Valuing rainforests as Global Eco-Utilities: a novel mechanism to pay communities for ecosystem services provided by the Amazon
Lead Research Organisation:
Global Canopy Foundation
Department Name: Global Canopy Programme
Abstract
See Joint Proposal: Valuing rainforests as Global Eco-Utilities: a novel mechanism to pay communities for ecosystem services provided by the Amazon. PI: John Grace. Ref: H779305
Organisations
- Global Canopy Foundation (Lead Research Organisation)
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Collaboration)
- Earth System Science Centre (CCST)/ Ministry of Science and Technology (INPE) (Collaboration)
- Brazilian Diagnostic Centre for Animal Health (CEDISA) (Collaboration)
- Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres (Collaboration)
- Vivid Economics (Collaboration)
- National Agrarian University (Collaboration)
- Instituto GAEA (Collaboration)
- Intelligent Pneumatic Arm Movement (Collaboration)
- Climate Bonds Initiative (Collaboration)
Publications
Chou S
(2011)
Downscaling of South America present climate driven by 4-member HadCM3 runs
in Climate Dynamics
Fisher J
(2014)
Understanding the relationships between ecosystem services and poverty alleviation: A conceptual framework
in Ecosystem Services
Fisher J
(2013)
Strengthening conceptual foundations: Analysing frameworks for ecosystem services and poverty alleviation research
in Global Environmental Change
Galbraith D
(2010)
Multiple mechanisms of Amazonian forest biomass losses in three dynamic global vegetation models under climate change.
in The New phytologist
Joshua Farley (Author)
(2012)
How Valuing Nature Can Transform Agriculture.
in Solutions
Meir P
(2010)
Amazonian rain forests and drought: response and vulnerability.
in The New phytologist
Muradian R
(2013)
Payments for ecosystem services and the fatal attraction of win-win solutions
in Conservation Letters
Ometto J
(2014)
Amazon deforestation in Brazil: effects, drivers and challenges
in Carbon Management
Ometto J
(2014)
Amazon forest biomass density maps: tackling the uncertainty in carbon emission estimates
in Climatic Change
| Description | The work led to new expertise in collaborating organisations especially in Brazil on combining climate,ecosystem and social science. It was a capacity building project so primary research was not the first aim. It met those goals very well,and also supported future work. In linked analyses we showed that the 2005 Amazonian drought generated significant effects on health, fisheries, transport, crops and carbon emissions. We also explored the value of the water recycling function of Amazonia, giving a first pass estimate of economic values, and providing a starting point for further data collection, analysis, critical thinking and theoretical development. We also spatial datasets at an Amazon basin scale to map out some of the keyecosystem services in Amazonia: carbon storage, water flow regulation, and biodiversity maintenance. Three summary papers discussed the links between ecosystem services, public policies and mechanisms for poverty alleviation and vulnerability reduction in Amazonia. In a final report we synthesised literature across policy, biophysical science and the area of 'payment for ecosystem services' and pointed towards an emerging analysis framework for poverty alleviation and vulnerability reduction based on the role of Amazonia in providing a suite of ecosystem services beyond carbon. |
| Exploitation Route | Please see website |
| Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink Communities and Social Services/Policy Creative Economy Education Energy Environment Government Democracy and Justice Transport |
| URL | http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/funded/programmes/espa/?pageNo=3 |
| Description | This project was explicitly a capacity building project. It did exactly that: led to new expertise in S. America, new networks, new grants and publications, as detailed elsewhere in this system. Impacts on the ground were not part of the remit, though multiple downstream effects have ensued given the wide constituencies affected and networks built. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2010 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Education,Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice |
| Impact Types | Cultural Societal Economic |
| Description | Advice for lead up to Rio20+ to FCO |
| Geographic Reach | South America |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | Direct provision of policy relevant information/advice to FCO, following funding from British Embassy in Brasilia to GCP. Publication of Securing Brazil's food, water and energy with Proactive Investment in Natural Capital. Global Canopy Programme, Oxford. URL: http://www.globalcanopy.org/sites/default/files/THINK_PINC.pdf |
| Description | Extreme climate events in Amazonia: Causes, consequences and strengthening socio-ecological systems to build resilience' |
| Geographic Reach | South America |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Panel discussion at high-impact conference, 'Planet Under Pressure', London, 2012 Two separate invited presenters - one Southern (Marengo), one Northern (Meir) Impact was on a large audience of about 200 people; outcome on policy making is less clearly quantified. |
| Description | A socio-ecological systems analysis of the political economy of Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation |
| Amount | £250,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/I002952/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2011 |
| End | 01/2012 |
| Description | ACES: Abrupt Changes in Ecosystem Services and Wellbeing in Mozambican Woodlands |
| Amount | £1,868,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/K010395/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2013 |
| End | 05/2016 |
| Description | Amazalert: Raising the alert about critical feedbacks between climate and land use change in Amazonia |
| Amount | £3,000,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | FP7-ENV.2011.1.1.5-1 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 07/2011 |
| End | 11/2014 |
| Description | Amazalert: Raising the alert about critical feedbacks between climate and land use change in Amazonia |
| Amount | £3,000,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | FP7-ENV.2011.1.1.5-1 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 07/2011 |
| End | 11/2014 |
