EcosystemEvaluation conducted a baseline ecosystem services assessment on the Hungarian sites of the LIFE4OAKForest project to reveal the current conditions of the ecosystem services found on the project areas. We carried out our assessment before the conservation management actions in order to investigate the current conditions and to be able to comparably map the overall project impact on ecosystem services after the project’s completion. We assessed biomass as a provisioning service, carbon sequestration, pest control and habitat maintenance as regulating and maintenance services. In case you are interested in the assessment results, contact us.
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Forests for Water Services: A Step-by-Step Guide for Payment Schemes
The aim of this document is to provide guidance on designing appropriate and cost-effective forests for water payment schemes that support tree planting and forest management to protect and improve water quality.
The PESFOR-W COST Action has published this detailed user manual as one of the main outputs of the project. The guide is structured by the main steps involved in establishing a payment scheme, starting with identifying the water issues and how tree planting and forest management can help, managing potential disbenefits, exploring multiple benefits, followed by scheme design, monitoring and communication. [Read more…] about Forests for Water Services: A Step-by-Step Guide for Payment Schemes
Biodiversity Action Plans: a way to integrate biodiversity management into your company
The Union for Ethical Biotrade (UEBT) is part of the We Value Nature 10-Day Challenge, an action-oriented 10-day event, running from 11-24 March 2021, that will offer a series of practical sessions to help businesses take the next steps on their nature journey.
As part of the challenge, UEBT is organising a 90-minute workshop together with GNF and GIZ on how you can use the ‘Biodiversity Action Plan’ approach to take action on the ground and in your supply chains to increase positive impacts on biodiversity, including how to begin to contribute to regenerative practices that replenish natural systems. [Read more…] about Biodiversity Action Plans: a way to integrate biodiversity management into your company
UN adopts landmark framework to integrate natural capital in economic reporting
In a move that may reshape decision and policy-making towards sustainable development, the United Nations adopted a new framework today that includes the contributions of nature when measuring economic prosperity and human well-being.
The new framework — the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting—Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA) — was adopted by the UN Statistical Commission and marks a major step forward that goes beyond the commonly used statistic of gross domestic product (GDP) that has dominated economic reporting since the end of World War II. This measure would ensure that natural capital—forests, wetlands and other ecosystems—are recognized in economic reporting. [Read more…] about UN adopts landmark framework to integrate natural capital in economic reporting
Taking Stock of Global Capacity for Ecosystem Restoration
The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is launching a global online survey to identify what and whose capacities need to be enhanced to achieve the goals of the Decade. This survey was jointly developed by a coalition of 38 organizations, under FAO’s leadership.
The survey will provide a baseline in terms of existing system-wide capacities; help identify strengths, gaps, needs and barriers to achieving restoration at scale and guide the UN Decade’s system-wide capacity development efforts, to the benefit of all involved. [Read more…] about Taking Stock of Global Capacity for Ecosystem Restoration