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MAVA Foundation

The MAVA Foundation conserves biodiversity for the benefit of people and nature by funding, mobilising and strengthening partners and the conservation community.

Contributions

The Nature-Based Infrastructure Global Resource Centre

The leading global hub for nature-based infrastructure (NBI). Together, we can help build a better, fairer, and more sustainable future through NBI projects.

Project

Sustainability Assessment of an Onshore Wind Portfolio in Germany

The assessment integrates environmental, social, and economic costs and benefits into an asset valuation to improve the transparency of the wind asset's impacts on the environment and important stakeholders. It also evaluates the asset's financial resilience to climate change risks.

Report

October 26, 2020

Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) of Senegal’s Saloum Delta

The assessment provides an economic valuation of the contribution of the Saloum Delta to local livelihoods and regional development. 

Report

June 23, 2020

Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) of a Public Bicycle Sharing System in Dwarka, New Delhi, India: A focus on the environmental, social and economic impacts of non-motorized transport infrastructure

This SAVi assessment values the environmental, social and economic benefits generated by a public bicycle sharing system. Its results demonstrate how the transport system delivers to sustainable mobility targets in Delhi.

Report

January 27, 2020

SAVi Database: A primer

IISD has developed a database of available knowledge on the valuation of infrastructure project externalities, costs and climate risks. This publication demonstrates how we use the database for the assessments of infrastructure projects with the SAVi methodology. 

Guide

January 26, 2020

An Application of the Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) Methodology in Sri Lanka: Assessing the economic value of restoring the ecological health of Beira Lake in Colombo

The SAVi assessment quantifies the economic value of investing into different ecological restoration options for South-West Beira Lake in Colombo and makes a strong case for such investments given the  positive effects on property values and recreational value of the lake.

Report

August 31, 2019

Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) of the Bus Rapid Transit Project in Senegal

This report discusses the results of the SAVi analysis on the Bus Rapid Transit project in Dakar (Senegal).

Report

May 31, 2019

Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) Assessment of the N'Diaye Wind Farm in Senegal

This SAVi analysis on the N'Diaye wind farm project in Senegal demonstrates that, compared to other energy technologies (coal and high-fuel oils), the wind project brings the most benefits to the Senegalese economy and environment. 

Report

May 31, 2019