economic and environmental sustainability: working with new partners and incentives frank casey,...
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Economic and Environmental Sustainability: Working with New
Partners and IncentivesFrank Casey, Ph.D
Conservation Economics Program
Defenders of Wildlife
Conference of the Pacific Northwest Waterways Association
Washington, DC. March 3, 2009
Cooperative Conservation • Marketplace for Nature
• Conservation Registry
• Other Partnership Options
• Why Do It?
Cooperative Conservation Activities
It Can Be Done• California Rangeland Conservation
Coalition
• Willamette Partnership
• North Carolina “Inner” Banks
Ecosystem Service Markets
• Climate, water, and gas regulation
• Water supply, nutrient supply
• Soil formation, nutrient cycling
• Waste management, biological control
• Wildlife habitat, food production
• Recreation, cultural and scenic values
• Provisioning services
What is an ecosystem marketplace?• System for buying and selling
ecosystem services • Wetland and conservation banks • Offset, or cap-and-trade
programs• Voluntary transactions
Why an ecosystem marketplace? • Doubled population by 2020• Habitat loss and fragmentation• Climate change, water shortages, endangered species
Why?Existing programs are not enough:• 100% compliance is not enough• Regulations are unevenly applied• Investments are scattered and
piecemeal
Marketplace for Nature• Try to capture multiple values
• Buyers needed
• Conservation opportunity areas exist: state wildlife action plans
• Rules of the game: Federal Office of Ecosystem Services and Marketing
Essential elements of the Marketplace for Nature1. Ecologically effective2. Address multiple values3. Strategic investment at
landscape scale4. Transparent and credible to public5. Accessible with low transaction
costs
What is the Conservation Registry?
• An online, centralized database
• Tracks and maps conservation projects across the landscape
• Synthesis and project management tool
The Registry captures . . .Three categories of actions:
• Habitat Restoration and Management• Enhanced Conservation Status• Monitoring, Education and Research
Projects can be:• Proposed, in progress, completed and
ongoing management projects
Conservation Registry home page: www.conservationregistry.org
Other Areas for Conservation Partnerships
Control of Invasive Species
2009 Economic Stimulus: Matching Gray with Green
Economic Valuation of Conservation Benefits• Open space property values premium• Wetland conservation
Threatened and endangered species conservation • Recreational use and values: hunting, fishing, wildlife
viewing http://www.defenders.org/programs_and_policy/science_and_econo
mics/conservation_economics/valuation/benefits_toolkit.php
Resources• Ecosystem services benefits valuation toolkit/models
http://www.defenders.org/programs_and_policy/science_and_economics/conservation_economics/index.php
• Florida Ranchlands Environmental Services Project: http://www.worldwildlife.org/what/globalmarkets/agriculture/FRESP.html
• Willamette Partnership: http://www.williamettepartnership.org/tools-templates. Countingontheenvironment.pdwiki.com
• National Working Group on Ecosystem Services Valuation: [email protected]
• Parametrix, Inc. EcoMetrix: Environmental Services Accounting: [email protected]
• Pinchot Institute: http://pinchot.org/current_projects/baybank
Why Partnerships
But Importantly
THANK YOU
Frank Casey - [email protected] Sara Vickerman – [email protected]
Conservation Economics Program Defenders of Wildlife