The Social and Environmental Benefits of Manitoba's Community Pastures

The report estimates the annual economic value of ecological goods and services from Manitoba's community pastures at CAD 13,349,646, driven primarily by forage production and carbon sequestration. It argues that these lands provide critical benefits including habitat protection, carbon storage, and water quality improvement, while recommending enhanced monitoring systems to better quantify these public benefits for future policy decisions.

• The ecological goods and services provided by Manitoba community pastures (MCPs) are valued at CAD 13,349,646 annually, assuming a carbon dioxide price of CAD 25 per tonne. The primary contributors to this value are carbon sequestration and forage production, though the total also includes timber, community development, recreation and hunting, biodiversity, and soil formation.
• The current economic valuation is an incomplete estimate because certain factors, such as pollination, species at risk, and long-term carbon storage, were omitted due to significant landscape variation or a lack of sufficient data.
• The author recommends maintaining MCPs because they provide concentrated benefits to society and producers, specifically by improving water quality and retention, storing carbon, and protecting habitat. To support future sustainability and policy, the report suggests developing enhanced monitoring systems to quantify these ecosystem goods and services.

APA

Kulshreshtha,, G. G. R. (2018). The Social and Environmental Benefits of Manitoba's Community Pastures. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/social-and-environmental-benefits-manitobas-community-pastures

Chicago

Kulshreshtha,, Geoffrey Gunn,Dimple Roy,Suren. The Social and Environmental Benefits of Manitoba's Community Pastures. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2018. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/social-and-environmental-benefits-manitobas-community-pastures.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{kulshreshtha2018social, author = {Kulshreshtha,, Geoffrey Gunn,Dimple Roy,Suren}, title = {{The Social and Environmental Benefits of Manitoba's Community Pastures}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2018}, month = mar, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/social-and-environmental-benefits-manitobas-community-pastures}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }