Solutions for Sustaining Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services:Designing Socio‐Ecological Institutions; Salzau ‐ June 7‐11, 2010

Claudia Berretta, Elisa Morri, Riccardo SantoliniDepartment of Human, Environmental and Natural Sciences [DiSUAN]

University of Urbino "Carlo Bo“- Italy

cloberretta@gmail.com

The main purpose is to give Ecosystem  Services WEIGHT in  decision making process through:

‐ the identification and analysis of operating tools;‐ the evaluation of their impacts on ESs;‐ the highlihgting of weaknesses of the related 

decision‐making process;‐ the identification of new path to an effective Ess 

management.

Our purpose

province of Rimini

The study area: The Regional andlocal level considered

The province of Rimini is situated in the south eastern part of the region, along the Adriatic coast.

Area overurbanized

Emilia Romagna Region

Identification through the present  scheme of the ESs derived from governmental actions of the considered plans.

‐VI Eu Environment Program/National  Environment Strategy ‐Eu Directives 92/43/CEE, 79/409/CE‐Reg. CE n. 1257/99,n. 1698/05

Central‐Regional and local planning

REGION

Regionali Law n. 3/99 art. 99 ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PLAN

L.R. 6/2005

ACTIONS FOR PROTECTED AREAS

RURAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN/

REFORESTATION

PROVINCECOORDINATION

LOC

AL PR

OJEC

TS

The Local Authorities (Cumuni /Province) select interventionsto pursue the European/national goals

Eu/National level

Regional Plan Years Priorities : resourcesvalutation andactions

EnvironmentalAction Plan

2001/2010 ‐Air Quality‐Water Regulation‐BiodiversityPreservation

Reforestation 2001/2009 ‐Enhancement of theWoodland capital

Rural DevelopmentPlan

2001/2009 ‐Environmentalprotection (low impact practices)‐ Forestation

Plan/Actions at Regional Level

Environmental Action Plan

2001/20102001/2010- E-R Region Co-finangings Total Euro

10.734.435,7175% of the total investments of EAP

Environmental Action Plan

The 66% of the EAP actions are concentrated in URBAN AREAS

UrbanSewage collection/mobility

projects/improvement of waste collectionsystem…

Cultivated areaImprovement of the 

sewage system management

Inland waterRocovery of polluted

river area

WoodlandImprovement ofnatural capital/ 

Amelioration of parkorganisation

The plan is exclusively addressed to the PUBLIC sector

UrbanForest and Woodlands

Inland w aterCultivated

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

ESs benefits

Pollution controlWater regulationAir quality regulationRecreation and ecotourism

Pollutioncontrol

Water regulation

Air qualityregulation

Recreationand ecotourism

Urban 14 9 6 1

Forest and Woodlands - - - 5Inlandwater 4 - - 2

Cultivated 3 - - -

In 2009 the new Programme for  Protected Areas and Natura 2000 network has been approved. A few weeks ago, the Region has allocated € 85.364,25 for  the reorganization of the visit centre of the Protected Area ‘Onferno’. 

Protected Areas

Province Protectedareas/ha

Natura 2000 Tot ha %

Rimini 272,91 2.232,38 2.505,45 4,68

Rural Development Plan

PSR EuroPublic financings

EnvironmentActions

2001/2006 19.489.745 46,00% 2007/2013 19.415.601 52,00%

The regional contribution to the Rimini Province:

2001/2006 2007/2009

n. of farms 3.973Average dimension 7,6 ha

Rural Development Plan

All contributions support local PRIVATE operators

020040060080010001200

2001 2003 2005 2007/09

OrganicIntegratedVegetation cover 2007/2009 PSR actions

ha average n. actions

Organicproduction 927,9  0,63 1.465 

AdvancedIntegratedProtection

90,41 0,98 92 

IntegratedProduction 75,13 1,19 63 

VegetationCover 2 0,5 4 

ha

• ORGANIC• Ha 5881,35

• INTEGRATED• Ha  695,21

Food Fiber

PestRegulation

NutrientCycling

The Benefits on ESs of Cultivated Ecosystem

22%

78%

Total ha 6576,56

ExtensiveLand grassactions

ErosionControl ha 828,78

Agriculture Ecosystemsare the largest managed

ecosystems in the world. Of the total land

area of 13 billion ha, crops and pasture

occupy almost 5 billionha (FAO, 2007)

2001/2009 ha average n. actions € 2001/2006 €/ha

IntegratedProduction 786,12 4,01 196 247.721,36 400

OrganicProduction 5881,35 3,36 1747 1.321.499,46 267

Extensiveland grass* 826,78 55,11 15 154.602,9 187

Vegetationrecovery* 40,15 3,65 11 183.34,62 457

The Investments on Ess of Cultivated Ecosystem

* In 2007/2009 no applications has been advanced

The Benefits on ESs of Woodland

Woodland

RecreationAestheticvalues

DiseaseRegulation

FloodRegulation

CarbonSequestrationLocal ClimateRegulation

TimberMedicines

Years 2007/2008 ha 211,42

The Benefits on ESs of Woodland

Investments for Woodlands

Years 2001/2007

€

years n. actions ha € €/ha

2007/2009 55 211,42 229.884,18 1.087,00

The Benefits in Euro of the EAP in ten years (2001/2010 = € 6.812.788.701,45)

Average value of ESs occurence €133.584.092,19 (n =51)

Rural PlanReforestation

The free participation of private local operators prevent fromthe application of a sound environmental management of rural

areas

high level fragmentation of contributions

PAA

At regional level the plan priorities are also based on principles of ES/Ess protection, but at local level

administrations normally translate these principles into the need to solve environmental emergency caused by humanactivities. Alternatively, financings are employed to sustain

the ORDINARY stewardship‘develop now and clean up later’ (Bateman 2008)

The decision making process: some considerations

REGIONAL LEVEL

LocalLevel

Weakness of decisionmaking process:

Deficiency of prioritiescondivision

policy goals goals

Actions/projects definition

Weakness in the participation process:

private operators ignore the long term priorities

Decision process Weaknesses

Towards the MEA scenarios .

Figure 5.2. Contrasting Approaches among MA Scenarios. The scenario differences are based on the approaches pursued toward governance and economic development (regionalized versus globalized) and ecosystem service management (reactive versus proactive). (MEA, 2005)

Scenario ESsmanagement Scale

Global Orchestration Reactive Global

Order fromStrenght Reactive Local

Adapting Mosaic Proactive Local

Technogarden Proactive Global

ConclusionsThis study is a tool to:

. Evaluate the weight of operating local tools for an effective  natural capital protection;

. Define the weaknesses of the decision making process applied and the definition of new procedures;

. Define a new path for the ESs management (identifying the best practices, steering the awareness raising of  citizens and administration through an appropriate participation process…)

Thank you for your kind attention..