Ecological Goods & Services

Nature supplies crucial goods and services that sustain our life, including clean air, drinking water, and opportunity to enjoy outdoor activities, such as hiking and fishing. All these are examples of Ecological Goods and Services – benefits provided to people by forests, wetlands, soils, plants and animals in the Credit River Watershed.

Recognizing the importance of protecting and restoring these valuable benefits, CVC has initiated a long-term initiative on estimating the value of natural benefits in the Credit River Watershed. The purpose of this project is to bring awareness to the importance of natural features to human well-being and to assist in making better-informed policy- and land-use decisions in the future.

Study	Date	Resource
Landowner Views on Wetland Enhancement and Restoration in and Adjacent to The Credit River Watershed	2013	Report
		Factsheet
Ecological Goods and Services – An Introduction	2011	Factsheet
The Credit River Watershed: Valuation of Angling	2008	Report
	2010	Factsheet
The Credit River Watershed: Property Value Appreciation – Impacts of Natural Features	2009	Report
	2010	Factsheet
Natural Credit: Estimating the Value of Natural Capital in the Credit River Watershed	2009	Report
	2009	Factsheet: Natural Credit
	2010	Factsheet: Value of Groundwater
Analysis of Present and Future Carbon Storage in the Forests of the Credit River Watershed	2010	Report
	2010	Factsheet
Valuing Wetlands in Southern Ontario’s Credit River Watershed	2009	Phase I Report: Wetland Ecosystem Services
	2010	Phase II Report: A Contingent Valuation Analysis
	2010	Factsheet
The Importance of Ecosystem Services toHuman Well-Being in the Credit River Watershed	2011	Report
		Factsheet
Demographic Profile of the Credit River Watershed	2014	Report
	2009	Report
Wetland Restoration Environmental Benefit Index	2016	Factsheet
	2016	Report – Literature Review
	2016	Manual
	2016	Calculator (Excel)