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ValuESMethods for integrating ecosystem services

into policy, planning and practice

on behalf of

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ValuES: Methods for integrating ecosystem services into policy, planning and practice

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Funding German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation,Nuclear Safety and Construction (BMUB) through the International Climate Initiative (ICI)

Implementation Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Scientific partner Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) GmBH

Timeframe 01 Jan 2013 – 31 Dec 2017

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Why ValuES?

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Several targets of the CBD Strategic Plan 2011-2020 call for mainstreaming the value and benefits of ecosystem services, and the development of the capacity to do so.

Need to create evidence, improve negotiations and increase the quality and impacts of policies and measures

Practitioners have difficulties to access, select and use ESAV methods at practical level.

ESAV results are rarely integrated into decision making

and political processes at the national or local level.

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What is this side event all about…

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• Welcome

• Some words about ValuES (Project)

• Take a short trip and navigate the Inventory of Methods

• Some experiences of working together with:

- Namibia

- Mexico

• Some time to discuss and wrap up

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An ecosystem services approach seeks to integrate ecosystem services into decision-making by

We need to look beyond particular species and consider the functioning

of an ecosystem as a whole (systems thinking).

(a) Understanding people’s dependence and impact on the services provided by ecosystems and

(b) applying policy mechanisms that incorporate ecosystem service values into decision-making at all levels.

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ValuES is based on GIZ IES Approach andprovides detailed information on methods and instruments

step 1

Defining the scope of assessment and setting the stage

step 2

Screening and prioritizing ecosystem services

step 3

Identifying ecosystem service conditions, trends and trade-offs

step 4

Appraising the institutional and cultural framework

step 5

Preparing better decision-making

step 6

Implementing change

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Provide practitioners and decision makers in environment-related ministries and organisations with the skills needed to select and effectively use biophysical and/or economic assessment methods and instruments to identify, prioritize, valuate, assess and integrate ecosystem services into politics, planning and practice.

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ValuES - project objective

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ValuES-Tasks

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ValuES-Role

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in cooperation with bilateral GIZ projects and partner institutions

Exchange at national level

Global exchange

ValuES-processes

Peer -to-peer coaching and

knowledge exchange through existing networks

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Brazil

Costa Rica

Kazahstan

Mexico

Vietnam

Namibia

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Capacity development

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To learn more please visit:

www.aboutvalues.net