Values of Ecosystem Services and benefits of their restoration
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1 Values of Ecosystem Services and benefits of their restoration 9 th European Conference on Ecological Restoration (SER 2014) 3-8 August 2014, Oulu, Finland (Ru)Dolf de Groot, Env. Systems Analysis Group Wageningen University, The Netherlands
2 Excursion 3: Mire and Peatland restoration: Harakkasuo & Pilpasuo
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8 SER still needed : SER established Our Mission: To promote ecological restoration as a means of sustaining the diversity of life on Earth and re-establishing an ecologically healthy relationship between nature and culture CBD 2010: spp/year (1/11 min)* Land conversion (population growth) * Up from in 2002 Bad economics: growth without limits -> destruction pays
9 natural hazards? Floods Storm damage Landslides > 1 trillion US$/year (NOAA, 2012)
10 Damage costs of natural disasters <- 1 trillion US$/y GDP 2012: 72 trillion US$ [INCLUDING the 1 trillion...]
11 Cost of ecosystem loss Water pollution cost Flooding cost 7.3 Trillion * US$/y. (2012) Lively- Hood loss Cost of ecosystem loss 2-5% of GDP per year (Science, 2002) (2-3 trillion $/y damage-costs, replacement & restoration costs, etc ) Air pollution cost * 13% of global GDP Crop loss (TEEB for Business Report, May 2013) 9 Oct 2010 Erosion cost
12 Cost of / INVESTMENT in Restoration? Needed: 100 billion $/year (Lester Brown, 2007) [less than 10% of the direct damage cost]
13 BC ratio * De Groot et al., 2013, Cons Biol. Net-Benefits of Ecosystem Restoration Blignaut et al. screened publ.; 95 selected for further analysis * Benefit Cost Ratio of Ecosystem Restoration BC ratio of ecosystem restoration Grasslands: 75 x Coral reefs: 3 x Coral reefs Coastal Mangroves Inland wetlands Lakes/rivers Tropical forests Other forests Woodland/shrubland Grasslands Assumptions: high cost scenario, average benefit scenario, time horizon = 40 years (including 10% annual operation costs; discount rate = 1 %)
14 Biol. control Ecosystem Services Recreation Habitat & nursery C-seq Pollination Air quality Timber Inspiration Medicins & models Food Water (2005) and (2010
15 How to measure value (importance) Ecological value /importance (role in ecosystem) Intrinsic /existence value Cultural value (tradit. whaling, inspiration etc.)? Economic value Effect on welfare and the economy usually/conveniently expressed in monetary units. Whale: meat, tourism (DUV), biol. control (IUV), donations (NUV) Additional value (information) in decision making process [but very important/trade-offs]
16 How measure economic (monetary) value? 1. Market Price 2. Shadow Price (eco)tourism Coastal Protection Food 3. Questionnaire based Spiritual value /habitat service WTP for protecting Humpback Whales: 57 $/pp/year (1993) Replacement cost 10 million $/km Avoided damage Cost: 36 million $ (Maledives-2004). Other: Mitigation Cost, Travel cost, Hedonic pricing, Coastal Protection 4. Benefit (Value) Transfer
17 Total value* of ecosystem services (22) by biome (12) Biome Marine Coral Reefs Coastal Mangroves Other Wetlands Fresh water Tropical Forest Other Forests Woodlands Ecosystem Service 1) Food provision 24 (6) 470 (22) (12) 693 (8) 442 (16) 69 (3) 75 (19) 126 (8) (5) ) Water provision (1) (1) (4) (2) 143 (3) 148 (3) ) Raw material provision 400 (5) 8 (4) 511 (5) 698 (12) 1 (1) 431 (26) 24 (6) 541 (9) ) Provision of genetic (1) 12 (1) 483 (4) 2 (1) resources ) Provision of medicinal 92 (1) 181 (4) 11 (3) resources ) Provision of ornamental 264 (3) 10 (1) 12 (1) resources ) Air quality regulation 231 (1) 0 (1) 230 (2) 497 (2) ) Climate regulation 56 (2) 648 (3) (4) 468 (7) 59 (1) (10) 257 (9) 219 (2) ) Moderation of extreme events (9) (2) 515 (2) (10) 14 (2) 52 (2) ) Regulation of water flows 535 (2) (6) 1 (2) ) Waste treatment 42 (2) (2) (10) (2) 177 (6) 15 (4) 