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Environmental Services; Lessons from the Andes CPWF? J.Rubiano ( j.rubiano@gmail.com ) and K. Pallaris Condesan Consu

Environmental Services; Lessons from the Andes CPWF? J.Rubiano ( j.rubiano@gmail.com ) and K. Pallaris Condesan Consultants. CPWF supported a number of research projects in different themes that emerged in parallel with the efforts to implement Environmental Services by the GTZ-CAP.

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Environmental Services; Lessons from the Andes CPWF? J.Rubiano ( j.rubiano@gmail.com ) and K. Pallaris Condesan Consu

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  1. Environmental Services; Lessons from the Andes CPWF?J.Rubiano (j.rubiano@gmail.com) and K. PallarisCondesan Consultants

  2. CPWF supported a number of research projects in different themes that emerged in parallel with the efforts to implement Environmental Services by the GTZ-CAP. Targeted a range of different basins in the Andes, including Central America and many other in the World. Lessons presented here derive from projects PN15 (Quesungual), PN20 (SCALES) and PN22 (ENV. SERV.) but other projects in the region will be incorporated. Introduction

  3. Among several of the questions raised in a synthesis of project findings, we would like to know: • What are the lessons to be learnt from the CPWF funded projects on Environmental Services • What do these tell us about the potential to scale-up and introduce PES programs in the region and elsewhere. Objectives

  4. Kattomba Group guide on implementation of PES schemes. http://www.katoombagroup.org/documents/publications/GettingStarted.pdf • The Bellagio recommendations on water related environmental services. http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/Publications/Detail?pid=2553 • CARE’s WWF & IIED “Business Case” Framework Approach http://www.fao.org/es/ESA/pesal/PESmaterials1.html Frameworks used

  5. In summary key themes include: Livelihood Assessment Biophysical analysis Legal context Buyer/Seller profiles Cost Benefit/Economics Monitoring and Regulation * Key components addressed by these frameworks

  6. Is the framework for assessing the feasibility for PES to help design its implementation easy to apply and repeatable Can the metrics that determine success be quantified? Is the complexity and diversity in assessment criteria a constraint to using a synthesized framework? Warning Questions

  7. Quintero, M.; Estrada, R.D. Pago por servicios ambientales en Latinoamérica y sus perspectivas en los Andes. Agosto 2006 Diaz, A. M.; Estrada, R. D. Un mecanismo para promover desarrollo rural en los Andes (PN22). Octubre 2006. Castro, A. et al. Improving the efficiency of rainwater use in small holder farms in sub-humid tropics; agricultural and environmental benefits of Quesungual agro forestry system. PN 20 - Sustaining inclusive Collective Action that Links across Economic and Ecological Scales in upper watersheds (SCALES) Asquith, N.M.; Wunder, S.; eds. Payments for watershed services: the Bellagio conversations Fundación Natura Bolivia, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. 2008 Lopa, D.M.; Ellis-Jones, M. Equitable payments for watershed services; feasibility study methodology “a business case approach”. WWF-CARE February 2008. Wunder, S. CIFOR Occasional Paper No. 42. Payments for environmental services: Some nuts and bolts. 2005. The Katoomba Group, UNEP; Payments for ecosystem services; getting started: A Primer. May 2008 Rivera P, Mariela. 2008. Determinación De La Dinámica Del Agua En El Sistema Agroforestal Quesungual E Identificación De Factores Suelo-Planta Para El Mejoramiento De La Productividad Del Agua En Los Cultivos. PhD Tesis (draft) Source documentation for the synthesis

  8. Quick Summary High Contribution Low Contribution Biophysical Analysis Legal Context Buyer Seller Profiles Cost Benefit

  9. CPWF projects did not set out to implement a PES according to any framework but contributed key findings around each framework component Initial Findings & Conclusions

  10. Niche land management approach with potential to becoming a paying service The scientific evidence linked the potential service to improvements resulting in word of mouth spread Lesson, important it is to establish the biophysical assessment as a first step for carrying out PES feasibility PN15 Lessons & Potential

  11. Contributed greatest by illustrating their approach to livelihood assessment and institutional legal framework assessments. Is there potential for these to become embedded PES user guide toolkits? Lessons, showed that it is not only important to make the initial assessment or to trigger engagement, but to find ways to sustain that engagement, either through continued funding or through the presented 6th operating principle. PN20 Lessons and Potential

  12. Great contribution in quantification and valuation of services by means of a wide range of biophysical and socioeconomic models (e.g. SWAT, ECOSAUT) • Building alliances with development projects (GTZ CAP) secure immediate implementation of research findings • Advance in the costs and benefits analysis at all the scales (farm, region, national) • Proved that even with scientific evidence establishing buyer and seller profiles was not easy as its not always clear who to target PN22 Lessons and Potential

  13. Review of other CPWF project in the Andes Review of final versions of CPWF projects reports To collect comments from project implementers Pending Tasks

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