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Holistic and integrated approaches to achieving SDG 15
Sonali Senaratna Sellamuttu, Ph.D.
Sustainable Development Goal 15: Progress and ProspectsAn expert group meeting in preparation for HLPF 2018:Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies14-15 May 2018United Nations Headquarters, New York
“Ecosystem-based adaptation is the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services as part of an overall adaptation strategy for climate change.” (CBD 2009)
Landscape approach: New Ecosystem based adaption landscape approach– Integrate management of all natural resources, including land, trees, water
and people - move away from sectorial management
– Slowing down and storing water in the upland systems will allow communities to have access to water all year –by storage we mean the whole storage continuum.
– Reducing peak discharge will reduce floods downstream
– Management of both surface and groundwater is also important especially in the management of spring systems.
What are good practices in employing these approaches at scale?
TAKE THE STAIRWAYS TO A BRIGHT FUTURE
WITH RELIABLE WATER RESOURCES
Trace natural water resources
to build irrigation ponds
Irrigate your land to grow
fruits and vegetables
Increase your family income
with your profit
a
bl e yi el ds
The Building Climate Resilience of Watersheds in Mountain Eco RegionsProject (BCRWME) builds reliable water resources in support of
45,000 households in the Far Western Development Region of NepalThe BCRWME project is executed by the Department of Soil Conservation and W atershed Management (DSCWM)
Project Offic
e
: Tufandada, Amargadhi-5, Dadeldhura Phone: 096-410236 Fax: 096-410356
Email: [email protected] Website: www.bcrwme.gov.np
Liaison Offic
e
: DSCWM, Babarmahal, Kathmandu Phone: 01-4241487
Treat natural gullies and landslides
eroding your hillsides
Brush layering is one technique
preventing erosion and landslides
Feel safe together with your
family and your community
Trace natural spring water
near your community
Improve the condition of the spring
water and collect it into intake
Pipe it towards a water tap for
everyone in your community
CLEAN WATER FOR ALL
A SAFE COMMUNITY
A BETTER LIVING
WAT E R l I N F R A ST R U C T U R E l E C O SYST E M S
A landscape approach with the “entry point” being portfolios of natural and built infrastructure and their interaction with and through ecosystem services.
What are good practices in employing these approaches at scale?
How can we achieve a more holistic accounting of the value of nature and
its ecosystems, and what role can governments play?
https://www.ipbes.net/outcomes
• Regulating services are also significantly valued and acknowledged. • Contributions estimated to differing extents through non-monetary and
economic valuation studies, but valuations also vary (different contexts and valuation methodologies used).
• Caution when using, transferring and generalizing economic values of nature’s contributions to people for decisions in contexts outside original value.
• Further research required as data is in general sparse and limited to some ecosystem types and geographic regions.
• Application of natural capital accounting by governments assist in internalization of value of nature’s contributions to people within development programs, generating options for enhancing revenue for financing conservation.
Imbalanced distribution ofstudies on economic valuation of ecosystem services across the five subregions in the Asia-Pacific
What changes are needed in governance institutions and structures at all levels to enable greater efficiency and effectiveness in achieving SDG 15?
• Involve local communities in decision making for biodiversity conservation
• Integrate biodiversity conservation into key development sectors
• Take on board interlinkages between SDG 15 and other SDGs and potential trade-offs.
• Promote transboundary regional corporation
Source: Sanjiv de Silva
Thank youGratefully acknowledge all the contributions made by IWMI colleagues
Matthew McCartney, Luna Bharati, Chris Dickens, Guillaume Lacombe, Mark Smith and Alan Nicol