Dr. Luke Brander

Luke authored a guidance manual on value transfer methods for ecosystem services for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The manual was launched on 3 December 2013 by Sir Partha Dasgupta at the Valuation and Accounting of Natural Capital for Green Economy (VANTAGE) conference in Nairobi, Kenya. The purpose of this guidance manual is to show how the value of ecosystem services can be estimated and incorporated into decision making. It is designed to help a broad audience of conservation managers, government officials, private sector managers, NGOs and statisticians to understand the available information on the value of ecosystem services and how this information can be transferred to inform the decisions that they make. The pdf of the manual is available for download below.

UNEP (2013) Guidance manual on value transfer methods for ecosystem services

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Southeast Asia (ASEAN TEEB) scoping study, coordinated by the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) and funded by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the German Development Assistance Agency (GIZ), was completed in November 2012. The overall objective of the ASEAN TEEB scoping study was to pursue the mainstreaming process of the economics of ecosystems and biodiversity through the assessment and valuation of key ecosystems and services in Southeast Asia and assist ASEAN member states to develop green growth economies. One of the specific aims of the scoping study was to gather and review the existing evidence on the value of ecosystem services in Southeast Asia. To this end 182 studies that address the valuation of ecosystem services in Southeast Asia have been collected and organised in a database containing 788 separate value estimates of ecosystem service values.

This resource is available here: Database of valuation studies SE Asia

ASEAN TEEB Scoping Study Flyer

Luke is participating in the Socio-Environmental Synthesis Centre (SESYNC) funded initiative on Using Spatial Data and Analysis to Understand Human Vulnerability to Ocean Acidification. This initiative uses ocean bio-geochemistry data, taxon distribution data, community and economic data, and existing marine management frameworks to identify hot spots where ocean acidification impacts will be most acute.

Luke has authored a chapter on the economic impacts of ocean acidification in the publication Nunes, P., Kumar, P. and Dedeurwaerdere, T (eds.). Handbook on the Economics of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham. A draft of this chapter is available for download below.

Brander et al The economic impacts of OA Draft 041212

The book information page is: here

The official online ebook version is: here