Multidisciplinary Research Week 2013 at the University of Southampton. #MDRWeek. World Water Day and International Year of Water Cooperation 2013. Ecosystem Services Approach and Mainstreaming Biodiversity - Experiences of GIZ’, Presentation by Dr Kirsten Probst, German Development Agency,( GIZ), Member of the ASSETS advisory board. See the latest videos, interviews, pictures, tweets and views from the floor at: www.southampton.ac.uk/multidisciplinary

1. World Water Day: Water Cooperation
Multidisciplinary Research Week 2013
‘Ecosystem Services Approach and Mainstreaming
Biodiversity - Experiences of GIZ’,
by Dr Kirsten Probst, German Development Agency,( GIZ),
Member of the ASSETS advisory board.

2. Ecosystem Services Approach
and Mainstreaming Biodiversity
– Experiences of GIZ
Ecosystem services for poverty alleviation
on World Water Day 2013, 22nd March
University of Southhampton
Dr. Kirsten Probst
Division 4700 Environment and Climate Change
Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
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3. Our profile
A German federal enterprise
• Owned by the Federal Republic of Germany
• Organised as a private-sector entity
• Supports the objectives of the German Government
We manage change.
For sustainable development worldwide.
• With advisory and practical services
• Across a wide range of sectors
• For customised, innovative solutions
• On behalf of clients inside Germany and around the world
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4. GIZ - Facts and figures
• Operations in Germany and in over 130 countries around the
world
• Around 17,000 employees
• Business volume of some 2 billion euros in 2011
• Commissioned by public and private-sector bodies inside and
outside Germany
• Main commissioning party: the German Federal Ministry for
Economic Cooperation and Development
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5. Biodiversity and Forests – A Priority Area for German
Development Cooperation:
 Biological diversity (and esp. forests) play a significant
role in German Development Policy and Cooperation
=> its own priority area and cross-cutting theme
 Strong political commitment to conserve and sustainably
manage biodiversity, forests and ecosystem services
 Increased funding: 219 Mio. Euros (2008), 300 Mio.
Euros (2010), app. 448 Mio. Euros (2012)
 German Government (BMZ & BMU) to invest 500 Mio.
Euros annually starting 2013
The more biodiversity there is
– the more resilient is our own survival system”
(Quoted after German Chanc. Angela Merkel, Int. Year of Biodiversity 2010)
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6. Scope of action
Sustainable implementation on all political levels
Concept of multilevel interventions: providing concrete
experiences on the local and national level and feedback into
national policy and international processes
International level
Support to the further development of the CBD and its instruments
and support to the partner countries in the international negotiations
National level
Ministries in Germany and Partner Countries:
Policy advice regarding the implementation of the
Strategic Plan 2011-2020 of the CBD
Local level
Support to implementation of small scale projects
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7. Our portfolio has grown steadily, responding to the extended
scope and the guiding principles of the CBD Strategic Plan
2011 – 2020 and its 20 Aichi-targets
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8. Our portfolio has grown steadily, responding to the extended
scope and the guiding principles of the CBD Strategic Plan
2011 – 2020 and its 20 Aichi-targets
Our goal
• Mainstreaming of biodiversity and ecosystem services
into German Development Cooperation
• Mainstreaming of biodiversity and ecosystem services
into development planning processes in partner
countries.
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9. Example 1:
Integrating Ecosystem Services
into Development Planning (IES)
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10. Integrating Ecosystem Services (IES) into Development Planning
What is it? IES is a stepwise approach for systematically assessing, valuating and
integrating ecosystem services into development planning.
What is the purpose? IES aims to assist in recognizing the links between nature
and development. It considers the environmental and economic trade-offs
associated with development measures and helps to systematically incorporate
ecosystem service-related opportunities and risks into the planning and
implementation of strategies.
Who can use it? IES is designed to support advisors, project staff and development
planners in partner countries to integrate ecosystem services into the design and
review of development plans, sector-specific and spatial planning, environmental
and climate assessments, as well as into project development and proposal
formulation.
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11. • Defining the scope of assessment and setting
Step 1 the stage How does the
development plan
depend and impact on
ecosystem services?
• Screening and prioritizing ecosystem services
Step 2
• Identifying ecosystem service conditions, trends What risks and
Step 3 and trade-offs opportunities do
ecosystem services
pose to the development
• Appraising the institutional and cultural plan?
Step 4 framework
• Preparing better decision-making
Step 5 Which policy measures
can help to avoid these
costs and capture these
benefits?
• Implementing change
Step 6
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12. Guide:
Integrating Ecosystem
Services into Development
Training module IES
Planning Tailored 2 to 4-day training based
A stepwise approach for on the Harvard Case Method
practitioners based on the
TEEB approach
Available in english, spanish, portuguese.
French version coming soon.
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13. Partner countries and
activities (overview)
Africa (north)
• Tunisia (Capacity building
Central America and on IES)
Carribean • Morocco (TEEB workshop,
• Mexico (capacity building on capacity building)
IES, PES)
• Costa Rica (capacity
building on IES)
South America
• Ecuador: (capacity Asia
building on IES, PES) • India (TEEB project)
• Peru (pilot project on • Vietnam (TEEB workshops and
IES, PES, TEEB capacity building, PES)
Africa (south)
workshop) • Thailand (project)
• Brazil (TEEB project, • Namibia (capacity
• Asean Centre for Biodiversity
capacity building on IES, building on IES)
(TEEB workshops and capacity
PES) building)
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14. IES in Practice: TEEB Study to inform Development Planning
and Public Investment in the Piura Region (Peru)
Outcomes at National level, e.g.:
 TOR were picked up by Ministry of Environment to initiate
similar studies in other regions
 Ministry of Finance is organizing Information meetings for
technical staff on ES
Outcomes at Regional level:
 Local government applying for public funding for capacity
development in ES valuation in diff. sectors
 Conservation of ecosystems to secure water provising
services for regional capital city as priority measure
Next Steps:
 Broad communication of results to different
policy sectors & stakeholder
 PDRS/GIZ: support to Min. of Environment in
in up-scaling to other regions
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15. Example 2:
Compendium of Methodologies
for assessing and mainstreaming
biodiversity into international
cooperation
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16. Initial Situation
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17.  What information do policy-makers really need about
ecosystem services in order to make more effective and
ecologically-sustainable development and allocation
decisions in future?
 Which methods and approaches are best suited to which
problem and context?
 Which methods are sufficiently robust and replicable and
provide results that are appropriate for M&E?
 Who should be involved in the planning and implementation
of the studies?
 What is the best way of processing and representing the
results so that they are intelligible to different target groups
and decision-makers?
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18. Services provided by project
Exchange on national level Global exchange
Practical Capacity
Reviewr of development and
experiences/ compendium
of knowledge
pilot exchange by
application of methodoloies
exsting networks
ES analyses
?
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19. Potential areas of mutual interest:
• Cases where ES studies and analyses were
successfully integrated into political decision-making
processes and the design of policy instruments
(e.g. in agriculture, food security, rural
development, climate change adaption)
• Assessment of practicability of different methods and
tools for ES analysis in the context of public
management and development planning
• Improved dialogue between research and practice
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20. Thank you very much for
your attention!!
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