262 (4) (esp. water purification) ) Erosion prevention (1) 448 (2) 89 (1) 694 (9) 2 (2) 55 (1) ) Maintenance of soil fertility 84 (2) 3 (1) (3) 220 (1) 634 (3) 1 (1) 508 (3) ) Pollination 17 (1) 10 (2) 439 (1) ) Biological control 4 (2) 4 (2) 55 (1) 16 (1) 9 (1) 16 (1) ) Habitat for migratory species, 108 (2) 106 (3) 13 (1) 499 (1) incl. nursery ) Maintenance of genetic 6 (2) (7) 83 (1) 174 (2) 648 (9) 320 (1) 373 (12) 225 (7) 1 (1) diversity ) Aesthetic information 0 (1) (4) (1) ) Opportunities for recreation 76 (6) (29) (5) (3) 950 (11) 649 (5) 381 (20) 758 (5) and tourism ) Inspiration for culture and art 0 (2) 595 (1) 0 (1) ) Spiritual experience 22) Information for cognitive (4) 41 (1) development TOTAL 250 (20) (92) (28) (31) (84) (12) (128) (51) (22) *) Average Potential Sustainable Use Value. > 225 studies > data-points Used for analysis: 522 Ongoing process
18 Log-scale of value range (TEV) in US$/ha/yr (2007 PPP corrected) Grasslands (25) Woodlands (18) Temparate Forest (40) Tropical Forest (140) Lakes (12) Inland wetlands (86) Coastal wetlands (112) Coastal systems (32) Coral reefs (101) = Average value () = number of used estimates (522 out of > 1250 Only 25-30% market values Marine systems (6) De Groot, et al., million ,000 10, ,000 1,000,000 10,000,000 Range of Ecosystem Service Value (in USD/ha/yr (2007/PPP-corrected) Oceans 49 US$/ha/yr [climate regulation & fishery] Mangroves US$/ha/yr [waste treatment & nursery] Coral Reefs US$/ha/yr [tourism & storm protection
19 Total (Economic) Value Serious under-estimate of infinite value of nature Who se gonna buy the Planet? Total: 33 trillion? Total Value of the World s Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital
20 Changes in the global value of ecosystem services Figure S1. Map of global annual ecosystem services based on 2011 land areas and 2011 unit values ( )* Costanza, d Arge, de Groot, Farber, Grasso, Hannon, Limburg, Naeem, O`Neil, Raskin, Sutton and Van den Belt, Nature (1997) Flow value/ha went up for most ecosystems Cost of ecosystem loss 4-20/trillion/y. *) From: Costanza, R., R. de Groot, P. Sutton, S. van der Ploeg, S. Anderson, I. Kubiszewski, S. Farber, and R. K. Turner Changes in the global value of ecosystem services. Global Environmental Change 26:
21 Value of restoring natural ecosystems Storm protection US$/ha/y (coastal wetland, US) coastal systems, Spain Coastal protection & erosion prev (mangroves global) (coral reefs global) Flood protection (floodplain, Czech Rep) (marsh, Shri Lanka Landslide prevention (Mountain forest Switzerland)
22 NATURA 2000 COST estimates Building on the results of the Member States questionnaire, the annual costs of implementing the Natura 2000 network were estimated as 5.8 billion per year for the EU-27. (Gantioler, 2010) Average: 63/ha/y (range: /ha/y) incl. acquisition & infrastructure dev. (30%) + management Marine sites: < 3 /ha/y.
23 Natura 2000 BENEFITS A number of examples have demonstrated that the benefits can be 3 7 times larger than the costs According to a study in Ireland, the aggregate benefits provided by the Burren park s limestone pavements and the orchid rich grasslands were estimated to amount to 4,420 / ha / year. The total benefit from the Park is estimated to be 65 million per year or about 3 times as much as the cost of Government support (Gantioler, 2010) The protection of all 300 Natura 2000 sites throughout Scotland was estimated to have an overall benefit cost ratio of around 7 over a 25-year period (Jacobs, 2004). Total benefits were estimated at 210 million per year, however, 99% is non-use value (Gantioler, 2010) In 2008 a study was carried out in France to determine costs and benefits of the Natura 2000 site Plaine de la Crau. The calculated overall net benefits amounted to 142ha/year, which was around seven times higher than the costs associated with the site. (Hernandez & Sainteny, 2008).
