Harmonizing People and Nature
~ A New Business Model
Photo ~ Tokai no Inaka
Gretchen C. Daily
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Harmonizing People and Nature ~ A New Business Model Gretchen C. Daily Photo ~ Tokai no Inaka 1. Provisioning Services Seafood Crops & Livestock Forest Products 2. Regulating Services Climate Stabilization Water Supply Fire Prevention
Harmonizing People and Nature
~ A New Business Model
Photo ~ Tokai no Inaka
Gretchen C. Daily
Seafood Crops & Livestock Forest Products
Climate Stabilization Water Supply Fire Prevention Flood Control Sedimentation Control Pest Control Pollination
Spiritual Values Inspiration Aesthetic Values Knowledge Systems Educational Values Sense of Place Recreation Ecotourism
Preservation of Options
Primary Production Biodiversity Resilience
Decisions Ecosystems Services Value Institutions
Decisions Ecosystems Services Value Institutions
Biophysical Models Economic & Cultural Models Incentives Information Actions & Scenarios
Three Stories
Decisions Ecosystems Services Value Institutions
First Story: Beyond Reserves
Biodiversity in Countryside
Biodiversity
Land Use Intensity
Biodiversity
Land Use Intensity
Biodiversity in Countryside
Biodiversity in Costa Rican Countryside
Short-term Outlook: Good
Biodiversity
Land Use Intensity
Malabar Coast
Work led by Dr. Jai Ranganathan
Long-term Outlook?
Shrub Cashew
Shrub Cashew Production Forest Forest
Shrub Cashew Forest Arecanut Production Forest Arecanut
Species Richness Species Richness
All Birds
Forest Birds
Malabar Grey Hornbill
Photo: M.S. Ashok
Great Hornbill
Photo: D. Behrens
Countries with Significant Arecanut Cultivation
What is the long-term trend for biodiversity in countryside?
High potential conservation value in widespread production systems
Critical window of opportunity
What is the long-term trend for biodiversity in countryside?
Three Stories
Decisions Ecosystems Services Value Institutions
Second Story: Beyond Biodiversity
The value of biodiversity?
Pollination Services
plant species require it
limited reproductively by lack of pollinators (45% of natural populations studied; Burd 1994).
production depends on animal pollinators
worldwide, 70% require animal pollinators for one
(Roubik 1995)
Pollination Services
Crop pollination
coffee tomato apple
Coffee for Conservation?
Can we measure the benefits to farmers? Do forest pollinators benefit nearby coffee?
Pollination vs Distance from Forest
Near Medium Far
Distance
Near Medium Far
Distance
Cumulative richness Abundance (indiv/sample) Pollen grains / stigma Visits/100fl/20min
0.1 km 0.7 km 1.6 km 0.1 km 0.7 km 1.6 km
(Ricketts 2004 Cons Biol)
Value of rainforest to farmers?
Coffee near forest:
Value of forest: $60,000/year to 1 farm
$ $
(Ricketts et al. 2004 PNAS)
The value of biodiversity? Valuing ecosystem services
Valuing Ecosystem Services
Global Synthetic
Value of rainforest: US$ 60,000/year to 1 farm
(Ricketts et al. 2004 PNAS)
$ $
Local Specific
Valuing Ecosystem Services
Local Specific Global Synthetic Value of rainforest: US$ 60,000/year to 1 farm
(Ricketts et al. 2004 PNAS)
$ $
Valuing Ecosystem Services
The Natural Capital Project
InVEST
Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services & Tradeoffs
Scenario Tool
How will ecosystem service values change… With climate change? With population growth? With a new policy or program?
How would restoration affect
agricultural income drinking water quality erosion control carbon sequestration & biodiversity?
InVEST 1.0 can map & value
Biodiversity Crop pollination Carbon sequestration & storage Water pollution regulation Managed timber production Avoided reservoir sedimentation
And also…
Irrigation Flood mitigation Agricultural production Hydropower production Open access products Tourism & recreation
Fisheries, Aquaculture Coastal Protection Recreation & Tourism Wave Energy Siting
Marine InVEST
Data inputs on natural capital
Land Use Soil type Topography
Data inputs on built capital
Roads Cities Infrastructure
Outputs of ecosystem service levels
supplied and demanded
Download InVEST at http://invest.ecoinformatics.org
Kareiva, Ricketts, Daily, Tallis, & Polasky, Eds. 2010. The Theory & Practice of Ecosystem Service Valuation in Conservation. OUP.
Three Stories
Decisions Ecosystems Services Value Institutions
Last Story: Beyond Charity
China Tanzania West Coast Hawai’i Amazon Basin Mexico Colombia Ecuador
The Natural Capital Project
Indonesia Uganda Belize
China
1.InVEST Development 2.InVEST in Master Planning 3.Policy Evaluation
Land Use Decisions in China
Baoxing County Hainan Island
China
Upper Yangtze River Basin
Baoxing County
chinese monal
Red panda Giant panda
Baoxing EFCA Mapping with InVEST
PRODUCTION:
DEMAND: Hydropower Flood Mitigation Irrigation Agriculture, Mining Draft
EFCA Map
Water Retention Soil Retention Carbon Storage Bio- diversity
Upper Yangtze EFCA Mapping with InVEST
Policy Evaluation
Program success? For people & nature
Colombia Ecuador
Replicate & scale water funds
mechanisms
Water Funds in L. America
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Water Funds
Colombia
1.Target resource use & conservation 2.New offset & mitigation policies
Resource Licensing
Colombia
mining agriculture transportation and other major sectors.
Looking ahead…
Food Security & Health Poverty Alleviation Engaging Leaders
Thank you