St. Petersburg, 20/21 June 2013, K. Grunewald/O. Bastian

Project (2013-2015)

“Ecosystem services evaluation in Russia

and other NIS countries of Northern Eurasia:

first steps”

(Initiation and implementation of the TEEB process

in the Russian Federation and NIS)

Background: Russia, NIS

Ecosystems of Russia and Northern Eurasia provide a huge

package of ecosystem services being very important not

only for these countries but also on a global scale (e.g.

carbon sequestration, water cycles, biodiversity). Global

climate regulation strongly depends the ecosystems of this

region. Thus, normal ecosystem functioning in Russia and

other NIS countries is crucial for the sustainable

development of these countries and the whole world.

It is possible to prevent rapid and massive degradation of

natural ecosystems and their functions in this region caused

by growing human pressure and ongoing climate changes by

effective mechanisms for integration ecosystem services

values in making economic and political decisions?

Background: MEA, TEEB; see presentation B. Schweppe-Kraft

Related efforts and processes and their link to TEEB

1867 K. Marx „The Capital“

1960ies „Environmental movement“

1992 Rio „Sustainable development“

2003 MEA

2008 TEEB

2013 Natural Capital, Green Economy Scientists

Politicians

Decision makers

Stakeholder

informal

implementation

mapping

assessment

valuation

accounting

quantification

TEEB-D

NEA-DE ?

UK-NEA

TEEBi-Russ

NEA-RU ?

TEEB-RU ?

Where do

we stand?

Vilm/Germany Moscow/Russia

Workshops, reports, manuals…

Make Nature’s values visible…

Project (2013-2015)

“Ecosystem services evaluation in Russia and other NIS

countries of Northern Eurasia: first steps”

Project goal: Launch the process of designing

systems for evaluation of ecosystem services and

monitoring in Russia and other post-Soviet countries.

• Supporting national TEEB processes

• Include actors from science, politics, administration, economy and society

record, analyze, communicate and initiate successful examples of social and

economic valorization of natural capital in Russia and NIS

• provide impulses to make benefits and values of nature more visible (in close

cooperation with Russian representatives of politics and science)

• develop strategic proposals, how the performance and benefits of ecosystems and

landscapes can be better integrated into public and private decisions in the long

term to maintain the natural resources and biodiversity in the countries and their

regions

Work packages and expected results

WP 1:

Analysis of the preliminary work and state of the evaluation of ESS in RF / NIS

Historical Aspects of nature assessment and valuation (1945-1990 / 1991-2012)

TEEB: previous work and findings including implementation in planning and decision

making (literature research; workshop results/output)

Collection of (German, Russian) case studies and best practices - examples to

evaluate the performance and functionality of the nature, land-use-potentials, values,

management, steering (payments for ecosystem services, planning, governance)

Systematization: regional and thematic aspects, strengths and weaknesses analysis

Integration of RF and NIS countries in international processes (TEEB, IPBES, EPS);

work out special features of Russia

Development of a summary status quo report, highlighting the opportunities and

risks; representation of individual best-practice examples

Status quo – Report BfN-Script I (papers of workshops 12/12 Moscow, 6/13 St. Pg.)

With some added/invited materials/outputs

WP 2

Framework methodology for the valuation of ecosystem services

and monitoring in RF and NIS

• Description of the main categories of objectives and terms

• Selection of relevant ESS (+ indicators, data sources)

• Classification of the ESS and indicators for analysis and evaluation (based on

the EU CICES system)

• Description of the EPPS framework methodology and demonstration of its utility

• Clarify space-time aspects

A synthesis of approaches to assess and value ecosystem services in the EU in

the context of TEEB

Final Report (pdf)

Roy Brouwer, Luke Brander, Onno Kuik, Elissaios Papyrakis and Ian Bateman

15 May 2013

+ EPPS; + russian approaches

WP 3

A national report design "natural capital of Russia" - structure,

implementation and initial evaluation recommendation steps

• Development of a report structure -

adopting the TCS-manual (May 2013)

• Recommendations regarding

communication of ESS and

implementation tools

• Identification of strategies for integration

of ESS-concept in spatial planning

tools

Structure of the Manual

1. What is a TEEB country study and why does it make sense to do one?

2. Scoping: How to set up the study?

3. How to do the study? Six Steps

4. What to do with the results?

Russia National

Ecosystem Services Assessment (Draft)

Russian National

Ecosystem Services

Assessment

- Ecosystems, ecosystem functions and services (ES) of Russia

- Distribution of potential and demanded ES, types of regions of Russia

- Natural and anthropogenic factors of ecosystem changes; general prognosis of ES transformations

- The value of ES of Russia for national and global sustainable development

- Methods for assessing ES, applicable in Russia (“physical” and economic values)

- ES in the public mind and the education system

- Mechanisms to integrate ES value in the Russian economy and the process of decision-making at different levels of management (local, regional, national, international)

Bukavarieva/Zimenko 2012

WP 4

Integration / recommendations for the preparation of national reports

to the "natural capital" of Independent States (first in the sense of

national environmental reports with sustainability indicators)

• Integration of the NIS countries (inviting representatives to attend workshops,

website links)

• State of the TEEB process in the NIS countries

• Discussion of approaches on the example of selected countries

Status quo – Report BfN-Script II (papers of workshops 12/12

Moscow, 6/13 St. Pg.)

With some added/invited materials/outputs

WP 5

Networking: merging and exchange of scientific, social and political

skills

• Open architecture of the project: invitation to join

• Internet platform: "TEEB Russia": Proposals for development on the basis

of existing structures and contents

• Series of workshops, meetings (link to other BfN and Russian activities)

• Brochures, posters, etc. (simplified content on selected topics from WP 1

to WP 4)

• Integration into TEEB, IPBES, EPS, UNEP… Working groups

(information exchange, conferences, participation in working groups)

• Scientific publications in Russian, German and English in high-ranking

journals

Информационное обеспечение

Создан интернет-ресурс по экосистемным услугам, содержащий:

• Материалы проекта TEEB на русском и английском

языках

• Материалы совещаний по проекту TEEB и ЭУ

• Методики экономической оценки услуг

• Библиотеку по экосистемным функциям и услугам

• Другие документы

www.biodiversity.ru/programs/teeb.html

http://www.teebweb.org

http://www.ioer.de/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/rueckblicke/2012-workshop-oesd-in-moskau/

Интернет-библиотека

Outlook, next steps ( distribution of tasks)

• Project agreement, contracts

• Posters

• Workshop 2014, 2015

• Brief Reports

• BfN scripts I and II

• Website, networking (UNEP, TEEB, WWF, etc.)

• Launching in Science + Politics

• Case studies, literature reviews

• project-Flyer (German and Russian)

• …?

Interest in government and public

Assessment of gaps and optimize further action

Attracting resources for further research