Planning and performing ecological restoration through the valuation of ecosystem services
Symposium Organiser(s):
Francisco A. Comín, Pyrenean Institute of Ecology-CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain
Greg Reub, ENVIRON International Corporation, Seattle, WA, USA
This session will include an overview of the approaches for ecosystem restoration and of the state of using ecosystem service valuation for planning and performing ecological restoration projects and presentations on advantages and disadvantages of current tools. The session will focus on tools that estimate environmental effects that are limiting ecosystem services such as sustainable populations and where (geographically) those limitations are more substantial. The session will explore how ecosystem tools provide results that increase benefits of implementing restoration or conservation measures in terms of human benefits and form the basis for determining the benefits and costs associated with ecosystem restoration investments. As conservation and restoration needs increase and funding is exposed to more review and scrutiny, cost-effective results are paramount. Some of the more common criticisms center around the facts that commonly used methods: 1) do not have a quantitative basis for the estimates, 2) are not transparent to allow thorough review and stakeholder input, and 3) do not demonstrate direct and indirect benefits to the affected public. Case studies will present innovative approaches for assessing potential impacts and benefits for prioritization of restoration projects.
Keywords: ecosystem services, restoration, ecosystems, valuation
Symposium Presentations:
Ecological restoration and ecosystem services: From theory to practice and vice-versa
Francisco A. Comín, Pyrenean Institute of Ecology-CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain
Greg Reub, ENVIRON International Corporation, Seattle, WA, USA
Assessment of ecosystem services through spatial and time scales: Valuation tools
K.J. Bagstad, USGS, Rocky Mountain Geographic Science Center, Denver, CO, USA
Integrating the assessment of ecosystem services into ecological restoration projects: Explaining why there is social and economic value in applying the assessment of EESS in ER projects and how to measure it
Deborah McGrawth, Department of Biology, University of the South, Sewanee, TN, USA
Planning watershed restoration scenarios at different social and economic conditions based on the assessment of EESS. The River Piedra watershed project (NE Spain)
Beatriz Miranda and F.A. Comín, Pyrenean Institute of Ecology-CSIC, Zaragoza,Spain
Re-establishing ecosystem services through the implementation of large restoration projects: An experimental approach in forested landscape in South-Central Chile
Christian Little, Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra y Evolución, Universidad Austral de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
Ecosystem service valuation in environmental decision-making
J. Nicholette, ENVIRON International Corporation, Atlanta, GA, USA
Selection of cost-effective areas for mangrove restoration with MARXAN based on the evaluation of ecosystem services
M.F. Adame, C. Teutli, J.A. Herrera, CINVESTAV-IPN, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Social and economic outputs after applying EESS assessment and ecological restoration Gretchen Greene, Environ International Corporation, Clackamas, OR, USA
Policy implications for applying ecosystem services valuation to payment for ecosystem services programs
Frank Casey, USGS Center for Science, Decisions and Resource Management, Fort Collins, CO, USA
An ecosystem services framework in practice: an assessment of fruit production in Southern Europe
Gregory Reub and G. Greene, ENVIRON International Corporation, Seattle, WA, USA
S. Deacon, ENVIRON UK Limited, Box, Wiltshire, UK
S. Norman, Dow AgroSciences, Abingdon, UK
Using ecosystem services as a tool for ecological restoration projects. A motivated discussion
Greg Reub, ENVIRON International Corporation, Seattle, WA, USA
Francisco A. Comín, Pyrenean Institute of Ecology-CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain
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