Total Economic Valuation Of Natural Resources In Kenya
NEMA, KEFRI
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Abstract: This presentation provides a national-scale Total Economic Valuation (TEV) of ecosystem services in Kenya?s major water towers?Mau, Mt. Elgon, and Cherangany Hills. It categorizes use values (provisioning, regulating, supporting) and non-use values (existence, bequest), assigning monetary figures to benefits like hydropower, water purification, oxygen generation, carbon sequestration, soil conservation, biodiversity, tourism, and cultural services. Notably, regulating services constitute over 80% of the annual valuation?estimated at over KES 356 billion. The document advocates integrating TEV into natural resource policy baselines, financial planning, and monitoring tools for development programs such as KEWASIP. It recommends mainstreaming ecosystem service valuation into line ministries through cross-sectoral coordination, natural capital accounting, and valuation-informed project appraisal. TEV data are proposed as budgeting support for climate adaptation, forest