teeb germany – a country study process at the interface of science and policy christoph...
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TEEB Germany – a country study process at the interface of science and policy
Christoph Schröter-Schlaack, Bernd Hansjürgens, Irene Ring, Aletta Bonn, Miriam Brenck, Urs Moesenfechtel
Natural Capital Germany – TEEB DE
Structure of talk
1. Key reasons for doing the study
2. Main policy questions
3. Outputs
4. Approach, methods and governance of study
5. Utilization of results
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Natural Capital Germany – TEEB DE
Key reasons for doing the study
• Success and impact of the international TEEB study, German Environmental Ministry (BMU) one of the initiators and funders of TEEB International
• TEEB national study as contribution to national biodiversity strategy
• Collecting and synthesizing existing evidence and providing economic arguments for nature protection
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Natural Capital Germany – TEEB DE
Objectives and (policy) questions
• Awareness Raising: collect evidence on social and economic importance of ecosystem goods and services
• Promoting Good Practice: stimulate mutual learning via case studies of biodiversity conservation
• Connecting People: facilitate knowledge exchange among and between science & policy
• Showcase the Benefits of ES-concept: mainstream ES-concept in policy sectors other than nature conservation
TEEB DE is not:• an economic valuation study• a national ecosystem service assessment
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Natural Capital Germany – TEEB DE
Architecture and Governance
• Jointly funded by:– German Ministry for the Environment (BMU) – Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN)
• January 2012 - July 2015
• Coordination: UFZ, Department of Economics• Study leader: Bernd Hansjürgens (UFZ)
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Funders:
Coordination groupAdvisory Board
experts from policy, science, media, business
Project Advisory Group (PAG)stakeholders from ministries,
administration and NGOs
Study leader Bernd Hansjürgens
and coordination team at
Peer review
Input Input Input Input Input Input Input Input
Workshops – Call for Evidence – BfN-projects – Expert Network – etc.
Brochure
The value of nature for
economy and society
Brochure
Natural Capital –The business perspective
Mainstreaming the economics of nature:
Instruments and policies
(Draft title)
Report 1Volkmar Hartje
Climate politics and
natural capital
(Draft title)
Rural areas and ecosystem
services
(Draft title)
Nature in the city: Health
and quality of life
(Draft title)
Report 3 Ingo Kowarik
Report 2 Christina v.
HaarenReport 4
Synthesis UFZ
Natural Capital Germany – TEEB DE
Outputs – Report Series
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10/2012
03/2013
01/2014
07/2014
01/2015
07/2015
International Conference
Businessbrochure
Introduction Report 1 Climate politics
Report 2Rural areas
Report 3Nature in the city
Report 4Synthesis & recommen-
dations
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Natural Capital Germany – TEEB DE
Utilization of results (or at least our efforts to make results useful)
• Interactive process of developing the reports: broad call for evidence, kick-off workshops with stakeholder consultations, reviews by scientists and experts from policy and administration, public launches of each report
• Outreach, training and discussion: workshop series with stakeholders from administration, business and NGOs;
• Connecting with complementary cross-sectoral processes: National Panel on Germany‘s Biodiversity Strategy, UN Decade on ‚Biodiversity‘, Business initiatives (‘Biodiversity in Good Company’ et al.), Bioeconomy Council
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