The future of Payments for Ecosystem Services By Laurence Couldrick - Westcountry Rivers Trust
Pressures on the catchment
Areas impacted
What do we get from our catchments? Agricultural Ecosystem ‘Natural’ Ecosystem Pollination Water regulation Timber Pest control Recreation Biodiversity Meat Crops Cultural services Regulating services Provisioning services
Management plans that effect the Tamar
Tools used to deliver behaviour change Buy land Incentives Cross Compliance Win-win advice Designations Statutory Management Requirements
Win-Win: Dirty Clean water separation A farm with annual rainfall of 1.5m/yr on a roof of 20m x 30m: Cost: Guttering > £20 Saving: A) 20m x 30m = 600m 2 produces 900m 3 water in slurry pit (pumping £1/m 3 ) = £900/yr B) 900m 3 water (mains £2.00/m 3 ) = £1800/yr Further savings are realised if you consider, reduced soil compaction & pollution risk reduction
Tools used to deliver behaviour change Buy land Incentives Cross Compliance Win-win advice Designations Statutory Management Requirements
Paid Ecosystem Services – IN THEORY
Paid Ecosystem Services – IN PRACTICE Seller - Farmer Intermediary - WRT Buyer - SWW - Estimated cost/benefit ratio - Ensure works do not - Instigate works - Sold to OFWAT degrade other services - Change practices - 65p from bill payers = £9m - Minimise admin costs - Monitor concept
Interventions - £2.2m grant against £4.4m of works 50km fencing 184 projects
Outcomes P P 100% up-take N N
Business cost savings
But what about other buyers?
PES – Flood & Catchment permitting Buyer – ABI, SWW, Seller - Farmer Intermediary - NGO Developers, Government - Assess rural SUDS - Help design rural SUDS - Wants flood protection options against value - Submit Bid - Reduced water in STW - Assess secondary benefits - Change practices - Increased development or dis-benefits - Nutrient offsetting
Carbon sequestration Carbon Intermediary Offsetter - Identify marketable - Wants to offset carbon sequestration remaining carbon after solutions that do not reducing use degrade other services (Voluntary schemes vs - Ensure additionally Government schemes) and longevity of scheme
Spaces for wildlife Biodiversity Intermediary Offsetter - Identify suitable - Wants to offset any biodiversity receptor development after sites that mitigates investigating ways to for the development avoid and reduce the - Ensure longevity of impact scheme
Recreational resources & Tourism Intermediary Anglers - Identify sites offer - Wants to access new wild angling recreational angling experiences sites - Markets new beats
LESSON 1 – Partnership working
LESSON 2 – Monitor Outcomes P P 100% up-take N N
LESSON 3 – Better Information & understanding Cost Benefit < >
LESSON 3 – Better Information & understanding BIODIVERSITY FISHERIES/RECREA BUY OUTS TION FLOODING/DROU INCENTIVES GHT ENVIRONMENTAL WIN-WIN WATER QUALITY DRINKING WATER REGULATION QUALITY BENEFIT/DISBENEFIT COST
LESSON 3 – Better Information & understanding BIODIVERSITY FISHERIES/RECREATION ENVIRONMENTAL WATER QUALITY BUY OUTS DRINKING WATER QUALITY FLOODING INCENTIVES Closure of tunnel =£260/minute delay WIN-WIN 1 day = £500k cost Ave closure =4 days Extreme = 10 days REGULATION £3-5m per year BENEFIT/DISBENEFIT COST
LESSON 3 – Upstream Thinking PR14 BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY FISHERIES/RECREA FISHERIES/RECREA BUY OUTS TION TION Improving base but still based on large FLOODING/DROU FLOODING/DROU assumptions and not INCENTIVES INCENTIVES GHT GHT enough to convince buyer ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL WIN-WIN WIN-WIN WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY Catchment evidence DRINKING WATER DRINKING WATER REGULATION REGULATION but need WTW data QUALITY QUALITY BENEFIT/DISBENEFIT COST
Ecosystem Sustainability Meter
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