Mining and Ecosystem Services: Hard trade-offs in Ecuador · 2012-12-18 · Rivers and Lakes...
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Lola Flores, Research Analyst
Maya Kocian, Economist
Mining and Ecosystem
Services: Hard trade-offs
in Ecuador
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Overview: Study Area
The Dilemma
Applying Ecological Economics
About Us
Agenda
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Biological Hot Spots
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Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena
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Sumak Kawsay
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Rights for Nature
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Imbabura
Province
Intag
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The Dilemma in Intag
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“Impacts to the local
climate, leading to
desertification”
(JICA 1996)
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• DECOIN (Defense and Conservation of Intag)
• AACRI (Río Intag Agroartesanal Coffee Growers’ Association)
• ACAI (Association of Agro-Ecological Farmers of Intag)
• TOISÁN CONSORTIUM(social and sustainable development)
• Member groups of the WOMEN’S COORDINATING COMMITTEE OF INTAG
• COMMUNITY COUNCIL of García Moreno
• Flor deMayo and other forest ranger groups
• Cotacachi-Cayapas Reserve Committee for the Cuellaje District
• JUNÍN Ecotourism Group
• CTGV (Greater Valley Workshop Corporation)
• LOS CEDROS Foundation
• Manduriacos TourismCommittee
• YOUNG PEOPLE’S COORDINATING COMMITTEE OF INTAG
• RAINFOREST CONCERN
• NGO ZOO BREVIVEN
• PRODECI-AYUDA ENACCIÓN
• PRODERENA, ECOPAR, FBU, XCS, USAID
• Chalguayaco Alto Farming and Livestock Association
• AUCC (Environmental Management Council CGAMRN)
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1) Bishimetals
2) Ascendant Copper (Copper Mesa)
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Source: aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/03/20123921342425380.html
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Applying Ecological Economics
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Medicinal Resources Carbon Sequestration
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Freshwater Supply
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Ecosystems Services
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Values for Intag
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Final Report
501(c)3 founded in 1998
About Us
Where we work
EVT and SERVES SERVES = Simple, Effective Resource for Valuing
Ecosystem Services
EVT = Ecosystem Valuation Toolkit
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Rivers and Lakes Wetlands Riparian Forest
Gas and Climate Regulation x x Flood Protection x x Habitat Refugium x x x
Pollination x Soil Erosion Control x x
Water Flow Regulation x x x Nutrient Cycling x Water Supply x x x Water Quality x x x
Biological Control x Aesthetic & Recreational x x x
Soil Formation x x Food Provisioning x x
Biodiversity x x x
Rivers and Lakes Wetlands Riparian Forest
Gas and Climate Regulation $29.43 $43.56 Flood Protection $117.87 $7.56 Habitat Refugium $17.13 $58.89 $269.85
Pollination x x Soil Erosion Control
Water Flow Regulation x x x Nutrient Cycling x Water Supply $58.89 $199.11 $2,105 Water Quality x x
Biological Control
Aesthetic & Recreational $1.69 x $1,043 Soil Formation
Food Provisioning x x
Biodiversity x x
Rivers and Lakes Wetlands Riparian Forest
Gas and Climate Regulation $29.43 $43.56
Flood Protection $117.87 $7.56
Habitat Refugium $17.13 $58.89 $269.85
Pollination
Soil Erosion Control
Water Flow Regulation x x x
Nutrient Cycling x
Water Supply $58.89 $199.11 $2,105
Water Quality x x
Biological Control
Aesthetic & Recreational $1.69 x $1,043
Soil Formation
Food Provisioning x x
Biodiversity x x
Rivers and Lakes Wetlands Riparian Forest
Gas and Climate Regulation $29.43 $43.56
Flood Protection $117.87 $7.56
Habitat Refugium $17.13 $58.89 $269.85
Pollination
Soil Erosion Control
Water Flow Regulation x x x
Nutrient Cycling x
Water Supply $58.89 $199.11 $2,105
Water Quality x x
Biological Control
Aesthetic & Recreational $1.69 x $1,043
Soil Formation
Food Provisioning x x
Biodiversity x x
Rivers & Lakes
$77.71 per acre
each year
Total Low Value of Rivers and
Lakes
Rivers & Lakes
$77.71 per acre
each year
Open Water
Perennial Ice/Snow
Deciduous Forest
Evergreen Forest
Mixed Forest
Scrub/Shrub
Grassland/Herbaceous
Pasture/Hay
Cultivated Crops
Woody Wetlands
Herbaceous Wetlands
Eelgrass
Rivers and Lakes
Total Low Value
of each
landcover type * [ ] Acres