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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.
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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 Regulations Payments Markets Fiscal incentives
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? Strong Weak Information gap
You try out the criteria! Is this a viable ES project that deserves investment of conservation funds? ? or
Refining the criteria Upper Yangtze Puget Sound Sierra Nevada Mexico Mekong Andes Hawai’i Amazon Borneo & Sumatra Eastern Arc Mtns • Website: www.naturalcapitalproject.org/ConEX • Contact: • bmckenney@tnc.org • emily.mckenzie@wwfus.org • bmorris@tnc.org