wle esr framework - what does it mean for iwmi?
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Matthew McCartney presented on WLE's ESR Framework and how this unique approach will effect how research for development projects are carried out at the IWMI Annual Research Meeting on Dec. 2, 2014. To learn more, please visit http://wle.cgiar.org/research-programs/ecosystem-services/TRANSCRIPT
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WLE-ESR framework:
What does it mean
for IWMI?
Matthew McCartney
02 December
ARM
HQ
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Why a focus on ES&R?
• Humanity is over exploiting the environment
• Food production systems are now global
with attendant benefits and risks
– Diversity of farmed crops is declining
– Environmental degradation from
agriculture is widespread
• Planetary boundaries are being approached
and in some cases exceeded
World production of major crops, 1961-2009
(billion tonnes)
Living planet index: 1970-
present
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What are ecosystem services?
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Ecosystem services within landscapes
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Three key points
• Ecosystem services are provided not just by
naturally pristine ecosystems but also by agricultural
“socio-ecosystems”.
• Many of these services go unnoticed by officialdom
and so are often neglected in formal decision-
making processes.
• Although the need to feed more people is pressing,
simply increasing production is not always the
answer.
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Framework for Ecosystem Services and Resilience in Agriculture
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1. Meeting the needs of poor people is fundamental
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2. People use, modify, and care for nature which provides material and
immaterial benefits to their livelihoods
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3. Cross-scale and cross-level interactions of ecosystem services in agricultural
landscapes can be managed to positively impact development outcomes.
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4. Governance mechanisms are vital tools for achieving equitable access to and
provision of ecosystem services.
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5. Building resilience is about enhancing the capacity of communities to sustainably
develop in an uncertain world.
Shocks and disturbances
Novelty, renewal,
innovation
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What it means for WLE projects
• Assessment and planning to identify priority ES, understand their flow and the options, trade-offs and synergies for their management
• Valuing ES – who benefits from them and who loses if they are degraded.
• Evaluating potential and actual impact of different management options on, not only agricultural productivity, but on the suite of connected ES
• Continual engagement with decision-makers to encourage and facilitate consideration of ES context and ES-based solutions in the decisions that they make.
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Thank you
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Entry points for the ESR approach
• Improve farming practices to integrate flow of ES to and from agriculture
• Landscape management for multiple services • Minimizing degradation (waste) of ES• Managing for trade-offs across and between sectors
and scales• Managing for increasing variability and shocks • Scaling up farm-level ES-based approaches• Identifying effective governance approaches for
creating resilient systems and managing common pool resources
All require improved understanding of how to manage the stocks and flows of ES in the landscape.