THE APPLICATIONS
Currently, the ESVD is used by many different organisations for many different purposes (see here). We want to work together with you to improve the applicability of the ESVD and to show the potential of the ESVD for sustainable business, financial institutions, research and governmental organisations. Currently, we focus on case studies for applying the ESVD for financial institutions.
THE SERVICES
WE PROVIDE
Do not hesitate to get in touch via esvd@fsd.nl for more information, questions and project possibilities.
IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
With the ESVD you can do monetary impact assessments of the effects of land-use change such as de-/afforestation on ecosystems and their services. See our FAO project or our project in North-Macedonia for more information
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES
The ESVD can be used in Cost-Benefit Analyses showing that conservation and restoration are not per definition financial costs (mostly quite the opposite!).
RISK ASSESSMENTS
The ESVD can be used to estimate monetary effects of investments on biodiversity and ecosystems. In addition, it can highlight the dependency of businesses and financial institutions on nature! See our project for the ASN Bank for more information.
PRICE SETTING
The business community is willing to change their business model into a more sustainable direction and internalise the (negative and positive) externalities. The ESVD can assist with this by creating insights in the ‘true’ value of nature to be taken into account.
NATURAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTING
Finally, the ESVD can be used in Natural Capital Accounting (NCA). It can be used to measure the value of the flows from natural capital to be included in the System of Environmental Economic Accounts (SEEA) of countries.
TRAININGS & WORKSHOPS
Making use of the ESVD, we are also providing trainings and workshop on doing integrated ecosystem service assessments. See our project in North-Macedonia for more information. See our FSD Training & Education for more information.