An introduction to the ecosystem approach and ecosystem services

1. An introduction to the ecosystem approach and ecosystem services

2. Don’t Panic! It’s a practical approach for delivery to get better outcomes.

3. The Ecosystem Approach The Ecosystem Approach Adopted by the Convention on Biological Diversity in 1995 as the primary framework for action under the Convention a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation and sustainable use in an equitable way

4. Ecosystem Approach Principles

5. It’s a practical approach for delivery....

6. Huge interest...

7. A policy shift ecosystem Natural Capital Committee approach

8. The Ecosystem Approach • An integrating approach with three key aspects • Systems: It considers the whole ecosystem • People: Puts people and sustainability at the heart of environmental management • Values: the environment provides us with important and valuable benefits (ecosystem goods and services) Ecosystems Knowledge Network

9. Systems • People • Values Ecosystems Knowledge Network

10. Systems - Understanding how nature works • Considers the whole ecosystem • Builds on the Lawton principles of bigger, better, more and joined • Thinks about whole systems and adjacent areas • Includes ecosystem functions and processes as well as habitats and species

11. Human health, wellbeing and prosperity Regulating services Cultural services Provisioning services Supporting Services Underpinning landscape with biodiversity , geodiversity and ecosystem processes = Natural Capital

12. Managing for multiple benefits ? ? ? ?

13. Who benefits?

14. People - Involving people • People are at the heart of the approach • Recognising the different ways in which the natural environment benefits people • Partnership working: different partners have different objects • Involving different people - those who manage the natural environment and those who benefit from it. • Seeking “win-win” solutions and looking at potential conflicts

15. Value - Valuing nature’s services

16. Types of values – it’s not all about money

17. Values – valuing nature’s services Recognising value • The ecosystem approach is about ensuring that the value of the natural environment is recognised in decision making. • Valuing the natural environment is part of the approach - not the whole approach. • Valuation doesn’t have to be in monetary terms. • Valuation informs decision making – it doesn’t replace it. Demonstrating value Capturing value

18. An integrated approach to delivery Partnership working Involving different people Multiple benefits More joined-up delivery INTEGRATED DELIVERY Valuing what nature provides Landscape scale Long term management How nature works