TEEB follow-up activities in the EU
Bonn, 15 July 2013
Strahil Christov
European Commission, DG Environment, Unit B2 (Biodiversity)
Contents
• TEEB Phase III, National Implementation Project and EUChina Cooperation
• Brief overview of TEEB in the EU Biodiversity Strategy to
2020
• Other Actions in the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020
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MAES
Restoration and Prioritization Framework
Green Infrastructure
No Net Loss
TEEB phases I and II: final reports for
different audiences
Ecological and economic
foundations
D0
Report
for Policy Makers
D1
Report for Local
Policy Makers
D2
Report for
Business
D3
TEEB for Citizens
(website)
D4
www.teebweb.org
TEEB phase III
• Focus on communication and outreach activities:
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Support national and sectoral studies inspired by TEEB reports;
Maintenance of TEEB network of experts
• New governance structure:
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Advisory board continues to guide TEEB implementation
Co-ordination group – TEEB donors, TEEB office staff, TEEB scientific coordinators
New board members from business, communications and civil society networks to
enlarge TEEB's representation and expertise
• EC still major donor:
- Mainly through support of UNEP TEEB national implementation
- Other relevant studies within the EU to implement the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020
UNEP TEEB National Implementation Project
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Funded under the EC’s 2011 ENRTP round as part of the EC-UNEP Strategic
Cooperation Framework, with EUR 3 million financing from DG DEVCO
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Aim to support the implementation of TEEB projects in 5 developing (diverse)
countries including Liberia, Tanzania, Bhutan, Philippines and Ecuador
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Technical support includes the compilation of a Guidance Manual (see slide) and
Training for TEEB implementation at the national level
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Each project will be implemented through the technical and logistical support of a
host country institution, in close cooperation with national government ministries,
and in cooperation with relevant UNEP divisions and regional offices and other
national and international organizations
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The project was launched at the CBD CoP11 together with the World Bank’s Wealth
Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES) and UNDP’s
Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN).
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TEEB Guidance Manual
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Manual provides both technical and operational guidance on how countries may
conduct a TEEB Country Study
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Outlines the various steps that may be taken to initiate and implement a country study,
communicate its findings, and implement the recommendations of the study.
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4 sections in the manual
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What is a TEEB country study and why does it make sense to do one? (understand TEEB and reasons for
doing a TCS, ID related processes)
Scoping: How to set up the study? (thematic focus, scope, objectives, design process, get stakeholders)
How to do the study? (Six Steps: 1) refine objectives, 2) ID relevant ES, 3) define needs and methods, 4)
assess and value ES, 5) SWOT policy options, 6) review and report)
What to do with the results? (stakeholder engagement, communicate findings, think beyond TCS)
• Challenges of a TCS
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Show added value of "TEEB approach" (gap analysis, feasibility study, economics vs. politics of ES and BD)
Balance credibility, relevance, legitimacy (governance structure, open architecture, involving other
ministries)
Translate results into arguments for policy debates (impact of the ground)
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UNEP, BfN EU-China cooperation on TEEB
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TEEB project proposal for the EU-China Policy Dialogues Support Facility (PDSF)
prepared by BfN and UNEP TEEB Office
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Objectives:
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Activities:
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Promotion of the national TEEB process in China and TEEB activities in Europe and
exchange of experience.
Establishing a strengthened policy, planning, regulatory and institutional framework leading to
mainstreaming the values of nature into economic and social development planning at
regional, national and local level.
Deepen cooperation on BD protection, including on the valuation of ES, natural capital
accounting and the development of economic instruments and IFMs for biodiversity;
Improve understanding and stress importance of ecosystem value and service function and
among key stakeholders
Enhance priority attached to ecosystem conservation and sustainable use;
Consolidate guidance and training for TEEB national and sub-national implementation;
Provide technical support on biodiversity and ecosystem assessment, valuation and
accounting for specific national-level TEEB projects;
Deliverables:
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Conferences (2), Workshops (2-3), Case studies (30 person months), Expert exchange (20
person), Training (2), final publication.
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TEEB in the EU 2020 Biodiversity strategy
• Rationale behind biodiversity strategy
• 6 Sub-targets with some specific measures related to TEEB
• Target 2 and related measures
 By 2020, ecosystem services are maintained and enhanced by establishing
Green Infrastructure and restoring at least 15% of degraded ecosystems.
 MS with assistance of Commission, will map and assess state of Es/ES by 2014,
value such services and integrate in Accounting and Reporting Systems by 2020
 Green Infrastructure Strategy by 2012 to encourage investments in GI (and RPF)
 No Net Loss initiative by 2015 (through compensation and offsetting schemes)
• Cross-cutting issues:
• Financing
• Involvement of the private sector
Target 2 - Maintain and restore ecosystems and their services
By 2020, ecosystems and their services are maintained and
enhanced by establishing green infrastructure and restoring at
least 15 % of degraded ecosystems.
