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Creating Markets for Ecosystem Services Economic Commission for Europe Seminar on the Role of Ecosystems as Water Suppliers Geneva, 13-14 December, 2004 Gonzalo Castro Head, Biodiversity Team Global Environment Facility. GEF Biodiversity Portfolio Summary (FY91-FY03). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Creating Markets for Ecosystem Creating Markets for Ecosystem ServicesServices
Economic Commission for EuropeEconomic Commission for Europe
Seminar on the Role of Ecosystems as Water SuppliersSeminar on the Role of Ecosystems as Water Suppliers
Geneva, 13-14 December, 2004Geneva, 13-14 December, 2004
Gonzalo CastroGonzalo Castro
Head, Biodiversity TeamHead, Biodiversity Team
Global Environment FacilityGlobal Environment Facility
GEF Biodiversity Portfolio Summary
(FY91-FY03)
Number of Projects: 336
GEF Funding: US$1.54 Billion
Co-funding: US$3.24 Billion
Number of Countries: 140
Lessons Learned(Independent OPS-2)
STRENGTHS:
• Excellent Ecosystem Representation• Wide Coverage• Innovative Financing (Trust Funds, PES, etc)• Impact on Capacity Building• Strong Stakeholder Participation• Addresses Cross-Cutting Issues• Includes Science and Technology Issues
Lessons Learned(Independent OPS-2)
WEAKNESSES:
• Fails to Address Root Causes• Weak Sectoral Linkages (mainstreaming)• Weak Sustainability• Weak Private Sector Participation• Poor Capacity to Measure Results
Change in Paradigms
From: How to make project sustainable?To: How to sustain conservation?
From: Project successTo: Changing behavior of societies and economies
From: Short-term projectsTo: Long-term programs
GEF-3 Strategic Priorities US$3.1 Billion (ca. US$800 Million
for BD)
1. Catalyzing Sustainability of Protected Areas (US$400M)
2. Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Production Landscapes and Sectors (US$250M)
3. Capacity Building for the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (US$80M)
4. Generation and Dissemination of Best Practices for Addressing Current and Emerging Biodiversity Issues (US$70M)
MAINSTREAMING BIODIVERSITY
OBJECTIVE
To integrate biodiversity conservation in agriculture, forestry, fisheries, tourism and other production systems and sectors to secure national and global
environmental benefits
Water servicesSupply of services:Upstream land uses affect the Quantity, Quality, and Timing of water flows
Demand for services:Possible downstream
beneficiaries:• Domestic water use• Irrigated agriculture• HEP• Fisheries• Recreation• Downstream ecosystems
The logic of payments for environmental services
Benefits to land users
Costs to downstream populations
Deforestation and use for
pasture
Conservation
Payment
Conservation with payment
for service
Important!This logic is repeated every year
Need annual payments
Example 1Silvo-Pastoral Systems (Central
America, Colombia)
Expansion of livestock production is a major cause of habitat loss in Latin America
Deforestation in Nicaragua, 1983-2000
Much of this expansion is in lands unsuited to it, quickly degraded
Quindío, Colombia Esparza, Costa Rica
Silvopastoral systems
Combine trees with livestock productionUse of trees in pasturesCut-and-carry systemsLive fencing
Benefits of silvopastoral systemsOn-site benefits:
Promote soil fertilityProvide shadeProvide fodderProvide additional products (timber, fruit, etc)
Biodiversity benefits:Host larger number and wider variety of speciesHelp connect remaining natural habitats
Carbon benefits:Sequester more carbon in soil and biomass
Water benefits:Higher infiltrationImproved water filtration
Often insufficient to justify adoption
Ignored by land users
Profitability of silvopastoral practices from land users’ perspective
Returns to silvopastoral practicesNPV (50 yrs, 10%) US$440IRR 12%
-500
-250
0
250
500
750
1,000
1,250
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20Year
Net f
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inco
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(US$
)
Current practicesSilvopastoral practices
Note: 20ha farm in Nicaragua
Biodiversity indexLand use Points per hectare
Crops (annual, grains, and tubers) 0.0
