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True-cost accounting in food and farming Policy mechanisms discussion – developing the potential for Payments for Ecosystem Services Helen Dunn, Senior Economic Adviser, Defra 5 th December 2013

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Page 1: Helen Dunn

True-cost accounting in food and farming

Policy mechanisms discussion – developing the potential for Payments for Ecosystem Services

Helen Dunn, Senior Economic Adviser, Defra5th December 2013

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What does PES look like?

Graphic © Forest Trends

Land or resource managers

Service beneficiaries

Services

Payments

“Green infra structure as a substitute for or complement to traditional engineered approaches is gaining currency in the developed world .” State of watersheds payments, Ecosystem marketplace report

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Developing the potential for PES...

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Defra PES pilot fund projects

Aims of pilot projects to develop proof of concept, help build capacity & spread good practice

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Trialling different contexts for applying PES to water South West Water pilot & implementation of a reverse auction

approach for diffuse pollution (Fowey river improvement auction)

Feasibility of a nitrogen PES scheme in the Poole Harbour Applying PES in context of sewage treatment works/integrated

constructed wetland Upper Thames Cotswold pilot – exploring PES opportunities

relating to pesticide use, grasslands & AD, flood storage

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Development and launch of a pilot peatland code

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Thank you.

For further information:

PES action plan and best practice guide:

https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/

protecting-biodiversity-and-ecosystems-at-home-

and-abroad/supporting-pages/valuing-the-

benefits-we-get-from-nature

PES pilot research projects:

https://www.gov.uk/ecosystems-services

http://ekn.defra.gov.uk/resources/programmes/

pes-pilots/