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Assessment of the economic value of ecosystem services in the ecological or biological value areas in the Bijagós Islands, Guiné-Bissau

Assignment under the “Project to reduce the impacts of infrastructures on coastal ecosystems in West Africa (PRISE): tools and capacity building”.

Consultancy concerning the following aspects and activities:

– study of areas of ecological and biological importance of the Bijagos archipelago

– analysis of political processes, management objectives, stakeholders interests

– identification and description of ecosystems services (ES) provided by the different selected areas

– identification of the most relevant ES to include in the assessment using standard applications such as the RAWES tool

– determination of the economic value of the most relevant ES

– analysis of the stakeholders’ costs and benefits