Perennial crops (plantain, unshaded coffee) 0.2
Natural pasture 0.0 without trees, 0.3 with trees
Improved pasture 0.0 without trees, 0.3 <30 trees, 0.6 >30 trees
Fruit crops 0.3 monocrop, 0.4 diverse
Shaded coffee 0.6
Fodder bank 0.4 monocrop, 0.6 diverse
Commercial tree plantation 0.4
Bamboo (guadua) 0.5
Riparian forest 0.8
Secondary forest (>10m2) 0.9
Primary forest 1.0+0.1 for multiple species (>5); +0.1 for multiple shade species; +0.1 for multi strata; +0.1 for connectivity;+0.2 with understory; +0.3 with species enrichment; +0.1 if riparian; +0.1 with species enrichment
Finca Putumayo (Quindío, Colombia)
Finca Putumayo:Land use plan
Land use Units Baseline
Year
1 2 3 4
Degraded pasture ha 3.2
Unimproved pasture without trees ha 2.2
Improved pasture without trees ha 6.1
Improved pasture with low tree density ha 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5
Fodder banks ha 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2
Diversified timber plantation ha 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Guadua plantation ha 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3
Riparian forest ha 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Total area ha 14.3 14.3 14.3 14.3 14.3
Live fences km 2 2 2 2
Finca Putumayo: Payments under RISEMP
Land use Baseline
Year
Total1 2 3 4
Total points 7.4 15.8 15.8 15.8 15.8
Incremental points 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.4
Payment per point (US$) 10 75 75 75 75
Payments (US$) 74 630 630 630 630 2,594
PV of payments (US$, 10%) 74 582 529 481 437 2,100
Impact of PES on profitability of silvopastoral practices
Returns to silvopastoral practices Without PES With PESNPV (50 yrs, 10%) US$440 US$1,450IRR 12% 19%
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)
Current practicesSilvopastoral practicesSilvopastoral practices with PES
Note: 20ha farm in Nicaragua
Primary ForestsTotal US$102/ha/year
(Constantino and Kishor, 1993)
Carbon
Biodiversity (Existence)
Water
Ecotourism
Example 2Ecomarkets (Costa Rica)
Costa Rica Forestry Law
- Pays landowners $40/ha/year Carbon
Scenic Beauty
Water
BiodiversityHabitats
- Same hectare
Market Creation
Creation of Ecomarkets
Over 500,000 ha under system!
Example 3Biodiversity-Friendly Shade Coffee
(El Salvador)
Coffee grown undershade: The forest is structurally complex and provides some degreeof habitat richness
Coffee grown in the sun:The forest is gone and thevalue of this plantation forbiodiversity is verymarginal
Certified Coffee
- Better taste- Less volatile prices- Ecosystem Conservation- Water Conservation
Water services: Key characteristics
Water flows downhill
High value = Substantial potential
payments
Low value = Minimal potential
payments
Río NizaoRío Ocoa
CaribbeanDominican Republic
Water services vary substantially
HydropowerProduction
98MW52MW
64MW
6 m3/secPotablewaterIrrigation
San Joséde Ocoa
Canaima NP
Venezuela: Canaima NP ProjectN
CaracasMaracaibo
VENEZUELAVENEZUELA
COLOMBIA
BRASIL
CARIBBEAN
Pto. Ordaz
MACAGUACARUACHI
TOCOMAGURI
TAYUCAY
AURAIMA
ARIPICHI
CIUDAD
PTO.ORDAZ
SANFELIX
BOLIVAR RIOCARONI
RIO
PA
RAG
UA
RIOORINOCO
EUTOBARIMA
DAM
Río Caroní watershed
Venezuela: Canaima NP ProjectN
INSTALLED CAPACITY
MACAGUA I 360 MWMACAGUA IIMACAGUA III
2376 MW164 MW
CARUACHI 2160 MWTOCOMA 2160 MW
GURI II 6600 MWGURI I 3000 MW
RIOORINOCO
MACAGUA IEL. 54,5
-II Y III100
150
200
250
300
050
110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0DISTANCE (Km)
ELE
VA
TIO
N (m
asl)
CARUACHIEL. 91
TOCOMAEL. 128
EL. 270II
EL. 215
GURIMACAGUA
CARUACHI
TOCOMA
GURI
RIOORINOCO
Can we actually get people to pay? Costa Rica: Payments by water users
Firm WatershedWatershed size (ha)
Contract area (ha)
Payment ($/ha/year)
Energía Global Río Volcán 3,466 2,493 10
Río San Fernando 2,404 1,818 10
Platanar SA Río Platanar 3,129 1,800 10/30
CNFL Río Aranjuez 9,515 5,000 42
Río Balsa 18,926 6,000 42
Lago Cote 1,259 900 42
La Manguera SA La Esperanza 3,000 10
Florida Ice & Farm Río Segundo 3,870 1,000 10
Source: S. Pagiola, 2002. “Paying for Water Services in Central America: Learning from Costa Rica.” In S.Pagiola, J. Bishop, and N. Landell-Mills, eds, Selling Forest Environmental Services. London: Earthscan.