The project is organized around three main themes:
THEME A: Understanding and guiding the Canadian landscape of water valuation
This
theme
assesses
the
state
of
knowledge
regarding
water
quality
valuation
in
Canada
and
produce
best
practice
guidelines
for
water
valuation
based
on
a
scan
of
practitioners’
demand
for
guidelines.
Theme
A
lead:
Roy
Brouwer
and
Vic
Adamowicz
THEME B: Expanding the water valuation information base
This
theme
provides
novel
robust
estimates
of
the
economic
values
of
freshwater
ecosystem
services
that
can
be
used
in
policy
and
decision-making
using
recent
advances
in
non-market
valuation
methods.
Theme
B
lead:
Patrick
Lloyd-Smith
and
Roy
Brouwer
THEME C: Advancing water quality valuation tools to support policy and decision-making
This
theme
uses
the
knowledge
and
guidance
results
of
Theme
A,
and
the
new
economic
value
estimates
of
Theme
B
to
assess
and
develop
Canadian
water
valuation
tools.
Theme
C
lead:
Helen
Jarvie,
Roy
Brouwer,
Diane
Dupont