Reports

This page of the Valuing Nature in Texas (VNT) website serves as a library of written reports and Discussion Papers that present analysis and research results from VNT projects. Note that Discussion Papers are research documents circulated by their authors with the intention of disseminating information and generating discussion. They have not necessarily undergone a formal peer review or editorial treatment.

Note: All documents below are in Adobe PDF () format.

Research Policy Briefing

• The Economic Value of Water and Ecosystem Preservation in the Estuary and Coastal Wetlands of San Antonio Bay, Texas, April 2008 (MEADOWS) (2.18 MB)
• The Economic Value of Water and Ecosystem Preservation in the Estuary and Coastal Wetlands of San Antonio Bay, August 2007 (GLO) (1.03 MB)
• The Role of Freshwater Inflows in Sustaining Estuarine Ecosystem Health in the San Antonio Bay Region, September 2006 (249 KB)

• The Economic Value of Water and Ecosystem Preservation Part 2: Freshwater Inflows from the Rio Grande, April 2008 (MEADOWS) (831 KB)
• The Economic Value of Water and Ecosystem Preservation Part 2: Freshwater Inflows from the Rio Grande, September 2006 (GLO) (515 KB)
• A Characterization of Ecotourism in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, March 2004 (470 KB)
• A Review of Freshwater Inflows Data and Related Information regarding the Rio Grande Estuary. February 2004 (241 KB)

• The Economic Value of Ecosystem Services Provided by the Galveston Bay/Estuary System, August 2007 (TCEQ GBEP) (127 KB)

• Annotated Bibliography of Valuation of Ecosystem services for the Estuarine Environment, April 2007 (314 KB)
• Valuing Nature: A Survey of the Non-Market Literature, November 2003 (751 KB)