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Gap Analysis >> Next Steps
Simone QuatriniCoordinator, Policy and Investment AnalysisGlobal Mechanism of the [email protected]
15 October 2012
ELD Objectives• Compare the costs of land degradation to the costs of
adopting sustainable land management (SLM) practices• Build capacity and improve data access to developing
countries
ELD aims: identifying or developing tools that • Policy-makers can bolt onto what they are already doing• Can afford to pay for now• Empower and substantiate land-use decision-making
ELD approach• Estimation of the Total Economic Value of the cost of land
degradation, to add value to what countries are already doing• Use of integrated modelling approaches to estimate social
losses from land degradation rather than benefit transfer• Use of scenarios to account for trade-offs between populations
in a nutshell
1st scientific meeting (LSE, March 2012)
Go beyond production losses Aim for total economic valuesValue ecosystem services providedAgreed objectives, scope, and governance structure of the ELD Initiative4 working groups established:Data analyses & methodology - assess available data sources and build integrated model frameworkOptions for policy outreach - identify pathways/scenarios for policy-makers at all levelsEconomic valuation of options – quantify the costs and benefits of alternative land management options using existing evidenceCase studies - group overlapping all others
WG Data analyses &
methodology
WG Options/path
ways for policy
outreach
WG Economic
valuation of options
Case studies
Integration of research steams, WGs, meta-analysis & synthesis
NetworkOSLO
NetworkESP
Network ZEF/IFPRI
NetworkWOCAT etc.
working groups
joint ELD-SLM meeting (EC, Oct 2012)
ELD methodological approach: proximate/underlying causes, use/non use values, costs of inaction/benefits of action, include external drivers, social values of land, etc. Gap analysis: identify and prioritize the identified gaps to be filled in by the ELD initiativeWorking groups: participants, roles, objectives, working modalities, deliverables, links to the reports, case studies, funding ELD outputs: 3 reports (draft outline, structure, target audience, etc.):• For the scientific community• For policy-makers• For the private sector
gap analysis
Gaps in technological/technical knowledgeSystem tipping points for LD (e.g. top soil loss, water quality control, including those that might be mediated via climate change)Clear relationship between population density and LDImpact of LD on livestock, rangeland and forestsLack of understanding of the factors driving changes to land use and causing LDTemporal factors: speed of change, whether drivers of change are themselves changing over time, links with local development patterns and the global economyOverall costs and benefits of different land management interventions
gap analysis
Gaps in environmental valuationLack of harmonized methodology (scales, discount rate, etc.)Lack of information on trade-offs and synergies between ecosystem services (ES)Lack of information on links and trade-offs at different spatial scalesLack of information on social costs of LDLimited understanding of value of ES to local livelihoods Lack of info on non-market values of ESLack of robust low cost methods applicable by affected countries in the short termLack of data and systems for mapping ES
gap analysis
Policy gapsLack of M&E systems for total ecosystem assessmentsLack of identified plausible future scenarios on which to base LD assessments Lack of information on policy trade-offs; and who should do what (subsidiarity)Lack of tools for decision makers to determine the best land use between different alternatives
Institutional and private sectorScience-policy-practice divideNeed for greater interdisciplinary approachesLack of mechanisms to bridge the disconnect between providers of ES (e.g. rural areas) and users of the services (e.g. urban areas)Lack of financial products, services and institutions that are immediately available to start securing the land resource baseLack of an effective and comprehensive incentive framework for SLMLimited risk management/mitigation instruments and mechanismsLack of awareness, knowledge management, capacity building
Timeline ELD 2013
Jan Mar May July Sept Nov
Feb Apr June Aug Oct Dec
2nd Scientific ConferenceFeb. 03.-06.Fortaleza, Brazil
CRIC 11
Eve
nts
Act
ion
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COP 11
ELD Side event
ELD partner and review meeting
Launch of paper
Scientific Paper Draft presented
Revised ELD project list
ELD side event
next steps (2013)