24 De Loonse en Drunense Duinen (3500 ha) (The Netherlands) 100 x Cost per ha: 142 euro/yr Benefits per ha: euro/yr Important Ecosystem Services Recreation Air filtration Real estate value increase (proximity to Natura 2000) CO 2 sequestration Water-filtration
25 Applying the TEEB approach to estimate the economic benefits of re-naturalising the Haringvliet delta 2010 Anne Böhnke-Henrichs & Dolf de Groot
26 Cost and benefits of restoring Haringvliet Wageningen (14 years)
27 WWF: Open Haringvliet (i.e. restore the natural estuary & river) Dam Mono/few services No dam? Many services LEGENDA Landgebruik Zoet Zout Klimaatdijken Akkerland Water met getij Water met getij Hoog stedelijk Weiland Kreken Kreken Dorps smal Spaarbekkens Water stilstaand Zand & slik Dorps breed Bos Zand- & slik Lage kwelder(schor) Landelijk smal Riet & biezen Hoge kwelder(schor) Landelijk breed Wilgenvloedbos Duingebied & strand Gewone dijk Grasland
28 Ecosystem Services in Haringvliet DIENSTEN LANDSCHAPSTYPEN
29 Value-change for some important landscape elements after opening the Haringvliet Landscape Element Riet en wilgenvloedbossen Estuarine wateren Kwelder (salt marsh) Dijken conventionele en Klimaatdijken Zand en slikplaten (mudflats) Akker, weiland, populierenbos Change in surface (in 1000 ha) + 13,4 + 7,2 + 2,9 + 1,8 + 0,7-27,9 Economically most valuable services Value change (in Mill. /year)* Oogsten van riet en wilgentakken, wegvang fijnstof, water zuivering, recreatie /toerisme Water (scheepvaart, drinken, irrigatie), mogelijkheden voor recreatie en toerisme habitat/biodiversiteit (kraamkamerfunctie) Water zuivering, mogelijkheden voor recreatie + 43 en toerisme, kennisnetwerk delta Delta als kennisbron, voedselproductie (akkerbouw, veeteelt), attractieve standplaats voor woningen + 36 Waterzuivering, recreatie en toerisme, + 15 biodiversiteit (incl. refugiumfunctie) Voedsel (akkerbouw producten, vlees, melk), wol, hout, koolstof vastlegging Balance: *) This involves for appr. 30% market prices (eg fishery, recreation, transport) and 70% shadow prices (eg. avoided damage costs for water purif., health care, climate change)
30 VIMINE project ( ) EU-LIFE Restoring salt marshes in the bay of Venice
31 Mangrove Capital Project ( ) Wetland International (Int. NGO) The Nature Conservancy (UK) Deltares (NL) [hydro-engineering] Wageningen Univ ESA [ CBA ] Restore ha of Mangrove Coastline in Indonesia (Java)
32 Baviaanskloof S. Africa (ongoing since 2007) No goats Fenc e Goats Baviaanskloof, S. Africa
33 Conservation (& restoration) still seen as a cost Current expenditures on all Protected Areas (incl. bilateral agreements, GEF, etc): < 10 billion US$/y (1 Needed : billion $ (2 < 0.1% Global GDP: ca 50 Trillion US$ (2009) (1 Valentines day in USA 2012: 17 billion US$ Globally on cigarettes: 2009: 50 billion US$ Benefits: >> 1,5-4,5 trillion (3 (return 1: ) 1) EASAC, 2009, 2) Balmford et al., Science, 3) TEEB, 2010
34 Why continues?
35 Conventional (outdated) economics Society must urgently replace its defective economic compass (Pavan Sukhdev, TEEB study leader, CBD COP9) some problems: - Free services (75%) [pollination] - Neglect of externalities [pollution] - Perverse subsidies [fishery, forestry] - Wrong assumptions (paradigms) about people & markets
36 EU Biodiversity Strategy 2020 (May 2011)* Subtitle: our life insurance, our natural capital Action 5: Improve knowledge of ecosystems and their services in the EU Target 2: by 2020, ecosystems and their services are maintained and enhanced by establishing green infrastructure and restoring at least 15% of degraded ecosystems All member states... will: (1) map and assess the state of ecosystems and their services in their national territory by 2014 (2) Assess the economic value of such services by 2020, and (3) promote the integration of these values into accounting and reporting Systems at EU and national level Ecosystem Services Partnership ESP *) CBD COP-10 Nagoya,
37 How turn value into real money? - Reward/Pay providers of free services - Punish environmental damage (liability) 1. Government run finance mechan. (public incentives: subsidies/taxes) - Agri-environmental schemes [ farming for nature ] - Conservation payments (e.g. watershed-prot. [NYC] / REDD+ (forest) - Other (eg. tax-incentives for green investments) 2. Government supported market creation - Offsets, eg Carbon credits [145 billion$ 2009/800 US$/ha/y Ecosystem Market Pla - Other eco-assets (eg. salinity credits, wetland banking, high-rise buildings(!)) 3. Private market arrangements [PES payment for use of ES] - User fees (eg. resources (water), eco-tourism, bioprospecting) - Biorights (compensate local people for not damaging ES, i.e cons.easem/perrier) -Ecolabelling: Cert.Agr.Products (40 billion $ 2008/2,5% of total market) FSC: 5 billion, Fair Trade, etc)
38 Make biodiversity a business case (TEEB D3-report) Business opportunities: -(eco) tourism -Resources (food, water, etc) -Pharmaceutical products -Biotechnology/bio-mimicry (nature as model ) model for improving scotch tape and post-its IWOKRAMA US$ profit in 2008 Biodiversity as Business Opportunity &feature=youtu.be&goback=.gde_ _me mber_
39 Investing in nature (restoration) pays! Every dollar invested... saves anywhere between 7,5 and 200 US$ in damage & repair costs TheEconomist (23 April 2005)
40 Next (7 th ) Int. Conference: 8-12 Sept., Costa Rica Ecosystem Services Partnership > 40 Working Groups and National Networks ESP
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