Sri Lanka - Valuation of Environmental Services in Sri Lanka : A Case Study of Soil and Watershed Benefits in the Southern Province

This 2010 report, Valuation of Environmental Services in Sri Lanka : A Case Study of Soil and Watershed Benefits in the Southern Province, uses valuation tools to evaluate environmental services to allow policymakers to efficiently address sustainable economic development and environment protection within the country s economic policy. The Government of Sri Lanka has committed to a 10-year development framework of increased growth and policymakers in the Southern Province have embarked on an ambitious program of improved roads and other large infrastructure projects. Watershed management is perhaps the most significant issue since they supply such a wide variety of environmental services to the population and environment. Due to the numerous beneficial flows it is difficult to visualize any development that would not affect any of these values to some degree.

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Main Author: World Bank
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2010-06
Subjects:AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AGRICULTURAL LAND, AGRICULTURAL LANDS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES, AGRICULTURE, ANNUAL SOIL LOSS, AQUACULTURE, AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS, ARID LANDS, BASIN, BASIN LEVEL, BASINS, BAY, BEQUEST VALUE, BIODIVERSITY, BIOLOGICAL CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES, BREEDING GROUND, BREEDING GROUNDS, CANALS, CARBON, CASE STUDIES, CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS, CLAY, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, COAST, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL COMMUNITIES, COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS, COASTAL EROSION, COASTAL PLAINS, COASTAL PROTECTION, COASTAL WETLAND, COASTAL WETLANDS, COASTAL ZONES, COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES, COMMON PROPERTY, CONSERVATION, CONSERVATION EFFORTS, CONSTRUCTION, CONTINGENT VALUATION, CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD, CORAL, CORAL REEF, CORAL REEFS, COST SAVINGS, CREEKS, CRITICAL ECOSYSTEMS, CROPPING SYSTEMS, CROPS, DAMS, DATA COLLECTION, DECISION MAKING, DOMESTIC WATER USE, DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS, DRINKING WATER, DRY PERIODS, DRY SEASON, ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS, ECOLOGICAL ZONES, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, ECONOMIC BENEFITS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC PROCESSES, ECONOMIC VALUE, ECONOMIC VALUES, ECOSYSTEM, ECOSYSTEM GOODS, ECOSYSTEMS, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS, ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES, EROSION, EROSION CONTROL, ESTUARIES, ESTUARY, EXISTENCE VALUE, EXISTENCE VALUES, EXPENDITURES, EXPLOITATION, EXPORT, EXTERNALITIES, FARMERS, FARMING, FARMING PRACTICES, FISH, FISH BREEDING, FISH STOCKS, FISHERIES, FISHERY, FISHERY MANAGEMENT, FISHING, FLOOD ATTENUATION, FLOOD CONTROL, FLOODS, FOOD PRODUCTION, FOREST, FORESTRY, FORESTS, FRESH WATER, FRESHWATER, FRUIT, FRUITS, GAUGING, HABITAT FUNCTIONS, HEDONIC PRICING, INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER, INPUT PRICES, ISLAND, LABOR COSTS, LAGOONS, LAKES, LAND AREA, LATERAL DRAINS, LIVELIHOODS, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION, MANGROVE, MANGROVE FORESTS, MANGROVE SWAMPS, MANGROVES, MARINE ECOSYSTEM, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MARKET PRICES, MARSH, MEADOWS, NATIONAL PARKS, NATIVE SPECIES, NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS, NATURAL RESOURCE, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, NATURE, NITROGEN, NON-USE VALUES, NUTRIENT, NUTRIENT CONTENT, NUTRIENT LEVELS, NUTRIENTS, OPTION VALUE, ORGANIC MATTER, PARKS, PEAT, PERMEABILITY, PHOSPHATE, PHOSPHORUS, PLANTATIONS, POINT SOURCE, POINT SOURCE POLLUTION, POLLUTANTS, PONDS, PRECIPITATION, PRESENT VALUE, PRESERVATION, PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS, PROGRAMS, PROPERTY VALUES, PUBLIC GOOD, RAINFALL, RAINFALL EVENTS, RANGES, RECHARGE, RECLAMATION, RECREATIONAL USE, RECYCLING, REEF FISH, REMOVAL OF SOIL, REPLACEMENT COSTS, RESERVOIR, RESERVOIRS, RESOURCE CONSERVATION, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, RESOURCE USE, RIVER, RIVER BASINS, RIVER SYSTEMS, RUNOFF, SALINE WATER, SALT WATER, SAND, SEA, SEA GRASS, SEA LEVEL, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEAWATER, SEDIMENT, SEDIMENT LOAD, SEDIMENTATION, SEWAGE, SEWAGE TREATMENT, SHORES, SOIL CONSERVATION, SOIL DEGRADATION, SOIL EROSION, SOIL FERTILITY, SOIL PRODUCTIVITY, SOILS, SPECIES, STABILIZATION, STREAM, STREAMS, SUSTAINABILITY CONCEPTS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABLE WATER, SWAMP, TIDAL MARSHES, TIMBER, TOPOGRAPHY, TRADEOFFS, TRAVEL COST METHOD, TSUNAMI, URBAN WETLANDS, UREA, USE VALUE, VEGETATION, WAGES, WASTEWATER, WASTEWATER TREATMENT, WATER CONSUMPTION, WATER DEMAND, WATER ECOSYSTEMS, WATER MANAGEMENT, WATER POLLUTION, WATER QUALITY, WATER RESOURCE, WATER SHORTAGES, WATER SUPPLY, WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS, WATER TABLE, WATERFALLS, WATERSHED, WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, WATERSHED PROTECTION, WATERSHEDS, WELLS, WETLAND, WETLAND AREAS, WETLAND HABITATS, WETLANDS, WETLANDS ASSESSMENT, WILDLIFE, WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT, WILLINGNESS TO PAY, WTP,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/06/16277775/sri-lanka-valuation-environmental-services-sri-lanka-case-study-soil-watershed-benefits-southern-province
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12488
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