Estimating the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) for Brazil from 1970 to 2010

Andrade, Daniel Caixeta; Garcia, Junior Ruiz

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.07.018

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“…Careful considerations need to be made when attempting to include human well-being to models and in terms of deciding what types of indicators should be used. Alternative indicators that explicitly include natural and social aspects should be fostered, using as a basis examples such as the Human Development Index (HDI), Multidimensional Poverty Index, Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, Gender Inequality Index (UNDP, 2018) or the Genuine Progress Indicator (Andrade & Garcia 2015).…”

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A conceptual model to assess the impact of anthropogenic drivers on water-related ecosystem services in the Brazilian Cerrado

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Abstract: The development of strategies that conciliate anthropogenic activities with nature conservation is becoming increasingly urgent, particularly in regions facing rapid conversion of native vegetation to agriculture. Conceptual modelling enables assessment of how anthropogenic drivers (e.g. land use/land cover change and climate change) modify natural processes, being a useful tool to support strategic decision-making. The present work describes a conceptual model to evaluate water-related ecosystem service provision under different land use scenarios in the Matopiba region of the Brazilian Cerrado, the world’s most biodiverse savanna and an agricultural frontier. Model variables were determined (direct drivers, indirect drivers, focal components and responses) and the Nature Futures Framework was consulted to incorporate socio-ecological components and feedbacks. Future scenarios were developed considering potential trajectories of drivers and governance responses that may impact land use in the region, including the possibility of full compliance with Forest Code and implementation of the Soy Moratorium in the region. The conceptual model and scenarios developed in the present study may be useful to improve understanding of the complex interactions among anthropogenic drivers, water-related ecosystem services and their potential repercussions for natural and social systems of the region. Governance decisions will be critical to maintaining the ecosystems of the region, the services it provides and the culture and tradition of the people historically embedded in the landscape. In acknowledgment of humanity’s dependence on nature, the importance of inverting the way scenarios are used is highlighted. Rather than using scenarios to measure the impacts of different policy options on nature, scenarios representing the desired outcomes for biodiversity and ecosystem services can be used to inform how policies can guarantee ecosystem integrity into the future.

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A conceptual model to assess the impact of anthropogenic drivers on water-related ecosystem services in the Brazilian Cerrado

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“…The first attempts to assess ISEW/GPI showed that the formal growth of the U.S. economy in the 1990s did not actually lead to an increase in national wealth, despite the fact that the country's GDP showed steady growth [3]. Over the next two decades, estimates have been made for Europe [13][14][15][16], the United States [17,18], Brazil, and Chile [19,20], a number of African countries [21], and countries in Asia and the Pacific [22]. In some cases, estimates of the Genuine Progress Indicator have been obtained at the regional and municipal levels, in particular in the United States of America [23].…”

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Assessment of the Well-Being of the Russian Population

Pyzheva¹

2020

Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference "Far East Con" (ISCFEC 2020)

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Following the paradigm of maximizing economic growth as measured by the GDP does not always provide an increase in wealth when considering the environmental and social consequences of economic development. Over the past decades, there has been some experience in developing alternative approaches to assessing the well-being of the population based on the concept of sustainable development. The present paper proposes to develop a methodology for practical assessment of one of the relatively new indicators of socioecological and economic well-being of the Russian population-the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI). It is assumed that the development of the methodology for calculating this indicator and the introduction of the practice of statistical accounting will significantly expand the opportunities for analysis of the dynamics of socio-ecological and economic well-being of the population of Russia. The applied importance of the results of such work is emphasized by the possibility of introduction of the GPI in the system of national statistics and the prospect of its use as one of the target indicators for the policy-making.

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“…The importance of ecosystems to human welfare has numerous dimensions (ecological, socio-cultural and economic), however, expressing value in monetary terms has proven useful in helping to consistently frame tradeoffs between options that have to address multiple assessment criteria (Costanza et al, 2017;Díaz et al, 2018;Georgiou, Whittington, Pearce, & Moran, 1997). Within this context, ecosystem service valuation (ESV) has three broad purposes (Laurans, Rankovic, Billé, Pirard, & Mermet, 2013): to be (i) informative, such as raising awareness of the value of biodiversity (Costanza et al, 1997(Costanza et al, , 2017Kumar, 2010) and providing data for ecosystem accounting for integration into green GDP (Andrade & Garcia, 2015; Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 2010) and for full-cost corporate accounting (Capitals Coalition, 2016;Epstein et al, 2011); (ii) technical, such as setting compensation rates for loss of environmental amenity (Aultman et al, 1993); and (iii) decisive, such as informing policy-making in land-use using benefit cost analysis (Barbier, 2012;Gashaw et al, 2018;Heal et al, 2005;Sinner, Bell, Phillips, Yap, & Batstone, 2016;Sumarga & Hein, 2016). Unlike normal market goods, most ESs do not lend themselves to "spatial arbitrage", to take advantage of higher willingness to pay elsewhere (the exception to this rule is carbon sequestration services, which provide benefits at a global scale as a public good, or a private good if traded as a permit) (Boyd & Banzhaf, 2007, p. 622;UN Statistical Division, 2014), therefore many ESV applications involve integrating a spatial element, enabling analysts to estimate the ES benefits for a spatially-defined unit.…”

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Challenges and Sensitivities in Assessing Total Ecosystem Service Values: Lessons From Vanuatu for the Pacific

Buckwell

Fleming

Smart

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The Journal of Environment & Development

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Ecosystem service valuation (ESV) can inform land-use change policy and adaptation responses to climate change in Pacific Small Island Developing States. Despite Small Island Developing States communities relying acutely and directly on ecosystem service (ES) flows, methodologies must contend with limited valuation data and challenges. We undertake ESV to generate coefficients we then apply to mapped habitat extents for Vanuatu. We find the contribution of ESs to the people of Vanuatu is considerable and significantly larger than its gross domestic product. Therefore, policies that support ecologically sustainable exploitation of ESs are paramount in promoting community well-being. We also identify and discuss context-specific methodological challenges, which, if not addressed, risk distorting valuations, supporting perverse policy responses, and eroding confidence in ESV. We make recommendations to address the challenges of accounting for ecosystem condition, data gaps, and consideration of customary benefits, provide context to the interpretation of our results, and suggest where further research can ameliorate risks.

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Estimating the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) for Brazil from 1970 to 2010

Cited by 26 publications

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A conceptual model to assess the impact of anthropogenic drivers on water-related ecosystem services in the Brazilian Cerrado

A conceptual model to assess the impact of anthropogenic drivers on water-related ecosystem services in the Brazilian Cerrado

Assessment of the Well-Being of the Russian Population

Challenges and Sensitivities in Assessing Total Ecosystem Service Values: Lessons From Vanuatu for the Pacific

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