| Description | Think PINC: Securing Brazil's food, water and energy with Proactive Investment in Natural Capital |
| Amount | £30,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2011 |
| End | 03/2012 |
| Description | Think PINC: Securing Brazil's food, water and energy with Proactive Investment in Natural Capital |
| Amount | £30,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2011 |
| End | 03/2012 |
| Title | Improved climate and land use models, led by INPE but also Met Office |
| Description | Improved climate and land use models, led by INPE but also Met Office |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | It has advanced the UK earth system modelling expertise It has advance international collaboration on earth system modelling, in particular with Brazil |
| Description | Unlocking Forest Finance |
| Organisation | Brazilian Diagnostic Centre for Animal Health (CEDISA) |
| Country | Brazil |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Unlocking Forest Finance is a new consortium project led by GCP in Latin America and builds on partnerships forged in the ESPA capacity building project. Implementing partners include CEDISA, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, IIASA, Climate Bonds Initiative, Vivid Economics, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina - UNALM, Instituto GAEA, IPAM and INPE-CCST. GCP and partners will be developing jurisdictional scale financing models in states/provinces of Brazil & Peru - Acre, Mato Grosso & San Martin - and using public finance to leverage private finance at the scale of capital markets (e.g. bonds). The goal is to develop a financing model which can alleviate the pressure to deforest, restore land, move production to sustainable systems, as well as conserve forest (e.g. protected areas) and promote sustainable rural development in the case-study regions. Ecosystem service valuations will be incorporated in to the investment proposition, and ultimately (we hope) in to the cash-flows. The consortium has developed and submitted a 3. 6 million euro project proposal which we hope to receive confirmation in Spring 2013. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Unlocking Forest Finance |
| Organisation | Climate Bonds Initiative |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Unlocking Forest Finance is a new consortium project led by GCP in Latin America and builds on partnerships forged in the ESPA capacity building project. Implementing partners include CEDISA, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, IIASA, Climate Bonds Initiative, Vivid Economics, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina - UNALM, Instituto GAEA, IPAM and INPE-CCST. GCP and partners will be developing jurisdictional scale financing models in states/provinces of Brazil & Peru - Acre, Mato Grosso & San Martin - and using public finance to leverage private finance at the scale of capital markets (e.g. bonds). The goal is to develop a financing model which can alleviate the pressure to deforest, restore land, move production to sustainable systems, as well as conserve forest (e.g. protected areas) and promote sustainable rural development in the case-study regions. Ecosystem service valuations will be incorporated in to the investment proposition, and ultimately (we hope) in to the cash-flows. The consortium has developed and submitted a 3. 6 million euro project proposal which we hope to receive confirmation in Spring 2013. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Unlocking Forest Finance |
| Organisation | Earth System Science Centre (CCST)/ Ministry of Science and Technology (INPE) |
| Country | Brazil |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Unlocking Forest Finance is a new consortium project led by GCP in Latin America and builds on partnerships forged in the ESPA capacity building project. Implementing partners include CEDISA, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, IIASA, Climate Bonds Initiative, Vivid Economics, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina - UNALM, Instituto GAEA, IPAM and INPE-CCST. GCP and partners will be developing jurisdictional scale financing models in states/provinces of Brazil & Peru - Acre, Mato Grosso & San Martin - and using public finance to leverage private finance at the scale of capital markets (e.g. bonds). The goal is to develop a financing model which can alleviate the pressure to deforest, restore land, move production to sustainable systems, as well as conserve forest (e.g. protected areas) and promote sustainable rural development in the case-study regions. Ecosystem service valuations will be incorporated in to the investment proposition, and ultimately (we hope) in to the cash-flows. The consortium has developed and submitted a 3. 6 million euro project proposal which we hope to receive confirmation in Spring 2013. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Unlocking Forest Finance |
| Organisation | Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres |
| Department | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Unlocking Forest Finance is a new consortium project led by GCP in Latin America and builds on partnerships forged in the ESPA capacity building project. Implementing partners include CEDISA, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, IIASA, Climate Bonds Initiative, Vivid Economics, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina - UNALM, Instituto GAEA, IPAM and INPE-CCST. GCP and partners will be developing jurisdictional scale financing models in states/provinces of Brazil & Peru - Acre, Mato Grosso & San Martin - and using public finance to leverage private finance at the scale of capital markets (e.g. bonds). The goal is to develop a financing model which can alleviate the pressure to deforest, restore land, move production to sustainable systems, as well as conserve forest (e.g. protected areas) and promote sustainable rural development in the case-study regions. Ecosystem service valuations will be incorporated in to the investment proposition, and ultimately (we hope) in to the cash-flows. The consortium has developed and submitted a 3. 6 million euro project proposal which we hope to receive confirmation in Spring 2013. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Unlocking Forest Finance |
| Organisation | Instituto GAEA |
