Water Stewardship Information Sources
| Citation | Molnar, M, Kocian, M and Batker, D. 20912. Valuing the aquatic beneftis of British Columbia's lower mainland: Nearshore natural capital evaluation. David Suzuki Foundation. |
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| Organization | David Suzuki Foundation |
| URL | http://www.davidsuzuki.org/publications/downloads/2012/DSF_aquatic_lower%20mainland_med_res_for_website.pdf |
| Abstract/Description or Keywords | This study illuminates the connections between the economy and the aquatic ecosystems of B.C.’s Lower Mainland. By identifying and placing a value on the non-market goods and services sustained by these ecosystems and provided to 2.5 million residents, these connections are brought into the open. This is a vital step toward an informed discussion of how public and private decision-making can incorporate a wider range of interests into policies to improve prosperity for all. In November 2010, the David Suzuki Foundation released Natural Capital in BC’s Lower Mainland: Valuing the Benefits from Nature, which estimated the public value of land-based ecological services in the Lower Mainland. This report serves as a companion report in that it surveys the public value of aquatic-based ecological services to residents of the same region. SCOPE OF REPORT The study area for this report (shown below) extends beyond the political boundaries of the Lower Mainland, to represent boundaries that are ecologically appropriate for the ecosystem services addressed in this report. The region includes the Georgia Strait and the major watersheds that empty into it, most notably the Fraser River Watershed. |
| Information Type | report |
| Regional Watershed | Lower Fraser, Howe Sound & Sunshine Coast, Vancouver Island South |
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| Project status | complete |
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