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Presentation 5.5: Ecosystem Services
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Outline• Defining Ecosystem Services • Key Ecosystem Services Provided by
Forests• Ecosystem Markets and Payments for
Ecosystem Services: Putting a Price on Natural Assets
• Communicating “Nature’s Benefits and Values” to the Public
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Section 1: Defining Ecosystem Services
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Outline• Introduction• A Brief History• Common Defitions• The End Product is What Matters: An
Economist’s Perspective• The Process Also Matters: An
Ecologist’s Perspective• Summary
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Introduction• Provide services critical to human
well-being• Benefits provided to humans• Produce goods we purchase• Produce goods we consciously
consume
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History• Earliest record 400 B.C.• Field of ecosystem ecology emerged
in 1940s• Term “ecosystem services” started
late 1970s• Understand different perspectives
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Common Definitions• The Millennium Ecosystem
Assessment– Provisioning Services– Regulating Services– Cultural Services– Supporting Services
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The End Product Is What Matters: An Economist’s Perspective
• Developing approaches– Counting–Measuring– Assigning monetary values
• Emphasize the end/final product
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The Process Also Matters: An Ecologist’s Perspective
• Wide range of conditions• Processes which ecosystems help sustain
life• Intermediate Functions• End Product
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Summary• Ecosystem services can have different
meanings• Benefits ecosystems provide– Goods we purchase
• Food and Fuel– “Free” Services
• Waste decomposition and crop pollination
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Section 2: Key Ecosystem Services Provided by Forests
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Outline • Introduction• Provisioning Services• Regulating Services• Cultural Services• Aspects to Keep in Mind• Ecosystem Services and Disservices• Summary
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Introduction• Ecosystems provide services that
benefit– People– Communities– Business– Contribute to our well-being
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Ecosystem Services of Southern Forests
• Provisioning Services• Regulating Services• Cultural Services
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Provisioning Services• Timber• Bioenergy• Nontimber forest products– Edible and culinary food– Arts and crafts –Medicine and dietary supplements– Floral and decorative– Landscape
• Clean Water
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Regulating Services • Reduced Flooding and Erosion• Air Quality• Climate Regulation
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Cultural Services• Aesthetic, spiritual, and religious
beliefs• Recreation
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Aspects to Keep in Mind• Scale• Interrelationships• Double counting
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Aspects to Keep in Mind• Economic Value• Different types of values
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Aspects to Keep in Mind• Trade-offs• Co-benefits
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Ecosystem Services and Disservices in the Wildland-Urban Interface
• Ecosystem Disservices
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Summary
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Section 3: Ecosystem Markets and Payments for Ecosystem Services: Putting a Price on Natural Assets
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Outline• Introduction• Ecosystem Service Valuation • Types of Ecosystem Markets and
Payments for Ecosystem Services• Current Outlook• Summary
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Introduction• Ecosystems provide essential
benefits to society through tangible products with clear market prices
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Ecosystem Service Valuation • Determining value• Market Development
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Types of Ecosystem Markets and Payments for Ecosystem Services
• Payment– Voluntary Markets– Compliance Markets– Public Payments– Voluntary Private Payments
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Types of Ecosystem Markets and Payments for Ecosystem Services
• Commodity– Carbon–Water– Biodiversity
• Bundled Ecosystem Services
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Current Outlook
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Summary
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Section 3: Communicating “Nature’s Benefits and Values” to the Public
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Outline• Introduction• Nature’s Benefits• Nature’s Value• Communication Approaches • Summary
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Introduction• Increase public
understanding/support• Nature’s Benefits • Nature’s Value• Communication Approaches
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Nature’s Benefits• Talk about “nature’s benefits” or
“nature’s value”• Encourage people to think broadly
about the benefits of nature• Focus on public health and safety as
top benefits
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Nature’s Benefits• Remind people of nature’s role in
providing materials for medicines• Highlight the benefits of nature for
providing food
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Nature’s Value• Acknowledge the unquantifiable
value of nature • Clarify the value of conservation • Highlight non-monetary ways of
measuring nature’s value
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Communication Approaches • Framing the Subject
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Communication Approaches• Messengers and the Audience
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Summary• Challenging to communicate
ecosystem concepts • Resource professionals communicate
information effectively is key • Important that audience
understands
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