ELD CAMPUS

Module: Apply the ELD approach on your own!

Learning objectives: 

  • Selectively apply and critically evaluate the use of key concepts and methods in cost-benefit analysis including discounted cash flow analysis, measures of project worth and valuation estimates for environmental goods and ecosystem services;
  • Identify and compare land management costs and benefits over time for ‘with’ and ‘without’ project scenarios;
  • Calculate and interpret investment criteria including net present value and internal rate of return.

Contents:

  • For the fictional case study of Eldamia the following scenarios are to be analysed:

In Southern State

  • a ‘without project’ or ‘baseline’ scenario consisting of ‘business as usual’ and no continuing change or trend in the current state of land degradation;
  • compared to a ‘with project’ sustainable land management (SLM) scenario consisting of investments made and interventions carried out to reduce land degradation and improve ecosystem service provision.

In Northern State

  • a ‘without project’ or ‘baseline’ scenario consisting of ‘business-as-usual’ and a continuing trend of worsening land degradation;
  • compared to a ‘with project’ SLM scenario consisting of investments made and interventions carried out to reduce land degradation and improve ecosystem service provision.

Estimated time for application: 

1 day for each case study, for onsite-trainings it is suggest to split the groups of trainees into two and have another ½ day for presenting the cases to each other and to discuss them

 

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