tree grew 130cm in 6 months using waterboxx technology
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Three Returns economic, ecosystem, social
Baviaanskloof, South Africa
Baviaanskloof, South Africa 3 years later
SOURCE: El Salvador – La Cinquera
This tree grew 130 cm in 6 months…
• Waterboxx • Ecuador • Gmelina tree
… and 350 cm in 10 months
SOURCE: Aquapro Ecuador
Waterboxx Permaculture
SOURCE: Nature Resilience: ecological restora&on by partners in business for next genera&ons. RSM, IUCN CEM (2012), Desire WUR, GPFLR (FAO, WRI, IUCN, WUR), Wetlands Interna&onal, Savory Ins&tute
Small waterwalls and waterworks
Many proven technologies exist
Holistic Livestock Management
Why ecosystem restora&on? What: from obstacles to opportuni&es How: from one return to four returns AcKon: selec&ng ‘restora&on ready’ to ‘investment ready’ projects
Return on Investment (RoI) for 20 years is driven by the crea&on: "InspiraKonal capital: inspira&on, awareness, beauty & entrepreneurship " Natural capital: fer&le soil, hydrology, biodiversity, biomass & carbon Social capital: employment, social cohesion and security "
Four Returns
4 Returns Different Entities Values measured
Return on Investment
• Agriculture • Carbon • Timber • Leisure, hunting, bush harvesting • Real estate & other incomes • Water • Decrease erosion, increase topsoil
• Yield / yr / ha • ton Carbon absorbed / yr / ha • Yield / yr / ha • Yield / yr / ha • Value / yr / ha • Production m3 / yr • Decrease costs input chemicals / ha / yr
Return of Social Capital
• Jobs • Security • Local social cohesion • Education & Social Services
• # of new jobs / project / municipality - ha • # various yr / project • # of social ventures / yr / project • # schools, trainings, services / project
Return of Natural Capital
• Biodiversity • Invasive species • Vegetation cover • Top soil • Water
• # of native species / yr / ha • % decrease / yr / ha • % coverage / yr / ha; % cloud formation • mm layer / yr / ha; % microbes; % C / ha • % humidity; # stream flow (m3 / yr / ha)
Return of Inspirational Capital
• Pride, self determination, meaningfulness, awareness
• Understanding & outreach • Commitment local ownership,
entrepeneurship, less corruption • Commitment companies & investors • Creative time
• % of stakeholder group / yr / ha: # local cultural & social events • % of stakeholder group /yr / ha • % of stakeholder group / yr / ha
committed; % corruption benchmark/ yr • % responding to long term commitment • % of free time to rest and think SOURCE: Nature Resilience: ecological restora&on by partners in business for next genera&ons. RSM, IUCN CEM (2012); McKinsey (2012), Ecosystem Return Founda&on (2014)
Four Returns Values
NATURE (biodiversity)
ECO AGRO MIX (agro forestry, water, soil)
ECONOMIC (agriculture, real estate)
Restored biodiversity, soil for ecosystem services, carbon, forest products, leisure and
hunting
Partially restored biodiversity, soil by agroforestry, fruit trees,
water, leisure and carbon
Productive zones for agriculture, dedicated zones for housing and infrastructure
SOURCE: Nature Resilience Team Analysis, McKinsey, Willem Ferwerda (ERF), RSM, IUCN CEM , GPFRL, ELD
In every project, we define three landscaping zones
Nature
Eco Agro Mix
Economic
SOURCES: Laguna Blanca, restora&on project Tompkins Conserva&on, Argen&na.
Per project, the distribution per zone varies
RestoraKon acKvity: "Work with local popula&on and stakeholders to
o increase biodiversity
o build sustainable water infrastructure
o create new agriculture and forestry (three zones)
RestoraKon results:
"Sustainable water infrastructure -‐ small dams and water stores"
"Perennial vegetaKon cover increased from 17% to 34%
"Increased soil ferKlity and biodiversity due to return of species
Benefits & Hope:
"2.5m people liqed out of poverty
"Average farmer income rose from US$ 70 to US$ 200 p.a.
"Reduced flooding of populated areas and sustainable water use >53m tonnes reducKon fer&le sediment loss to the Yellow River
SOURCES: World Bank Loess Plateau Watershed Project (2003); Images: John D. Liu (EEMP): Hope in a Changing Climate (2010)
Restoring 3.5m hectares of the once fer&le Loess Plateau
China
Return on Investment: agriculture, forestry, economy
Return of Social Capital: 2,5m jobs, immigra&on stop
Return of Natural Capital: 34% vegeta&on cover back
Return of Inspira&on: educa&on, social cohesion, joy
1995 2009
SOURCE: TEEB for Business (2010): slide from Pavan Sukdhev
Return on Investment
5 10 15 20 Years
Return to local people and stakeholders is key to success
RestoraKon investment (Grants, Loans, Equity)
Return
The four returns will be generated from ecological, mixed and economic zones Aqer 20 years ecosystem
funcKons are sufficiently restored to recover ecosystems services and provide economic benefits.
