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It’s Our Nature to Know Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
Assessment of Ecosystem Services & Biodiversity
Alberta Innovates – Bio Solutions Information Session Edmonton, November 27, 2013
It’s Our Nature to Know Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
It’s Our Nature to Know Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
Early days
• Fewpeople• Lotsofland&water• Fewerlimitstogrowth
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Cropproduc)on
Forageproduc)on
Woodproduc)on
Provisioning
Carbonstorage
CO2
Pollina)on
Waterfiltra)on&storage
Regula)ng
Inspira)on
Recrea)on
CulturalAbundantecosystemservices
It’s Our Nature to Know Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
Modern era
• Morepeople• Li<leunallocatedland&water• Morelanduses
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Time to take stock
Modern environmental challenges
• Growingpopula>on• Finitelandbase• Mul>plelanduses• Sociallicensetooperate• Engagedconsumers
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Time to take stock
Modern knowledge requirements
• State-of-the-environment• Changesover>me• ConsistentacrossAlberta• Reliable
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Part of the Roadmap
• Assessmentofecosystemservices&biodiversity
• Informa>onmanagement• Marketdesign
Reviewingourop>ons
Tradi)onalapproaches• Sta>cinventories• Limitedfieldverifica>on• Proprietary
Transforma)onalsystems• Dynamicmonitoringsystems• Investmentinnewdata• Openaccess
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It’s Our Nature to Know Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
ABMI
• Consistentsince2007• Coremandateismonitoring• Not-for-profitcorpora>on
– Boardincludesgov’t&non-gov’t• Province-widedatabaseof
biodiversitydata,development&landcover
• Buildontradi>onalinventory&monitoringapproaches
• Incorporatenewtechnology
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ABMI Application Centre
• Demonstraterelevancetoenvironmentalmanagement
• Informa>onproductsfromrawdata• Iden>fy&fill(some)gaps• Dedicatedbusinessunit(2011)• Projects
– Oilsandsmonitoring– Climatechangeadapta>on– Assessmentofecosystemservices&biodiversity– EcologicalrecoveryaUerreclama>on
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Rawdata
Scien)ficknowledge
Informa)onproducts
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Assessment of Ecosystem Services & Biodiversity
• Buildfrombiodiversitycore• Increaseuserbase• LeverageABMIbrand
– Independentgovernance– Crediblescience– Openaccessmandate– Provincialscope
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How we got here….
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Province-wideenvironmentalmonitoringsystem2007
Policysupportformarket-basedinstruments
2008
2009
IAFEreportonecosystemserviceassessment2010
RiparianassessmentprotocolsforESPayments2013
2012 Reviewofecosystemserviceassessmentexamples
Economicevalua>onofconserva>onoffsets2011
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Project Goals
1. Mapecosystemservices&biodiversity– Timber– Forage– Waterpurifica>on– Carbon– Pollina>on– Biodiversity
2. Demonstrateenvironmentalmanagementapplica>ons– Stewardshiprepor>ng– Market-basedinstruments– Regional/watershedplanning
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Collaborators
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MappingAlberta’sEcosystemServices
• Carbonstorage• Waterpurifica>on• Pollina>on• Timberproduc>on• Rangelandforageproduc>on
• Biodiversity
Example:WaterPurifica>on
1. TrackwaterflowusingDEM
2. Waterpicksupsedimentbasedonlandcover/land-use
3. Tracksedimentdeposi>on
4. Determineimportantupslopesourceareasforpointsofinterest(e.g.ci>es,recrea>onallakes)
EcosystemServiceTrade-offs
Foleyetal.2005.Science309:570
• ESprovisionforspecificregionsorindustries
• Marke>ngofnatural
resourceproducts
EcosystemServiceScorecards
Biodiversity
Timber
Forage
Waterpurifica>on
Carbon
Pollina>on
LinklandmanagementtochangesinES
MBI`s-Conserva>onOffsets
FutureESprovisionunderpoten>alland-usepolicies
§ Paymentforecosystemservices(PES)
§ Conserva>onoffsets§ Carbontax/cap&trade
ScenarioModelling
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Opportunity
Improve Alberta’s environment by enabling new ways to pay for conservation & reclamation
• Province-widemapsofecosystemservices&biodiversity– Opensourcemodels– (Mostly)publiclyavailableinputs– BetareleaseMarch2014
• Demonstrateapplica>onstoenvironmentalmanagement– Stewardshiprepor>ng– Market-basedinstruments– Regional/watershedplanning
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Thank You
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