‘ecosystem services approach and mainstreaming biodiversity - experiences of giz’, presentation...

Multidisciplinary Research Week 2013

World Water Day: Water Cooperation

‘Ecosystem Services Approach and Mainstreaming Biodiversity - Experiences of GIZ’,

by Dr Kirsten Probst, German Development Agency,( GIZ), Member of the ASSETS advisory board.

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Ecosystem Services Approach and Mainstreaming Biodiversity

– Experiences of GIZ

Ecosystem services for poverty alleviation on World Water Day 2013, 22nd March

University of Southhampton

Dr. Kirsten ProbstDivision 4700 Environment and Climate Change

Deutsche Gesellschaft fürInternationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

• Owned by the Federal Republic of Germany

• Organised as a private-sector entity

• Supports the objectives of the German Government

Our profileA German federal enterprise

We manage change. For sustainable development worldwide.

• With advisory and practical services

• Across a wide range of sectors

• For customised, innovative solutions

• On behalf of clients inside Germany and around the world

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GIZ - Facts and figures

• Operations in Germany and in over 130 countries around the world

• Around 17,000 employees

• Business volume of some 2 billion euros in 2011

• Commissioned by public and private-sector bodies inside and outside Germany

• Main commissioning party: the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development


Biodiversity and Forests – A Priority Area for German Development Cooperation:

Biological diversity (and esp. forests) play a significant role in German Development Policy and Cooperation

=> its own priority area and cross-cutting theme Strong political commitment to conserve and sustainably

manage biodiversity, forests and ecosystem services Increased funding: 219 Mio. Euros (2008), 300 Mio.

Euros (2010), app. 448 Mio. Euros (2012) German Government (BMZ & BMU) to invest 500 Mio.

Euros annually starting 2013

The more biodiversity there is– the more resilient is our own survival system”

(Quoted after German Chanc. Angela Merkel, Int. Year of Biodiversity 2010)


Scope of actionSustainable implementation on all political levels

Concept of multilevel interventions: providing concrete experiences on the local and national level and feedback into

national policy and international processes

International level

Support to the further development of the CBD and its instruments and support to the partner countries in the international negotiations

National level

Ministries in Germany and Partner Countries:Policy advice regarding the implementation of the

Strategic Plan 2011-2020 of the CBD

Local level

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Our portfolio has grown steadily, responding to the extended scope and the guiding principles of the CBD Strategic Plan

2011 – 2020 and its 20 Aichi-targets

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Our portfolio has grown steadily, responding to the extended scope and the guiding principles of the CBD Strategic Plan

2011 – 2020 and its 20 Aichi-targets

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Our goal • Mainstreaming of biodiversity and ecosystem services

into German Development Cooperation

• Mainstreaming of biodiversity and ecosystem services into development planning processes in partner countries.

Example 1:Integrating Ecosystem Services into Development Planning (IES)

What is it? IES is a stepwise approach for systematically assessing, valuating and integrating ecosystem services into development planning.

What is the purpose? IES aims to assist in recognizing the links between nature and development. It considers the environmental and economic trade-offs associated with development measures and helps to systematically incorporate ecosystem service-related opportunities and risks into the planning and implementation of strategies.

Who can use it? IES is designed to support advisors, project staff and development planners in partner countries to integrate ecosystem services into the design and review of development plans, sector-specific and spatial planning, environmental and climate assessments, as well as into project development and proposal formulation.

Integrating Ecosystem Services (IES) into Development Planning


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

How does the development plan

depend and impact on ecosystem services?

What risks and opportunities do

ecosystem services pose to the development

plan?

Which policy measures can help to avoid these costs and capture these

benefits?


Guide:Integrating Ecosystem

Services into Development Planning

A stepwise approach for practitioners based on the

TEEB approach

Available in english, spanish, portuguese. French version coming soon.

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Training module IESTailored 2 to 4-day training based on the Harvard Case Method

08/04/2023

Africa (south)• Namibia

(capacity building on IES)

Central America and Carribean • Mexico (capacity building

on IES, PES)• Costa Rica (capacity

building on IES)

Africa (north)• Tunisia (Capacity building

on IES)• Morocco (TEEB

workshop, capacity building)

South America • Ecuador: (capacity

building on IES, PES)• Peru (pilot project on

IES, PES, TEEB workshop)

• Brazil (TEEB project, capacity building on IES, PES)

Partner countries and activities (overview)

Asia• India (TEEB project)• Vietnam (TEEB workshops and

capacity building, PES)• Thailand (project)• Asean Centre for Biodiversity

(TEEB workshops and capacity building)

IES in Practice: TEEB Study to inform Development Planning and Public Investment in the Piura Region (Peru)


Outcomes at National level, e.g.: TOR were picked up by Ministry of Environment to initiate

similar studies in other regions Ministry of Finance is organizing Information meetings for

technical staff on ES

Outcomes at Regional level: Local government applying for public funding for capacity

development in ES valuation in diff. sectors Conservation of ecosystems to secure water provising

services for regional capital city as priority measure

Next Steps: Broad communication of results to different

policy sectors & stakeholder PDRS/GIZ: support to Min. of Environment in

in up-scaling to other regions

Example 2:Compendium of Methodologies

for assessing and mainstreaming biodiversity into international

cooperation



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Initial Situation

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What information do policy-makers really need about ecosystem services in order to make more effective and ecologically-sustainable development and allocation decisions in future?

Which methods and approaches are best suited to which problem and context?

Which methods are sufficiently robust and replicable and provide results that are appropriate for M&E?

Who should be involved in the planning and implementation of the studies?

What is the best way of processing and representing the results so that they are intelligible to different target groups and decision-makers?

…in cooperation with bilateral GIZ-projects and partner institutions

Exchange on national level

Global exchange

Services provided by project

Reviewr of experiences/

pilot application of ES analyses

Practical compendium

of methodoloies

Capacity development and

knowledge exchange by

exsting networks

?

Potential areas of mutual interest:

• Cases where ES studies and analyses were successfully integrated into political decision-making processes and the design of policy instruments (e.g. in agriculture, food security, rural development, climate change adaption)

• Assessment of practicability of different methods and tools for ES analysis in the context of public management and development planning

• Improved dialogue between research and practice


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