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Ecosystem Services Valuation Database (ESVD)

The ESVD is the largest publicly available database and tool with standardized monetary values for all ecosystem services and all biomes on all continents. Standardized and location-specific monetary values allow for readily-available data to be used in decision-making.

Name of Resource

Owner, Founder, or Sponsor

Foundation for Sustainable Development (FSD), Brander Environmental Economics

Year Founded

2021

Typical Use Case

You can use the database and it's summary statistics for different purposes:

Impact assessments of land-use change and climate impacts
Cost-Benefit analyses of project alternatives
Price setting (internalizing externalities)
Risk assessment of business models
Natural Capital Accounting: Assisting in estimating ecosystem asset values

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