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Dra. Marina García Llorente Social-Ecological Systems Lab, Ecology Dpt, Autonomous University of Madrid Email: [email protected] LABORATORIO DE SOCIO-ECOSISTEMAS THE SPANISH NATIONAL ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT Ecosystems for human well-being and its role in policy-making CGDD-OECD Seminar on the assessment of ecosystem services and its use for public policies Paris, 1 February 2013
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Dra. Marina García Llorente
Social-Ecological Systems Lab, Ecology Dpt, Autonomous University of Madrid
Email: [email protected]
LABORATORIO DE SOCIO-ECOSISTEMAS
THE SPANISH NATIONAL ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT Ecosystems for human well-being and its role in policy-making
CGDD-OECD Seminar on the assessment of ecosystem services and its use for public policies
Paris, 1 February 2013
Outline
I. RESULTS
II. IMPACT
• What is the Spanish National Ecosystem Assessment (NEA)? • What have we done in the Assessment? Its process and key
results.
• How close is the Spanish NEA from the policy making?
• Contributions at the national and international arenas.
• Lessons learned running the Assessment. • Final considerations.
III. LESSONS
What is the Spanish National Ecosystem Assessment (NEA)?
oIts main objective is to provide scientific and interdisciplinary knowledge regarding the social-ecological consequences on Spanish wellbeing, due to the ecosystems change during the last 50 years.
oThe Spanish NEA is the first analysis at national scale of the ecosystems in terms of the contributions that they provide to the Spanish population.
oIt constitutes a reference framework to integrate different sources of information to understand the complex interactions between ecosystems and human wellbeing.
Good quality of life within ecosystem’s biophysical limits
Deliver
Determine Human actions Interventions
Effects on ECOSYSTEMS
and BIODIVERSITY
ECOSYSTEMS SERVICES
HUMAN WELL-BEING
DIRECT and INDIRECT DRIVERS OF CHANGE
Social system
Economic system
Ecological system
What is the Spanish National Ecosystem Assessment (NEA)?
oIts main objective is to provide scientific and interdisciplinary knowledge regarding the social-ecological consequences on Spanish wellbeing, due to the ecosystems change during the last 50 years.
oThe Spanish NEA is the first analysis at national scale of the ecosystems in terms of the contributions that they provide to the Spanish population.
oIt constitutes a reference framework to integrate different sources of information to understand the complex interactions between ecosystems and human wellbeing.
Good quality of life within ecosystem’s biophysical limits
Deliver
Determine Human actions Interventions
Effects on ECOSYSTEMS
and BIODIVERSITY
ECOSYSTEMS SERVICES
HUMAN WELL-BEING
DIRECT and INDIRECT DRIVERS OF CHANGE
Social system
Economic system
Ecological system
Cultural Anthropology Demography
…
System Ecology Earth Science
…
Economy Ecological Economics
Politics Economy …
Moral Philosophy …
What have we done in the assessment? The research process
2009 2013 (on going)
2012 2011 2010
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Ecosystem Services &
Human Wellbeing
Direct & Indirect Drivers of Change
Spatial Analysis of Ecosystems &
Services
Participatory Scenarios
Socio-cultural & Economic Valuation
ASSESSMENT
Biophysical dimension Social dimension
Communication Strategy
Conceptual Framework Design (Mediterranean)
What have we done in the assessment? The research process
2009 2013 (on going)
2012 2011 2010
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Ecosystem Services &
Human Wellbeing
Direct & Indirect Drivers of Change
Spatial Analysis of Ecosystems &
Services
Participatory Scenarios
Socio-cultural & Economic Valuation
ASSESSMENT
Conceptual Framework Design (Mediterranean)
http://www.ecomilenio.es http://www.fundacion-biodiversidad.es
What have we done in the assessment? The research process
Network of researchers (National Research Council –CSIC- and Universities)- More than 60 researchers from 20 institutions Public administration (Ministry and Biodiversity Foundation) International advisory board Stakeholders involved: NGOs, enterprises, general population
Data bases Cartographic information Literature review Expert panels Focus groups Workshops Interviews Questionnaires Network of complementary projects
TEAM INFORMATION SOURCES
What have we done in the assessment?
The process included 14 types of ecosystems studied by different teams of experts taking into account the Mediterranean character of Spain. • Three FOREST ecosystems (2 Mediterranean, 1 Atlantic) • Two MOUNTAIN ecosystems (1 Alpine, 1 Mediterranean) • AGROECOSYSTEMS • ARID ecosystems • INSULAR ecosystems (Canary Islands) • Three AQUATIC CONTINENTAL (Rivers, wetlands, and aquifers) • COASTAL ecosystems • MARINE ecosystems • UBAN ecosystems
What have we done in the assessment?
