CBA
Key Considerations When Conducting a CBA
Reflection
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Strategic Financing and Economic Analysis for Ecosystem Restoration
Task 9: Tools and key considerations for conducting a cost-benefit analysis
Start
Tools for Conducting a Cost-Benefit Analysis
These tools and resources offer frameworks, data, and guidance for valuing restoration benefits and estimating economic impacts:
Integrating Ecosystem Values into Cost-Benefit Analysis
IPBES Assessment Report on Land Degradation and Restoration
Economics of Forest Landscape Restoration
Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Country Profiles
TEER (The Economics of Ecosystem Restoration) Template
MOOC: A Business Approach to Sustainable Landscape Restoration
MOOC: Business Model Innovation for Sustainable Landscape Restoration
Key Considerations When Conducting a CBA
Up next
Key Considerations When Conducting a CBA
During this step, consider the following:
Reflection
Up next
References
Reflection
Close this task and proceed on your journey
Task complete
Integrating Ecosystem Values into Cost-Benefit Analysis: Recommendations for USAID and Practitioners. This guidance document provides a step by step approach and tools for including ecosystem service value changes into CBA Access here
IPBES Assessment Report on Land Degradation and Restoration This report assesses the costs and benefits of different management options in terms of priorities in relation to ecosystem restoration. Access here.
Economics of Forest Landscape Restoration This study guides users on how to make credible estimations of the economic impacts of FLR at a landscape level. Access here.
Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Country Profiles The country profiles present evidence-based arguments that support investment in LDN by showcasing the importance and multiple benefits of taking actions to avoid, reduce, and reverse land degradation. Access here.
TEER (The Economics of Ecosystem Restoration) Template TEER presents a standardized framework for the collection of data on the costs and benefits of restoration programs. The template offers a dashboard of the data that provides the basis for a cost-benefit analysis. Access here.
MOOC: A Business Approach to Sustainable Landscape Restoration This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) offers comprehensive knowledge of landscape degradation and landscape restoration from both the perspective of natural science and from an economics and business administration perspective. Access here.
MOOC: Business Model Innovation for Sustainable Landscape Restoration In this Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), participants go through the business model innovation process in groups of their choice, based on a common interest. Access here.
SER & CBD (2019). A Companion to the Short Term Action Plan on Ecosystem Restoration - Considerations in the Context of Restoration Science and Practice for Group of Activities A. Available here.
Section overview
Tools for Conducting a CBA
Key Considerations When Conducting a CBA
Reflection
Section overview
Tools for Conducting a CBA
Key Considerations When Conducting a CBA
Reflection
Section overview
Tools for Conducting a CBA
Key Considerations When Conducting a CBA
Reflection