| 报告题名: | The Value of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in the EU's Outermost Regions and Overseas Countries and Territories |
| 作者: | Holger Gerdes; Zoritza Kiresiewa; Dr. Manuel Lago; Sandra Naumann; Michael Schock
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| 出版者: | Ecologic Institute, Germany
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| 出版年: | 2014
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| 发表日期: | 2014
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| 总页数: | 71
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| 国家: | 德国
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| 语种: | 英语
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| 英文关键词: | biodiversity
; ecosystem services
; biodiversity valuation
; ecosystem service valuation
; biodiversity policy
; biodiversity management
; conservation
; European Union
; EU overseas entities
; EU outermost region and overseas countries and territories
; literature review
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| 中文主题词: | 农业科学
; 保护
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| 主题词: | AGRICULTURE
; CONSERVATION
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| 英文摘要: | The EU overseas entities are well-known hotspots of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine biodiversity. This report presents the result of a survey and anlysis of studies on the value ofecosystem services and biodiversity in the EU overseas entities. It includes investigation of case studies in Bonaire, St. Marten, and Belize in whichvaluation results were taken up by local policy makers, and discusses the factors which contributed to that uptake. The report is available for downloadTheEU overseas entities supportunique ecosystems, which are home to an estimated one third of the globally threatened species, including many endemic species. However, their ecosystems are threatened by invasive species, climate change, and habitat loss – the latter of which is often induced by human activities. In addition, biodiversity conservation in ORs/OCTs turns out to be challenging due to the complex jurisdictional matters among the EU, Member States, and overseas territories levels. The economic valuation of biodiversity and ecosystem services can be a tool to express the multiple societal benefits of intact ecosystems and their ecological functions. Estimated values can be used in awareness raising campaigns and in the design of policy instruments, such as payments for ecosystem services, at local and regional level.Within this report, a total of 39 valuation studies containing 110 individual value estimates have been identified and evaluated, in order to provide an overview of themagnitude of the estimated economic value derived from (sub)tropical biodiversity in ORs ant OCTs. It was found that the value of individual ecosystem services differs widely among the covered regions and ecosystems. The reasons can be found in different value perceptions of the local populations and in the particularities (related to design and implementation) of the individual valuation studies. The policy impacts of environmental valuation studies depend on a range of aspects, including the reliability of the valuation methods applied, the integration of stakeholder perceptions into the study design, the communication and dissemination efforts by the researchers, and the receptivity of the targeted policy makers.This report presents case studies from Bonaire, St. Maarten and Belize, where valuation results were taken up by local policy makers, and discusses the factors which contributed to that uptake. The case studies reveal that, in order to be perceived as relevant and useful by policy makers, valuation studies should be designed and implemented in a participatory manner. Taking into account of the stakeholders’ perceptions turns out to be essential, even more if the objective is to design or adapt policy instruments based on the results of the valuation study.While more effective protection of biodiversity in ORs and OCTs will depend on a range of factors, particularly available funding mechanisms, the economic valuation of biodiversity and ecosystem services can provide arguments for the integration of biodiversity aspects into other policy domains, such as agriculture and tourism. By informing public debates and local and regional policy making, it holds potential for contributing to smarter and more sustainable management of tropical and subtropical biodiversity in ORs and OCTs. |
| 资助项目: | Biodiversity and Sustainable Development in the EU'
; s Outermost Regions and Overseas Countries and Territories (NetBiome-CSA)#2727#European Commission, Directorate-General Research &
; Innovation (DG Research & Innovation)
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| URL: | http://www.netbiomedata.org/sites/default/files/documents/D3.1_Biodiv-valuation_final_310714.pdf
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| 资源类型: | 研究报告
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| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/42483
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| Appears in Collections: | 过去全球变化的重建
影响、适应和脆弱性
科学计划与规划
气候变化与战略
全球变化的国际研究计划
气候减缓与适应
气候变化事实与影响
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Holger Gerdes,Zoritza Kiresiewa,Dr. Manuel Lago,et al. The Value of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in the EU's Outermost Regions and Overseas Countries and Territories. 2014-01-01.
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