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CIESMThe Mediterranean Science Commission
“Functional aspects of marine genomics including biotechnological applications”
Monaco, 12-14 October 2008
2008 Joint EC-US / CIESM Workshop
The Socio Economic Dimension (for Global Reporting and Assessment of the state of the
Marine Environment)
Paulo A.L.D. Nunes
Workshop for the North Atlantic, the Baltic Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea, under the auspices of
the United Nations, in support of the Regular Process
Egmont Palace, Brussels, Belgium, 27-29 June 2012
Mediterranean Science Commission
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1. Recognizing value: a feature of all human societies and communities
2. Demonstrating value: in economic/monetary terms to support decision making
3. Capturing value: introduce mechanisms that incorporate the values of ecosystems into decision making
The socio economic dimension: three pillars
Source: TEEB
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Recognizing value
• Oceans and Europe Regional Seas:Are responsible for the provision of a wide range of goods and services and therefore source of socio-economic value, whether or not they enter the marketplace
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Marine Ecosystem Services are capital assets
fibre production tourist attraction
navigation
carbon sequestrationflood protection
water purification
shore line protection
biodiversity
recreation
beauty
genetic resources
food production
stabilising micro-climate
recreation
shelter for marine lifegame reserve
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Demonstrating value
• Conventional measures of national economic performance (e.g : GDP growth) fail to reflect these natural capital assets and their benefits flows.
“Gross domestic product, the leading economic measurement, is outdated and misleading… it is like grading a corporation based on one day’s cash flow and forgetting to depreciate assets and other costs”
– J. Stiglitz, Nobel Price, economics
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All countries rely on System of National Accounts, but some information is missing or invisible :– Depletion and degradation of marine natural capital
offshore oil & gas and minerals, seagrass/coverage, fish stocks, marine genetic materials, water column
– Environmental degradation coastal pollution, loss of coastal tourism productivity
– Ecosystem services carbon storage (blue carbon), coastal flood mitigation, marine cultural heritage and seascapes
Natural Capital Accounting Builds this information as satellite accounts to the
System of National Accounts to fill the gap
What is natural capital accounting
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Better indicators for monitoring sustainable development/long-term growth– Is GDP growth sustainable or are we just “living off our
natural capital?”
Why do natural capital accounting?
Better management of natural capital for growth & poverty reduction (especially in the context of socio-economic diversity of the Mediterranean Sea)– What is the real contribution of Natural Capital to GDP
and household livelihoods; how do the poor depend on natural capital?
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Why do natural capital accounting?
Better management of natural capital for growth & poverty reduction (especially in the context of socio-economic diversity of the Mediterranean Sea)– How do we weigh tradeoffs among competing users, for
example transport industry, off-shore oil and gas industry, fishermen and coastal tourism?
– How much should be invested in natural capital, such as marine protected areas?
– How can we make ecotourism work for the poor?– How do we balance marine spatial planning, including
tourism, fisheries and other ecosystem services like carbon storage or water quality?
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Indonesia India Brazil
99 million 352 million 20 millionEcosystem services dependency
Ecosystem services
Ecosystem services as a % of classical GDP
Ecosystem services as a % of “GDP of the Poor”
Natural Capital and inclusive wealth
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South shore North shore
xxx? million yyy? millionEcosystem services dependency
Ecosystem services
Ecosystem services as a % of classical GDP
Ecosystem services as a % of “GDP of the Poor”
Natural Capital and inclusive wealth: assessment of the role of the Natural Capital hosted by the
Mediterranean sea in terms of poverty alleviation
For socio
-economic asse
ssment
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Norms, Regulations& Policies
Markets
EconomicMechanisms
Recognizing value
Demonstratingvalue
Capturingvalue
Regional Plans
Legislations
PES
Certification
MPA Evaluation
Capturing the value
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Implementation of Natural Capital Accounting• SEEA
UN’s System of Environmental and Economic Accounting, developed over past 20+yrs.
• SEEA is a comprehensive accounting framework, like the System of National Accounts (SNA), that links the use of natural capital by the economy and the impact of the economy on natural capital
SEEA Central Framework was adopted as an international statistical standard February 2012, like the SNA
This establishes agreed methodology for material natural resources, but more work is needed for the ‘more difficult to measure’ natural capital—ecosystems.
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Beyond Rio+20
• WAVES – Wealth Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services, launched by WB President Zoellick in October 2010, at CBD COP 10
• '50:50' campaign is a World Bank Group-facilitated initiative that provides a unique opportunity for the public and private sectors to join forces, launched at Rio+20
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1. Implement natural capital accounting in countries along the North and South shores
2. Incorporate natural capital accounts in policy analysis and marine spatial development planning
3. Scientific credibility —develop methodology for ecosystem accounting for the SEEA with natural scientists
4. Promote global adoption of natural capital accounting beyond the pilot countries
Bringing WAVES to the Mediterranean Sea with CIESM