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Portugal’s Ecosystems and TEEB Assessments Exchange on TEEB Processes in European Countries International Expert Workshop 11th - 15th October 2011 Isle of Vilm , Germany Cristina Marta-Pedroso
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Portugal’s Ecosystems and TEEB Assessments
Exchange on TEEB Processes in European CountriesInternational Expert Workshop
11th - 15th October 2011
Isle of Vilm , Germany
Cristina Marta-Pedroso
• Starting point: ptMA
• Other initiatives (intermediates points) EVI - WBCSD
• Strategy for ptTEEB
Outline
MEA Sub-global Assessments
• To provide responses to a group of users
o Governmental Institutions
o Agriculture and Industry
o Society (NGOs)
• Team of about 60 scientists from different fields:
ecology, agricultural sciences, economy and social
sciences.
2003 2004 2005 2009
Ecosystems and case studies
Cereal Steppe of Castro VerdeCereal Steppe of Castro Verde
An human dominated ecosystem An human dominated ecosystem
Castro Verde: 566 km2
82% is cereal steppe
Abandonment of the Cereal-Fallow
Rotation
Marginal System
Main cause of land use change
Afforestation
Decrease in aesthetic quality of the landscape
Low Productivity – Low Income
Decline in population of steppic birds
Changes in Agricultural Policies
Results
Marta et al. (2005) - Econometric estimation of the willingness to pay to preserve the Cereal Steppe of Castro Verde (Southern Portugal). Environmental Resource and Economics (submitted).
Portuguese active population (older than 21 years)
4 802 985
WTP (Combined Spike model); one time payment
30.4 €
Agregated WTP – 18 966, 67 hectares of cereal steppes
146 M€
[121– 160]
Annuity - hectare
t = 40 years
r = 5%
446 €
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20110826-Ecosystem Valuation Initiative - Total Economic Valuation of Serra de Estrela’s Hydropower System Watershed.pptx
Total Ecosystem Valuation of Cascata da Serra
da Estrela, Portugal
TEEB for b
usiness
experience
Serra da Estrela Natural Park
Study Area: located in the highest Mountain in Continental Portugal
Watershed:
7.2 m ha
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•Discount rate variation (2%
and 5%)
•Time horizon variation
Set time horizon
(concession
period: 20 years)
Compare with a
dismantlement
scenario
Private Benefits – Private Costs + Public Benefits – Public Costs
Stage 1 – Dismantlement as baseline
Wildfire risk
analysis
Stage 2 – Agro-forestry Scenarios
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Biodiversity
valorisation
model
1. Establishing the national (scientists, NGOs,
Government) and international network
2. Establishing the state of the art (review)
3. Learning from recent and on-going TEEB Cases
4. Stakeholders engagement (including private
sector)
5. Funding
Strategy for Portugal´s TEEB
1. there is a need for a common framework in EU;
2. role of national TEEBs in understanding global
findings – for instance it might of interest to intensify
agricultural in certain areas and thus reduce food
import from somewhere else;
3. Baseline, time horizon, discount rate;
4. …
Our vision/some concerns:
