Relevance of valuing ecosystem goods and services for mainstreaming biodiversity in impact assessment

	Millennium Development Goals: The connect between biodiversity and economic development:
	Why value biodiversity in impact assessment?
	Global imperatives for pursuing biodiversity in impact assessment
	Why do we need to measure biodiversity in economic terms and what are the obstacles to wider use of biodiversity valuation: Ethical and technical constraints
	A walk-through the different stages of EIA framework for sharing ‘how to’ mainstream biodiversity in the assessment framework.

Re-tooling the generic EA framework for integrating economic evaluation approaches

‘How to’ approaches for integrating economic valuation in different stages of EIA framework

Valuation of ecosystems: From concepts to measurements

	Introduction to a range of economic evaluation tools and techniques and anticipated outcomes relevant in impact assessment
	Valuing biodiversity in economic terms: Global experiences

Ecological and economic approaches for integrating biodiversity in the hierarchy of different mitigation options

	Regulatory and market-based mechanisms for integrating biodiversity into mitigation planning for biodiversity
	The concept of biodiversity offsets.
	Presentation of case studies demonstrating use of case studies and applications of offsets.

Practical exercise session planned for participatory learning