TEEB Country Studies –Learning from Experience and how to Utilize the Results

International Workshop, 21 – 25 May 2013, Isle of Vilm, Germany

TEEB Nordic – starting point

- Developing regional knowledge base: need for first regional synthesis of ES and their socio-economic importance / value

- Regional policy influence & awareness raising: need for Nordic information and examples

- Support to national studies: basis for TEEB Finland, possible support to TEEB Norway, Sweden etc.

TEEB Nordic – approach & governance

• Initiated and funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers (NCM) in the context of the Finnish Presidency 2011, carried out in the context of TEEB

• Coordination & synthesis: IEEP and Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)

• Participatory process: contributions and support from a range of Nordic and other experts, inc. stand-alone case studies, ES maps by JRC

• Review process: review by global and Nordic experts

TEEB Nordic – objectives / aspects explored

1. Conseptual: identification and classification of Nordic ES and their indicators

2. Evidence base: Synthesis of biophysical status and trends (info, gaps, examples)

3. Evidence base: Synthesis of socio-economic importance and value (info, gaps, examples)

4. Policy advice: Exploring policy responses (info, examples)

Key results & findings - examples

Conceptual work: Systematic identification of Nordic ES

Conceptual work: systematic

identification of biophys & socio-

econ indicators for Nordic ES

© TEEB - The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (2013): Guidance Manual for TEEB Country Studies. Version 1.0.

Existing evidance base: biophys status

Soil organic carbon content based on the models of JRC. (Maes et al. 2011a).

Carbon storage (above and below ground) (tonnes / ha) based on the models of JRC. (Maes et al. 2011a, 2011b).

Existing evidance base: socio-econ value

Data source: TEEB Nordic report

TEEB Nordic – utilisation of results

• Starting point for TEEB Finland (2013-2014)

• Basis for further work at Nordic level, from high level policy recommendations to concrete work by NCM working groups

• Contribution to global TEEB lessons learned

• Possible contributions to TEEBs Norway, Sweden … ?

TEEB NordicInc. summaries and case studies

TEEB Water and Wetlands

TEEB Green Economy

Social and Economic Benefits of Protected AreasAn Assessment Guide – to be published Aug 2013 !

THANK YOU ! TEEB Nordic and other IEEP TEEB related things …

www.ieep.eu @IEEP_eu

THANK YOU Marianne Kettunen

Senior policy analyst at Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) /Guest researcher at Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)

www.ieep.eu mkettunen@ieep.eu

@IEEP_eu

Dr. Petteri VihervaaraSenior researcher at Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)

www.ymparisto.fi/syke petteri.vihervaara@ymparisto.fi