The Economics of Ecosystem and Biodiversity (TEEB): Promoting a Sustainable Agriculture and Food Sector

This report presents an outline of the processes and methodologies that will be used by the research team to measure and value the dependencies and impacts of the implementation of the soybean expansion policies in the province. [...] In recent years, the uncertainty of water supply due to climate change has seriously threatened the security and stability of the ecosystem, affecting changes in the natural landscape and the layout of regional population and socio-economic development. [...] Using maps of LULC classes and the amount of carbon stored in carbon pools, this model estimates the net amount of carbon stored in a land parcel over time and the market value of the carbon sequestered in the remaining stock. [...] Analysis of changes in human capital The scope of human capital includes the quantity and quality of the workforce, the skills training of the workforce, the health of the workforce, and the health impact of agricultural products on consumers. [...] The specific accounting methods for the value corresponding to the quantity and quality of labor in the system are as follows: 𝑛 L = ∑(𝑃𝑖 × 𝑇𝑖) 𝑖=1 Where L is the value of the labor force, i is the ith labor force, 𝑃𝑖 is the wage level of the i th labor force and 𝑇𝑖 is the hours worked by the i th labor force.