Eco-Efficiency and Natural Resources

Patrick LavelleIRD

CIAT/TSBF

Multifunctional approach in land management

Naturalresources

Food production

BiodiversityBiofuelIndustrial products

Climateregulation

Water

Turism

Urbanization

Find the best ecological, sociological and economic compromise among different use

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment FINDINGS

Agriculture has been successful at expenses of all other ESs

60% ES degraded

Biodiversity under great threat

Millennium Ecosystem AssessmentFINDINGS

Privatisation of benefits; globalisation of costs of lost of natural resources is the current trend.

Fiber

Food

Spiritual & religious

Freshwater

Genetic Resources

Climate regulation

Water purification

Disease regulation

Flood/Fire regulation

Recreation & tourism

Aesthetic

Economic Value ($)

Economic Valuation

Difficult or impossible

Easy

Economic Valuation

Difficult or impossible

Easy

Private Benefit Capture

Difficult

Easy

Private Benefit Capture

Difficult

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MEA ScenariosDegradation of many services can be reversed by 2050 in 2/4 scenarios

EducationInvestment in public goodsTechnological developmentProactive policies

• Change is global; the system is uniqueChange is global; the system is unique• All services are interlinked and need to All services are interlinked and need to

be addressed be addressed in commonin common• Solutions need to be Solutions need to be interdisciplinaryinterdisciplinary

How to do it?

Technical solutions :

Find the best compromises among production of different ESs, at plot, landscape and regional scales (ISFM/LSM programmes)

Intensification in plots (genetic resources; input management; biodiversity management)

Reshaping functional landscapes (biodiversity corridors; improved ability of soils to infiltrate and store water with forest and other components.

Regional and national planification (REDD and other PES schemes; )

How to do it?

Social component :

Organise networks and partnership among:Local farmer associationsResearch centers and UniversitiesGovernment entitiesNGOs (national and international)

Institutions and policiesNecessary changes identifiedGender issues addressed

How to do it?

Economic solutions

Developping payment of Ecosystem Services schemes- local : no payment- regional : water - global : biodiversity/climate regulation

Other systems for incentives and market organisation

How to do it?A general modeling approach to allow

predictions and scenarios Links among ecological, economic and institutional entities (e.g., Auto organization and the Panarchy theory)

Source: Gunderson and Holling, 2002; Lavelle, 2008

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The RAINFOR_ES projectRestoration, measurement and commercialization of ecosystem services in tropical forest areas

Restoration of EScV

MeasurementWith participative

Indicators

Commercialization

8 countries; 43 institutionsIn prep. For GEF