ValuES
Methods for integrating ecosystem services
into policy, planning and practice
on behalf of
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ValuES: Methods for integrating ecosystem
services into policy, planning and practice
Funding German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature
Conservation,Nuclear Safety and Construction (BMUB) through the
International Climate Initiative (ICI)
Implementation Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Scientific partner Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
(UFZ) GmBH
Timeframe 01 Jan 2013 – 31 Dec 2017
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Why ValuES?
 Several targets of the CBD Strategic Plan 2011-2020
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call for mainstreaming the value and benefits of
ecosystem services, and the development of the
capacity to do so.
Need to create evidence, improve negotiations and
increase the quality and impacts of policies and
measures
Practitioners have difficulties to access, select and
use ESAV methods at practical level.
ESAV results are rarely integrated into decision
making and political processes at the national or
local level.
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What is this side event all about…
• Welcome
• Some words about ValuES (Project)
• Take a short trip and navigate the
Inventory of Methods
• Some experiences of working together
with:
- Namibia
- Mexico
• Some time to discuss and wrap up
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An ecosystem services approach
seeks to integrate ecosystem
services into decision-making by
(a) Understanding people’s
dependence and impact on the
services provided by ecosystems
and
(b) applying policy mechanisms that
incorporate ecosystem service
values into decision-making at all
levels.
Ecosystem services approach
We need to look beyond particular
species and consider the functioning
of an ecosystem as a whole
(systems thinking).
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ValuES is based on GIZ IES Approach and
provides detailed information on methods and instruments
step
1
step
2
step
3
step
4
step
Defining the scope of assessment and
setting the stage
Screening and prioritizing ecosystem
services
Identifying ecosystem service conditions,
trends and trade-offs
Appraising the institutional and cultural
framework
Preparing better decision-making
5
step
Implementing change
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ValuES - project objective
Provide practitioners and decision makers in
environment-related ministries and organisations with
the skills needed to select and effectively use
biophysical and/or economic assessment methods and
instruments to identify, prioritize, valuate, assess and
integrate ecosystem services into politics, planning and
practice.
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ValuES-Tasks
1 – Analysis of existing experience related to
ecosystem service assessment
2 – Inventory of methods and tools for
practioners and decision makers
3 – Advisory services to partner
countries (policies and projects)
4 – Capacity building on the selection
and application of methods and tools
5 – Support to networks and international
exchange platforms
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ValuES-Role
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Technical
Advisor
Facilitate
Processes
Support
Information
exchange
Development of
trainings and
products
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ValuES-processes
Exchange at national level
Global exchange
Brazil
Costa Rica
Kazahstan
Review of
experiences &
advisory
services re ES
assessment &
integration of ES
into practice
Mexico
Practiceoriented
inventory of
methods &
tools
Peer -to-peer
coaching and
knowledge
exchange through
existing networks
Namibia
Capacity development
Vietnam
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in cooperation with bilateral GIZ projects and
partner institutions
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To learn more please visit:
www.aboutvalues.net
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