| Country | Brazil |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Unlocking Forest Finance is a new consortium project led by GCP in Latin America and builds on partnerships forged in the ESPA capacity building project. Implementing partners include CEDISA, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, IIASA, Climate Bonds Initiative, Vivid Economics, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina - UNALM, Instituto GAEA, IPAM and INPE-CCST. GCP and partners will be developing jurisdictional scale financing models in states/provinces of Brazil & Peru - Acre, Mato Grosso & San Martin - and using public finance to leverage private finance at the scale of capital markets (e.g. bonds). The goal is to develop a financing model which can alleviate the pressure to deforest, restore land, move production to sustainable systems, as well as conserve forest (e.g. protected areas) and promote sustainable rural development in the case-study regions. Ecosystem service valuations will be incorporated in to the investment proposition, and ultimately (we hope) in to the cash-flows. The consortium has developed and submitted a 3. 6 million euro project proposal which we hope to receive confirmation in Spring 2013. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Unlocking Forest Finance |
| Organisation | Intelligent Pneumatic Arm Movement |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Unlocking Forest Finance is a new consortium project led by GCP in Latin America and builds on partnerships forged in the ESPA capacity building project. Implementing partners include CEDISA, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, IIASA, Climate Bonds Initiative, Vivid Economics, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina - UNALM, Instituto GAEA, IPAM and INPE-CCST. GCP and partners will be developing jurisdictional scale financing models in states/provinces of Brazil & Peru - Acre, Mato Grosso & San Martin - and using public finance to leverage private finance at the scale of capital markets (e.g. bonds). The goal is to develop a financing model which can alleviate the pressure to deforest, restore land, move production to sustainable systems, as well as conserve forest (e.g. protected areas) and promote sustainable rural development in the case-study regions. Ecosystem service valuations will be incorporated in to the investment proposition, and ultimately (we hope) in to the cash-flows. The consortium has developed and submitted a 3. 6 million euro project proposal which we hope to receive confirmation in Spring 2013. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Unlocking Forest Finance |
| Organisation | International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis |
| Country | Austria |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Unlocking Forest Finance is a new consortium project led by GCP in Latin America and builds on partnerships forged in the ESPA capacity building project. Implementing partners include CEDISA, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, IIASA, Climate Bonds Initiative, Vivid Economics, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina - UNALM, Instituto GAEA, IPAM and INPE-CCST. GCP and partners will be developing jurisdictional scale financing models in states/provinces of Brazil & Peru - Acre, Mato Grosso & San Martin - and using public finance to leverage private finance at the scale of capital markets (e.g. bonds). The goal is to develop a financing model which can alleviate the pressure to deforest, restore land, move production to sustainable systems, as well as conserve forest (e.g. protected areas) and promote sustainable rural development in the case-study regions. Ecosystem service valuations will be incorporated in to the investment proposition, and ultimately (we hope) in to the cash-flows. The consortium has developed and submitted a 3. 6 million euro project proposal which we hope to receive confirmation in Spring 2013. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Unlocking Forest Finance |
| Organisation | National Agrarian University |
| Country | Peru |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Unlocking Forest Finance is a new consortium project led by GCP in Latin America and builds on partnerships forged in the ESPA capacity building project. Implementing partners include CEDISA, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, IIASA, Climate Bonds Initiative, Vivid Economics, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina - UNALM, Instituto GAEA, IPAM and INPE-CCST. GCP and partners will be developing jurisdictional scale financing models in states/provinces of Brazil & Peru - Acre, Mato Grosso & San Martin - and using public finance to leverage private finance at the scale of capital markets (e.g. bonds). The goal is to develop a financing model which can alleviate the pressure to deforest, restore land, move production to sustainable systems, as well as conserve forest (e.g. protected areas) and promote sustainable rural development in the case-study regions. Ecosystem service valuations will be incorporated in to the investment proposition, and ultimately (we hope) in to the cash-flows. The consortium has developed and submitted a 3. 6 million euro project proposal which we hope to receive confirmation in Spring 2013. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Unlocking Forest Finance |
| Organisation | Vivid Economics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Unlocking Forest Finance is a new consortium project led by GCP in Latin America and builds on partnerships forged in the ESPA capacity building project. Implementing partners include CEDISA, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, IIASA, Climate Bonds Initiative, Vivid Economics, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina - UNALM, Instituto GAEA, IPAM and INPE-CCST. GCP and partners will be developing jurisdictional scale financing models in states/provinces of Brazil & Peru - Acre, Mato Grosso & San Martin - and using public finance to leverage private finance at the scale of capital markets (e.g. bonds). The goal is to develop a financing model which can alleviate the pressure to deforest, restore land, move production to sustainable systems, as well as conserve forest (e.g. protected areas) and promote sustainable rural development in the case-study regions. Ecosystem service valuations will be incorporated in to the investment proposition, and ultimately (we hope) in to the cash-flows. The consortium has developed and submitted a 3. 6 million euro project proposal which we hope to receive confirmation in Spring 2013. |
| Start Year | 2012 |