Action 5: Improve knowledge of ecosystems and their
MESEU
services in EU
study
 Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services (MAES),
TEEB
inc. valuation & accounting. MAES Analytical Framework; Launch of 6 val/acc
thematic pilots.
study
 Action 6: Set priorities to restore and promote the use of GI
 Restoration Prioritisation Framework by 2014;
RPF
Past GI
study
 GI Strategy adopted on 6 May 2013
studies
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MAES
WG
GI/RPF
WG
NNL
WG
Action 7: Ensure no net loss of biodiversity and ecosystem
services
BD
 Biodiversity proofing by 2014
proofing
 No net loss initiative by 2015
study
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NNL
study
Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and
their Services pilots
MAES work
Methodological work
Data reuse
Forestry
Pilot
Freshwater
pilot
Pilot 1:
Nature
data
NCA pilot
Grassland
pilot
Marine
pilot
Restoration Prioritisation Framework
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RPF Working Group
Restoration/degradation
Baseline for comparison
Options for the 15% target.
The 4-level concept for restoration
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1) fully restored,
2) abiotic/biotic factors largely in good
condition,
3) abiotic factors in moderate condition at least
one biotic in bad condition,
4) severe problems with at least one abiotic
and biotic factor)
• Link with other EU policies (H&BD, WFD
and MSFD)
• Next steps
Green Infrastructure: What is it?
• Green infrastructure is a strategically planned and
delivered network of natural and semi-natural areas
with other environmental features designed and
managed to deliver a wide range of ecosystem
services. It incorporates high quality green spaces
in urban, peri-urban and rural areas, designed and
managed as a multifunctional resource.
• Contribution to Europe 2020 Strategy:
promoting smart, sustainable and inclusive
growth – supporting a shift towards a resource
efficient, low-carbon, sustainable economy by
investing in our natural capital.
Spatial structure
delivering nature
benefits to people
What is the GI Strategy about?
• Contribution of GI to key policy areas: regional development,
climate change, disaster prevention and resilience,
agriculture, forestry, urban, water, and biodiversity protection
and enhancement
• Why EU action? Priorities at EU level:
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Promote the deployment of GI in main policy areas and their funding
mechanisms (integrate into implementation + guidance, awareness
raising, best practices)
Improve knowledge base and promote innovation
Better access to finance (including innovative mechanisms)
EU-level GI projects: Assess opportunities for TEN-G
• Staff Working Paper with technical information
No Net Loss Working Group
• Objectives:
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collect views from Member State representatives, stakeholders and experts on
the way forward for the NNL initiative announced for 2015, within the mandate
of the 2011 December Council conclusions
support the European Commission in its preparation of a NNL initiative
• Outputs:
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Scope and objectives of initiative
Operational principles, developed/adapted from BBOP principles
Glossary of terms
• Output documents will be published on DG ENV's website in the
next few days
Examples of Definitions
• Mitigation Hierarchy:
1. Avoid or prevent negative impacts on the environment in general and
biodiversity in particular;
2. Minimise and rehabilitate on-site effects of development if impacts cannot be
avoided; and
3. Offset/compensation measures that are undertaken as a last resort (on or
off-site) for the residual adverse impacts.
• Offsets/compensation:
1. An offset programme explicitly aims to achieve no net loss (NNL) and preferably
a net gain.
2. Compensation involves measures to compensate, make good or pay damages for
loss of biodiversity caused by a project. However some of these measures may
fall short of NNL. This could be the case for direct restoration options, but also
for indirect measures such as financial payments.
Thank you for your attention
Key document links
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EU Valuation Study - http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/biodiversity/economics/
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MAES documents - http://biodiversity.europa.eu/ecosystem-assessments/european-level
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GI Strategy - http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/ecosystems/index_en.htm
EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020
2050 Vision
2020 headline target
6 Targets:
1
2
Fully
implement
nature
legislation
Maintain &
restore
ecosystems &
services
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4
5
Increase
contribution of
agri. & forest. to
biodiversity
Achieve
Maximum
sustainable
yield
Combat
Invasive Alien
Species
Actions / Monitoring
6
Help avert
global
biodiversity
loss
Scope and objectives
• How broad should the initiative be?
• How should the NNL Initiative relate to habitats and species
protected under EU law?
• Focus on avoidance of impacts, and on compensating for
residual impacts
• Focus on species and ecosystem losses, or also on losses of
other ecosystem services?
• What impacts should be addressed?
• Application (or not) to the coastal and marine environment
• Geographical scope – only within the EU, or worldwide?
• Stage of application of NNL in the development process
• Voluntary and mandatory approaches
NNL Roadmap
NNL
Other initiatives
2012
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2013
- 3 Meetings of NNL WG and
recommendations by mid-2013
- Study on NNL options/ workshop
- Formal consultation process
- Impact Assessment Steering
Group (IASG)
2014
- Further Meetings of IASG on
NNL
3 Meetings of NNL WG
Habitat Banking study
EIA review proposal
Guidelines biodiversity and CC
Green Infrastructure
communication
- Mapping and assessment of
ecosystems and services
- Restoration prioritisation framework
- Biodiversity proofing methodology
2015
- Adoption of NNL initiative