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The Natural Capital Project:Putting ecosystem services
on the map
Taylor Ricketts
World Wildlife Fund – U.S.
The Natural Capital Project
Make conservation economically attractive– Develop science and policy tools to address
ecosystem services
– Apply tools in important places
– Support policies to maintain / pay for services
– Change the way ecosystems are viewed
The big picture
Choices
ServicesValueValuation
Policy & finance mechanisms
Actions
Production functions
Institutions Ecosystems
InformationInformation
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Polasky et al.Daily et al. in press. Frontiers in Ecology & Evolution
The science: InVEST
Choices
ServicesValueValuation
Policy & finance mechanisms
Actions
Production functions
Institutions Ecosystems
InformationInformation
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Polasky et al.
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Scenarios (mapped)Management Climate Population
Biophysical ModelsMaps
Tradeoff curves
Balance sheets
Valuation ModelsMaps
Tradeoff curves
Balance sheets
InVESTStakeholders
InVEST
http://invest.ecoinformatics.org
BiodiversityPollinationCarbon Storage, Sequest.Timber & NTFP ProductionWater qualityWater quantity and timingAgricultural productionRecreation / TourismCultural and Non-use
Services modeledB
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Tiered Approach
Tier 1 Tier 2
Spatial priorities
More precise valuation
Simple Complex
Models
Data
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Upper Yangtze
EasternArc Mtns
SierraNevada
Four Demonstration Sites
Hawai’i
• test InVEST with field partners and experts• ensure useful, relevant• Refine models, input data
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“Valuing the Arc”
Water yield
Carbon storage
Water paymentsWWF and CARE
REDD
Early results
Charcoal harvest
Compare to biodiversity
Next:Scenarios of change
Engaging stakeholders
14Additional sites
Mekong
Amazon Borneo &Sumatra
Puget Sound
MexicoAndes
Marine ecosystem services
Policy and Finance work
Choices
ServicesValueValuation
Policy & finance mechanisms
Actions
Production functions
Institutions Ecosystems
InformationInformation
Information
Polasky et al.
Policy implementation
Regulations
Payments
Markets
Fiscal incentives
What should NatCap do?
Approach
1. Basic introductions
2. Policy add-on’s for InVEST
3. Post-science: Implement policy approaches
4. Sophisticated policy analysis tools
First policy tool: ‘Top Ten’ Screening Criteria
Likely to succeed?
• Will the service & conservation be delivered?
• Are legal, institutional, social & economic conditions supportive?
StrongWeakInformation gap
Criteria Project 1 Project 2
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www.naturalcapitalproject.org/ConEx
Challenges encounteredScience:
– lack of data– valuation with simple models– demand side: flows and beneficiaries
Policy:– all politics is local– appropriate central role
General:– expectations (time and precision)– tool support
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Thanks…
NatCapKai ChanChris ColvinGretchen DailyHelen FoxPeter KareivaErik LonsdorfBruce McKenneyEmily McKenzieGuillermo MendozaBelinda MorrisRobin NaidooErik NelsonNasser OlweroSteve PolaskyJim RegetzSusan RuffoRebecca ShawHeather TallisChristine TamBuzz ThompsonMichael Wright
Valuing the ArcAndrew BalmfordNeil BurgessRhys GreenShadrack MwakalilaMathieu RougetRuth SwetnamKerry TurnerSue White…
SupportNSF-NCEASLeverhulme TrustPackard FoundationMacArthur FoundationMoore FoundationRoger and Vicki SantPeter and Helen Bing…
www.naturalcapitalproject.org