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Sylvia S. Tognetti

Consultant, Environmental Science and Policy

Publications and reports:

Tognetti, S.S. and Johnson N. (Under review) Ecosystem Services from improved soil and water management: Creating a return from their multiple benefits. Prepared for the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, "Water and People in Catchments" Research Theme (January 2008)

Lellouch, M., Hyun K., and Tognetti S. 2007. Ecosystem Changes and Water Policy Choices: Four Scenarios for the Lower Colorado River Basin to 2050. Island Press, Washington, D.C.

Pereira, A.G., Vaz, S.G., and Tognetti S.S. Eds. (2006) Interfaces between Science and Society. Greenleaf Publishing, Sheffield UK.

Aylward, B., J. Bandyopadhyay, J. C. Belausteguigotia, P. Borkey, A. Z. Cassar, L. Meadors, L. Saade, M. Siebentritt, R. Stein, S. Tognetti, and C. Tortajada - with contributions from: M. Acreman, T. Allan, C. J. Bauer, C. Bruch, A. G. Pereira, M. Kendall, B. Kiersch, C. Landry, E. Mestre, J. King, R. S. Meinzen-Dick, S. Moellendorf, S. Pagiola, I. T. Porras, B. D. Ratner, A. Shea, B. Swallow, M., T. Thomich and N. Voutchkov (2006). Freshwater Ecosystem Services. Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Policy Responses, Volume 3. Findings of the Responses Working Group of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. K. Chopra, R. Leemans, P. Kumar and H. Simons. Washington, DC, Island Press. [I prepared chapter sections on water governance and on payments for watershed services]

Tognetti, S.S., Aylward B., and Mendoza, G,M (2005) Markets for Watershed Services (pdf). Anderson, M. (ed) Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences. John Wiley & Sons, UK

Tognetti, S.S. Mendoza, G, Aylward, B. Aylward, Southgate, D. Garcia, L. 2004. A knowledge and assessment guide to support the development of payment arrangements for watershed ecosystem services. Draft Working Paper. Prepared for The World Bank Environment Department with support from the Bank-Netherlands Watershed Partnership Program. [pdf English - Spanish].

Tognetti, S.S., Mendoza G., Southgate D., Aylward B., and Garcia L. 2003. Assessing the effectiveness of Payment Arrangements for Watershed Ecosystem Services. Presented at the Third Latin American Congress on Watershed Management, Regional Forum on Payments for Environmental Services, Arequipa, Perú, June 09-12, 2003 [pdf Spanish - English]

Aylward, B. and S. Tognetti (2004). Energy and protected Areas in the Mekong region. Parks 13(3).

Tognetti, S.S. and Aylward B. (forthcoming) Chapter on Energy for Regional Report on Protected Areas and Development. Review of Protected Areas and Development in the Lower Mekong River region. ICEM. Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia

Aylward, B. and Tognetti S.S. Markets Mechanisms and Environmental Services: A Conceptual Approach and Review of International Experience. Working paper.

Kiersch, B. and Tognetti, S.S. 2002. Land-water linkages in rural watersheds: Results from the FAO electronic workshop. Land Use and Water Resources Research (2) pp. 1.1-1.6

Tomkinson Church M., Maguire P., and Tognetti, S. S. (2003) Water-Based Finance Mechanisms (doc file). Prepared for The Nature Conservancy. In: Conservation Finance Guide, a joint project of the Conservation Finance Alliance.

McNally, R. and Tognetti, S.S. (2002) Tackling poverty and promoting sustainable development: key lessons for integrated river basin management (PDF file) A WWF Discussion Paper, WWF-UK.

Tognetti, S. (2002). Integrated River Basin Management: alleviating poverty, bringing stability and promoting sustainable development. Working Paper. Washington, DC.

Tognetti, S.S. Synthesis report of FAO electronic workshop on Land-Water Linkages in Rural Watersheds in: FAO (2002) Land-water linkages in rural watersheds. Land and Water Bulletin No. 9, Rome.

Aylward B., Tognetti S.S. (2002) Valuation of hydrological externalities of land use change: Lake Arenal case study. Land Water Linkages in Rural Watersheds Case Studies Series.

Shambaugh, J., Oglethorpe J., Ham R. with contributions from S. Tognetti. 2001. The Trampled Grass: Mitigating the impacts of armed conflict on the environment. Biodiversity Support Program. Washington, DC.

Tognetti, S.S. 2001. Creating Incentives for River Basin Management as a Conservation Strategy. Prepared for WWF-US Ecoregion Conservation Strategies Unit.

Tognetti, S.S. 2001. Gregory Bateson (pdf) Munn, R.E. ed. Encyclopedia on Global Environmental Change. John Wiley & Sons, UK [a brief biography]

Tognetti, S.S. 1999. Science in a Double-Bind: Gregory Bateson and the Origins of Post-Normal Science. Futures 31:7 [special issue on Post-Normal Science, J. Ravetz ed.]

Kawakami de Resende E., and Tognetti, S.S. (2002) Ecological and Economic Context of the Proposed Paraguay-Paraná Hidrovia and Implications for Decision-Making. Abaza, H. and Baranzini, A. eds. Implementing Sustainable Development: Integrated Assessment and Participatory Decision-Making Processes. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK. [pre-publication version]

Tognetti, S.S. 1999. Information Needed for Land Use Decisions in the Mid-Atlantic Region in the Context of Uncertainty and Global Environmental Change. University of Maryland Department of Geography.

Tognetti, S.S. 1997. Integrated Ecological and Economic Models and Indicators for Sustainable Development: a Literature Review: International Society for Ecological Economics, University of Maryland Institute for Ecological Economics. [Unpublished report prepared as project officer for the SCOPE/UNEP project on Ecological Economics and Integrated Assessment.]

Tognetti S.S. 1998. Ecological Economics and Integrated Assessment: a participatory framework for including equity efficiency and scale in decisionmaking. [Unpublished report prepared as project officer for the SCOPE/UNEP project on Ecological Economics and Integrated Assessment]

Tognetti, S.S., R. Costanza, L. Arizpe, C. Cleveland, H. Daly, A. Gupta, J. Martinez-Alier, M. Ritchie, J. Ruitenbeek, O. Segura. 1995. Poverty and the Environment: Reconciling Short-Term Needs with Long Term Sustainability Goals. International Society for Ecological Economics, Solomons, Maryland. Prepared for the UN Environment Program and released as the Report of the UNEP Director at the UN World Social Summit, held in Copenhagen, March 1995. UNEP, Nairobi Kenya.

Kronebusch, K., S. Tognetti, C. Cranor. 1987. Identifying and Regulating Carcinogens. Background paper. U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment. Washington, DC.

Other:

As project director for the study of the Committee on Land Acquisition for Conservation of the National Acaademy of Sciences National Research Council, I also prepared their report, "Setting Priorities for Land Conservation." and assisted in the preparation of reports of other committees including the US Committee for SCOPE, the Committee to Review the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program, and the Committee on Options for Preserving the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.

Prepared series of Forest Policy briefs for Forest Trends, on topics of:

  • Developing Markets and Payments for Watershed Services
  • Strategies to Enhance the Security of Forest Tenure
  • Making Markets Work for Conservation and People
  • Independent Forest Certification
  • Developing Markets for Forest Carbon
  • Advancing Payments for Biodiversity Conservation Outside of Protected Areas
  • Developing Markets and payments for Forest Ecosystem Services
  • Reduced Impact Logging
  • Strategies to Combat Illegal Logging and Forest Crime
  • Company-Community Forestry Partnerships

Most reports not posted on-line are available on request.

Updated: 12-1-07