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 sustaina...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2013
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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
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
World Bank
Sri Lanka - Valuation of Environmental Services in Sri Lanka : A Case Study of Soil and Watershed Benefits in the Southern Province
geographic_facet South Asia
Sri Lanka
description 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.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note
author World Bank
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title Sri Lanka - Valuation of Environmental Services in Sri Lanka : A Case Study of Soil and Watershed Benefits in the Southern Province
title_short Sri Lanka - Valuation of Environmental Services in Sri Lanka : A Case Study of Soil and Watershed Benefits in the Southern Province
title_full Sri Lanka - Valuation of Environmental Services in Sri Lanka : A Case Study of Soil and Watershed Benefits in the Southern Province
title_fullStr Sri Lanka - Valuation of Environmental Services in Sri Lanka : A Case Study of Soil and Watershed Benefits in the Southern Province
title_full_unstemmed Sri Lanka - Valuation of Environmental Services in Sri Lanka : A Case Study of Soil and Watershed Benefits in the Southern Province
title_sort sri lanka - valuation of environmental services in sri lanka : a case study of soil and watershed benefits in the southern province
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/06/16277775/sri-lanka-valuation-environmental-services-sri-lanka-case-study-soil-watershed-benefits-southern-province
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12488
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spelling okr-10986-124882021-04-23T14:03:01Z Sri Lanka - Valuation of Environmental Services in Sri Lanka : A Case Study of Soil and Watershed Benefits in the Southern Province World Bank 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 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. 2013-02-25T19:34:51Z 2013-02-25T19:34:51Z 2010-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/06/16277775/sri-lanka-valuation-environmental-services-sri-lanka-case-study-soil-watershed-benefits-southern-province http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12488 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work South Asia Sri Lanka