We selected 22 ecosystem services from the provisioning (N=8), regulating (N=7) and cultural categories (N=7).
We assessed the influence of direct and indirect drivers of change.
Land use change Climate change Pollution Invasive alien species Overexploitation
Direct drivers Demographic Socio-political Cultural Economic Science & Technology Gender
Indirect drivers
Providingservices
Cultural services
Regulatingservices
HUMAN WELLBEING
Health
Social relationships
Security Freedom
Materials fora good life
What have we done in the assessment?
oWe analyzed human wellbeing using indicators from the five dimensions proposed by MA.
Good quality of life within ecosystem’s biophysical limits
What have we done in the assessment? Key results
Ecosystems
Serv
ices
What have we done in the assessment? Key results
Provisioning (technified)
Provisioning (traditional)
Cultural (traditional) Cultural
(urban)
Regulating
We have degraded regulating services and cultural services associated to traditional know ledge and rural populations increasing our vulnerability to extreme events. At the same time we have increase technified provisioning services and cultural services related with the urban demand.
Losing multifunctional landscapes build from traditional knowledge and practices
What have we done in the assessment? Key results
SPAIN FOLLOWS A GREAT ACCELERATION
PROCESS.
Urban population
Rural population
Total material requirement
Domestic precedence Imported
Outline
I. RESULTS
II. IMPACT
• What is the Spanish National Ecosystem Assessment (NEA)? • What have we done in the assessment? The process and key
results
• How close is the Spanish NEA from the policy making?
• Contributions at the national and international arenas
• Lessons learned running the assessment • Final considerations
III. LESSONS
How close is the Spanish NEA from the policy making?
oThe Spanish NEA established the conceptual and methodological frameworks to develop new sub-regional assessments.
o It is also starting to have an important impact on biodiversity reports and in the conservation strategies.
How close is the Spanish NEA from the policy making?
oThe Spanish Biodiversity Strategy (2011-2017) recognizes the social role of ecosystems and its biodiversity due to its influence on human health, quality of life, and social and economic development through the supply of essential ecosystem services.
o The Spanish NEA helps to meet agreements marked by Spain at national and EU level on biodiversity and ecosystem services.
How close is the Spanish NEA from the policy making?
oAt the international level the Spanish NEA has been included in the IPBES catalogue, BISE system, it is part of the Ecosystem Service Partnership (ESP), it is included in the Sub-global Assessments (SGA) and participates in the MAES working group, among other initiatives.
Outline
I. RESULTS
II. IMPACT
• What is the Spanish National Ecosystem Assessment (NEA)? • What have we done in the assessment? The process and key
results
• How close is the Spanish NEA from the policy making?
• Contributions at the national and international arenas
• Lessons learned running the assessment • Final considerations
III. LESSONS
Lessons learned running the assessment
oThe Spanish population depends on the conservation of its ecosystems and biodiversity behind the supply of ecosystem services
o It has involved a relevant effort to integrate the different dimensions of ecosystems, services, human well-being and drivers of change in order to inform the decision making.
o It was born in the academics field, however it is gaining communication between governance groups, specially in the later stages. It has an important potential to influence in Spanish conservation and landscape planning policies.
o Spanish NEA works on the incorporation of different value dimensions of ecosystem services, from both the supply and the demand sides (including biophysical, socio-cultural and monetary values).
Lessons learned running the assessment
oThe ecosystem’s capacity to supply services determines the range of potential uses by society, having an influence on socio-cultural and monetary values.
oSocio-cultural values have an influence in monetary values, because preferences, ethical and moral motivations determine the ‘utility’ that a person obtains from a particular service.
SOCIAL SYSTEM (Demand-side)
ECOSYSTEM (Supply-side)
BIODIVERSITY
FUNCTIONS
The capacity of ecosystems to supply services
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
HUMAN
WELLBEING
• Genotypes • Species • Communities • Functional diversity
VALUE
BIOPHYSICAL value-domain
SOCIO-CULTURAL value-domain
MONETARY value-domain
Contributions to user cultural identity,
heritage, spiritual values, good social
relationships (Chan et al. 2012)
Contributions to user welfare and well-being conceived in terms of utility, or preference
satisfaction (Wegner & Pascual 2011)
Policy and decision-making
Dra. Marina García Llorente
Social-Ecological Systems Lab, Ecology Dpt, Autonomous University of Madrid
Email: [email protected]
LABORATORIO DE SOCIO-ECOSISTEMAS
Many thanks!
www.ecomilenio.es www.fundacion-biodiversidad.es www.uam.es/socioecosistemas
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