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‘Top Ten’ Screening Criteria. Assessing Opportunities for an Ecosystem Services Approach. Bruce McKenney, The Nature Conservancy Belinda Morris, The Nature Conservancy Emily McKenzie, Natural Capital Project & WWF-US. Ecosystem services approach. Integrating ecosystem services in decisions. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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‘Top Ten’ Screening Criteria
Assessing Opportunities for an Ecosystem Services Approach
Bruce McKenney, The Nature ConservancyBelinda Morris, The Nature ConservancyEmily McKenzie, Natural Capital Project & WWF-US
Ecosystem services approach
Markets
Fiscal incentives
Regulations
Payments
Integrating ecosystem services in decisions
Not equally viable in all contexts
More than geographic overlap
‘Top Ten’ Screening Criteria
• Will the service & conservation be delivered?
• Are legal, institutional, social & economic conditions supportive?
Top 10 + ? -Service deliveryMeasurabilityScale / replicableAlternatives…
StrongWeakInformation gap
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Is this a viable ES project that deserves investment of conservation funds?
or ?
Top 10 + ? -Service deliveryService measurementConservation deliveryScaleAlternativesProviders & beneficiariesBenefits & costsLegal/institutional & capacityStakeholders, equity, viabilityEconomic context
Refining the criteria
Mekong
Amazon Borneo &Sumatra
Puget Sound
MexicoAndes
• Website: www.naturalcapitalproject.org/ConEX• Contact:
SierraNevada
Hawai’i
EasternArc Mtns
Upper Yangtze