SOURCE: Ecosystem Return Team Analyses McKinsey, RSM, IUCN CEM (2012)
Business model for restoration partnerships long-term returns (20 years)
Indicators for low hanging fruit: -‐ Poli&cal stability -‐ High percentage of degrada&on (low value) -‐ Low percentage of land tenure issues
Why ecosystem restora&on? What: from obstacles to opportuni&es How: from one return to four returns AcKon: selec&ng ‘restora&on ready’ to ‘investment ready’ projects
WHAT CAN THEY DELIVER Match between financiers / four returns our / local team
SUPPORT TO LOCAL NEEDS Managerial capacity, poli&cal network, access to finance, business skills
EXTERNAL FACTORS Poli&cal, Economic, Social, Technical and Legal boundary condi&ons
LOCAL OPERATIONAL PEOPLE Availability and quality of ‘Landscape entrepreneurs’
Design Scout
Pilot Scale up Implement Maintain
Selec&on From “restora&on ready” to “investment ready” projects
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Business partners – direct interest in the
area
2
Farmers
3
Government (municipality,
district, na&onal)
4
Business school
5
Local communi&es
6
4 pillar approach
Rela&onship building between stakeholders Building collec&ve understanding of how the system works and what is stakeholder’s impact on the system Establish clarity on value drivers based on four returns Build ability to con&nuously learn, reflect and act
Large scale ecosystem restora&on
Business partners –interest to learn from the process
1
Do not focus on predefined outcomes but collaboratively look for value propositions for each stakeholder
LocaKon: Baviaanskloof Size: c200,000 ha Partners: Living Lands, Shell, other companies in Port Elisabeth and SA ministry
LocaKon: Floreana (Galapagos) Size: 17,300 ha Partners: Charles Darwin Founda&on and ministries, companies
LocaKon: Otjiwarongo Size: c65,000 ha -‐> 10,000,000 ha Partners: Cheetah Conserva&on Founda&on, ministry and company
LocaKon: Madrid, Cas&lla-‐Leon, Andalucía Size: 3 areas to be iden&fied: c10,000 ha In total 10m ha is degraded Partners: NGOs, government, Dutch Embassy, farmers and landowners
South Africa
Ecuador
Namibia
LocaKon: Bergrivier Size: tbd Partners: local NGO, communi&es and ministry, Dutch Embassy
South Africa
Creating a pipeline of projects Spain
LocaKon: West Sumatra Size: c19,000 ha Partners: local NGO, communi&es and ministry
Indonesia
LocaKon: Java Size: c19,000 ha mangrove restora&on Partners: Wetlands Int., communi&es and ministry
Indonesia
LocaKon: Wahab Size: 5,000 ha Partners: Sekem Company, Heliopolus University and local authority
LocaKon: Tamil Nadu, Gundar river basin Size: 20,000 ha Partners: Dhan Founda&on, Hivos and companies, local authority
India
Egypt
LocaKon: Southern Poland Size: c5,000 ha, old mining pits Partners: RWE Poland, landowner, university.
Poland
Founda&on
Enterprise Assets
Foundation & Enterprise
Opera&onal Companies
Ecosystem Restora&on Business Partnerships
Project execu&on
Interna&onal endorsement and monitoring
Communica&on and training
Project selec&on
Business development
Asset management
Private sector
APG Asset Management
McKinsey & Company
FMO
Baker & McKenzie
Triodos Bank
ASN Bank
Camunico
Groasis
Egon Zehnder
Eosta
Form Interna&onal
Deltares
Land Life Company
IE Madrid (Spain)
Enviu
"
Use of an international network NGOs and UniversiKes
HIVOS (NL)
World Land Trust (UK)
IUCN Leaders for Nature
Wetlands Interna&onal
ISRIC World Soil Informa&on
Nyenrode Business School (NL)
Tropenbos Interna&onal
Massey University (New Zealand)
Tompkins Conserva&on (US)
Wageningen University (NL)
Free University Amsterdam (NL)
Charles Darwin Founda&on (Galapagos)
Global Footprint Network (US)
TEMA (Turkey) "
Utrecht University
IUCN ES (Spain), IUCN China, IUCN NL
Living Lands (South Africa)
EEMP (China)
Governmental and mulK-‐lateral organisaKons
UN Conven&on to Combat Deser&fica&on (UNCCD)
UN Environmental Programme (UNEP)
Global Partnership on Forest & Landscape Restora&on
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management
Economics of Land Degrada&on
Bonn Challenge
Dutch Government (ministry Economic Affairs,
ministry Infrastructure & Environment)
Netherlands Ins&tute for Ecology (NIOO)
Project: South Africa
Summary
Region:
DescripKon:
DuraKon:
Stakeholders:
Eastern Cape Province -‐ Baviaanskloof
200,000 hectares of severely degraded land caused by intensive grazing that destroyed the original thicket leading to severe erosion of the fer&le top soil and disrup&on of hydrology
c10 years
investors, local communi&es, government, private sector and experts⌫
⌫ NGOs, scienKfic and academic organisaKons
Business case
RaKonale:
Return:
build sustainable water infrastructure and re-‐vegetate area to increase produc&vity and natural storage of water, carbon and reintroduce wildlife (game)
reduced water costs, real estate (incl. leisure), agriculture, CR, and tourism
Making a business plan to restore the Baviaanskloof with companies
Key success factor: scaling up best local projects by aligning the interests of stakeholders
Spain: 10m hectare degraded
Spain
• Millennium Ecosystem Assessment ((2008) -‐ www.maweb.org • The Economics of Ecosystem and Biodiversity (2008) -‐ www.teebweb.org • Dead Planet, Living Planet (2010) – www.unep.org • Nature Resilience: ecological restora&on by partners in business for next genera&ons (2012) -‐ www.rsm.nl • Red List of Ecosystems -‐ www.iucnredlistofecosystems.org
Further Reading
Ecosystem Return FoundaKon A: Barbara Strozzilaan 101 | 1083 HN Amsterdam | NL E: [email protected] T: +31 20 2010410 W: www.ecosystemreturn.com
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