Taking Stock of WWF’s engagement with NatCap

Emily & Jon, 11 MarchNatCap Olympics

Outline

1. How is NatCap embedded at WWF?

2. WWF-NatCap projects– HOW we work together and OUTCOMES – Successes– Challenges

3. Plans for the future

WWF Network

WWF-US

Conservation Science Program

Ecosystem Services Team

WWF-based NatCappers

Leadership at WWF

Director GeneralWWF-International

Jim Leape

COOWWF-US

Marcia Marsh

Chief Scientist, WWF-US

Jon Hoekstra

LeadEcosystem Services

Brendan Fisher

Team

ColombiaSumatraVirungas

Belize

Peru ARPATanzania

Borneo

Mekong

Location ES Info Included in….

Tanzania Government prioritisation of forest carbon projects

Sumatra* Province and district spatial plans

Colombia Recommendations for climate-smart PES programs

Virungas Campaign and SEA for oil exploration

Peru Green accounting, Environment Ministry, Madre de Dios

Belize* National integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan

Borneo Green Economy Report, inspired $30.5m investment

Amazon Sustainable finance for Amazon Region Protected Areas

Mekong Climate adaptation, spatial planning

WWF Applications – Outcomes

Location Stanford CSP Training CSP Analysis Consultants

Tanzania

Sumatra*

Colombia

Virungas

Peru

Belize*

Borneo

Amazon

Mekong

WWF Applications – How we collaborated

ColombiaSumatraVirungas

HimalayasBelize Mekong

Peru

Arctic

ARPATanzania

BorneoMozambique

Congo Basin

Papua

Biggest Successes

• High & growing demand from WWF field offices

• Effective collaboration to:– Inform decisions in priority places i.e. Sumatra, Belize– Improve tools based on feedback from field – Innovate on applied science e.g. scenarios, SPI tools,

InVEST improvements– Trainings with new/challenging model needs

Challenges

• Focusing sufficient staff on top priorities

• Not yet fully harnessing power of WWF on influence & science

• Sense of inequity across support for TNC and WWF

Possible Solutions

• Refocus – Consolidate our resources in 1-2 selected priorities– Engage early to build ideas and proposals

• Recommit to potential of partnership for our mission– Draw more on WWF policy, markets and science strengths

• Improve credibility of NatCap science– Be open to methods that work, not just our own– Validate and publish