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Funded by the Government of Alberta Ecosystem Services and Conservation Offsets April 24 th, 2012

Alberta’s History – Dramatic change in its landscapes – Energy, forestry, agriculture and urban development – Competition for land and resources between sectors – Environmental challenges – limits are being approached; reputation – Water quality, habitat loss and fragmentation of the landscape; greenhouse gases – Social license to operate – Biodiversity, water, and green house gases new drivers of innovation and competitiveness

Alberta’s Policy – Land Use Framework 2008 Enables development and use of conservation and stewardship tools, including market based instruments Conservation offsets, transfer of development credits – Water for Life 2008 Guides water allocation and management – Provincial Energy Strategy 2008 Global energy leader, recognized s a responsible world class energy supplier

Ecosystem services “The benefits that people obtain from the environment” (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005)

Alberta’s Policy – Land Use Framework 2008 Enables development and use of conservation and stewardship tools, including market based instruments Conservation offsets, transfer of development credits – Water for Life 2008 Guides water allocation and management – Provincial Energy Strategy 2008 Global energy leader, recognized s a responsible world class energy supplier

Ecosystem services “The benefits that people obtain from the environment” (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005)

Ecosystem Services (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005)

Sustainable Development – Cumulative effects management: a planning system that establishes targets for management of place-based impacts in an area rather than on a project-by-project basis. – Integrated land management: a planning system used to minimize the human-footprint on public land by sharing land between different users and encouraging land stewardship. (Alberta SRD) – Integrated resource management: a planning system used to ensure the long-term sustainable use of all available resources in an area. (Orfano, 2011)

Integrated Resource Management (IRM) IRM focuses on balancing ecosystem services and resources to ensure that the natural systems remain functioning, stable and healthy and to ensure important ecosystem services are maintained.

Market Based Instruments One of the economic recommendations of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, as a way to better manage our resources and ecosystem services. Can generate efficiency, innovation and competitiveness in resource development Transfer of Development Credits (TDCs): Used to concentrate development in certain areas and relinquish development pressure in other areas Conservation offsets: Used to counterbalance the effects of development on public and private land

Example of an Offset Scenario

Supply

Demand

Clear collaborative Governance with a defined business model that includes: Ecosystem Services Assessment Data and Information Management System Ecosystem Services Trading Platform Verification and Validation Systems Knowledge Structure Policy Evaluation Process Key Components Required for a Successful Market-Based Approach

Data and Information Support decision making and trade off choices Integration to recognize bundling, interaction, linkages Define units of exchange – Supply – Demand Valuation Enable improved management of resources Inform enhanced efficiency and innovation Verify and validate Document enhanced environmental health Credible…..open…….transparent

Two Projects Alberta’s Bio Resource Information Management System – Silvacom and Green Analytics Ecosystem Services Assessment - Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute Collaborators: – Alberta Innovates – Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency – Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute – Silvacom and Green Analytics – Miistakis Institute – Government of Alberta

Alberta’s Bio-Resource Information Management System

Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute: acting as expert network coordinator to develop a process to assess the supply of ES on any given landscape. Ecosystem Services Assessment

Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute: acting as expert network coordinator to develop a process to assess the supply of ES on any given landscape. Ecosystem Services Assessment

-Create an assessment platform on which to add ecosystem services as knowledge grows -Start with three categories: -Biodiversity -Forest and rangeland health and productivity -Water quality, including role of wetlands, riparian areas and watersheds Ecosystem Services Assessment