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Economic Valuation of Contribution of Ecosystem Services of the Network of Protected Areas to the Economy of Mongolia
Economic Valuation of Contribution of Ecosystem Services of the Network of Protected Areas to the Economy of Mongolia
August 25, 2015
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) sponsored GEF Project "Strengthening of the Protected Areas Network of Mongolia (SPAN)" between 2010 and 2015 in support to the Ministry of Environment, Green Development and Tourism (MEGDT). The objective of the project is to catalyze the management effectiveness and financial sustainability of Mongolia's protected areas system. In order to achieve the overall project objective, an economic valuation of the contribution of the Mongolian Network of Protected Areas (MNPAs) to the economy was necessary. This report corresponds to the MNPAs.
The study used a high-level "Targeted Scenario Analysis" (TSA) approach to assess the economic relations between production practices, ES, other inputs, and their respective sectoral outputs (values). TSA compares "poor" with "sound" protected area's ecosystem management practices vis-a-vis sectoral output; BAU and INC approaches; and by way of this comparison, the study attempts to respond two fundamental questions: a) Why it is sound for the Mongolian sustainable economic development to increase investment in ecosystems/ PAs management? and b) Why ecocsystems and PAs management policy reform is a priority for sustainable development?