1. How to identify suitable methods for economic valuation of ecosystems?
READINGS
Recommended (Handbooks & Toolkits):
VALUE: Counting ecosystems as water infrastructure (IUCN, 2004) En, Es - Chapter 1-3
Investing in ecosystems as water infrastructure Water Briefing by IUCN
An introductory guide to valuing ecosystem services (DEFRA, 2007)
Valuing wetlands: Guidance for valuing the benefits derived from wetland ecosystem services (Ramsar Convention Secret., 2006) Es, Fr
Coastal & Marine:
Marine and coastal ecosystem services: Valuation methods and their practical application (UNEP-WCMC, 2011) En, Es, Fr
Coastal and marine ecosystem services valuation for policy and management (University of East Anglia, 2010)
Economic valuation of natural coastal and marine ecosystems (CIESM, 2008)
Human dimensions of the ecosystem approach to fisheries: an overview of context, concepts, tools and methods (FAO, 2008)
Water quality services:
Sewage Treatment Operators Manual for the Caribbean Region (UNEP-CEPNET, 1998)
Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality Training Pack by WHO
Water Supply, Sanitation and Health with IWRM Considerations Presentations by WHO
Guidelines on Municipal Wastewater Management (UNEP/WHO/HABITAT/WSSCC, 2004)
Sustainable Sanitation and Water Management (SSWM) A Toolbox by seecon gmbh and supported by SDC
Presentations from the November 2012 Regional Targeted Workshop for GEF IW Projects & Partners in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, run by IW:LEARN, UNECE, IUCN, Rhodes University and FAO:
Introduction to the ecosystem approach as a framework for management of ecosystem use (Kevern Cochrane & Warwick Sauer)
Methods of economic valuation - with a focus on marine ecosystems (Rolf Willmann) 
Presentations from the July 2007 workshop on Economic Valuation for Large Marine Ecosystems in Cape Town, South Africa,
run by IUCN and IW:LEARN:
Principles of economic valuation of ecosystems (Francis Vorhies)
Economic valuation (Hamidreza Ghaffarzadeh)
Environmental valuation and cost-benefit analysis of management actions (Isao Endo)
The economics of large marine ecosystems (Tony Leiman)
Presentations from the November 2005 Environmental Valuation Training in the Caspian Region, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan:
Valuation of Environmental Resources (John A. Dixon)
Non-Market Valuation (Morteza Rahmatian)
Additional:
Understanding the Water Cycle Presentation by Swiss Center of Hydrogeology
Ecosystems and Water Presentation by Swiss Center of Hydrogeology
http://www.ecosystemvaluation.org/ (D. King and M. Mazzotta)
Estimating the value of ecotourism in the Djoudj National Bird Park in Senegal (IUCN, 2006)
Linking the dots: MDGs and the 2010 global biodiversity challenge (B. Pisupati and R. Rubian, 2006)
Economic tools for valuing freshwater and estuarine ecosystem services (R. Kramer, 2005)
Making economic valuation work for biodiversity conservation (Australia, 2005)
Investing in environmental wealth for poverty reduction (UNDP, 2005)
Towards an economic valuation of biodiversity: Freshwater ecosystems (G. Antrobus & M. Law, 2005)
Ecosystem service valuation and watershed resources: An annotated literature review (T. J. Dalton & K. Cobourn, 2003)
The rehabilitation of the delta of the Senegal river in Mauritania: fielding the ecosystem approach (IUCN, 2003)
Valuing biodiversity (IUCN, 2000)
Français:
Guide de bonnes pratiques pour la mise en œuvre de la méthode d’évaluation contingente (France, 2005)
Guide de bonnes pratiques pour la mise en œuvre de la méthode des prix hédoniques (France, 2005)
Guide de bonnes pratiques pour la mise en œuvre de la méthode des coûts de transport (France, 2005)
Les instruments de la politique environnementale (CERNA, 2004)
Eau: encadrer les partenariats public-privé (IDDRI, 2003)
Subventions dommageable à l’environnement : obstacles au développement durable (OECD, 2002)
Liens entre pauvreté, environnement et égalité homme-femme (OECD, 2001)
Les instruments économiques et la protection de l’environnement (Québec, 1998)
Valeur économique de l'eau de l'aquifère du delta de l'Assiniboine au Manitoba (Canada, 1994)
