This book highlights the latest advances in the science and practice of using ecosystem services to inform decisions for economic development in the context of the developing countries.

Pushpam Kumar is Chief Environmental Economist and Senior Economic Advisor, UN Environment Programme. He works on the issues of Inclusive Wealth Index, Natural Capital, Climate Change, Environmental Burden of Disease, Human Capital and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

1. Introduction 2. Strategic Environmental Assessment as a tool to mainstream ecosystem services in planning 3. Lessons for mainstreaming ecosystem services into policy and practice from South Africa 4 .Linking growth and natural capital in the Republic of Kazakhstan: A case study of Aral Sea 5. Mapping the cultural services of ecosystems and heritage sites in the Usumacinta floodplain in Mexico 6. Building Consensus through Assessment Evidence from San Pedro de Atacama, Chile 7. Integrating natural capital and ecosystem services into policy and decision making in Trinidad and Tobago 8. Nature's Services Facilitate National Green Growth Strategy: Vietnam 2025 9. The contribution of Forest Ecosystems in the Tanzanian Economy 10. Natural Capital and GDP of the Poor in Vietnam 11. Natural Capital and the Rate of Discount