1. Presentation 5.5: Ecosystem Services

2. Outline Defining Ecosystem Services Key Ecosystem Services Provided by Forests Ecosystem Markets and Payments for Ecosystem Services: Putting a Price on Natural Assets Communicating Natures Benefits and Values to the Public

3. Section 1: Defining Ecosystem Services

4. Outline Introduction A Brief History Common Defitions The End Product is What Matters: An Economists Perspective The Process Also Matters: An Ecologists Perspective Summary

5. Introduction Provide services critical to human well-being Benefits provided to humans Produce goods we purchase Produce goods we consciously consume

6. History Earliest record 400 B.C. Field of ecosystem ecology emerged in 1940s Term ecosystem services started late 1970s Understand different perspectives

7. Common Definitions The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment – Provisioning Services – Regulating Services – Cultural Services – Supporting Services

8. The End Product Is What Matters: An Economists Perspective Developing approaches – Counting – Measuring – Assigning monetary values Emphasize the end/final product

9. The Process Also Matters: An Ecologists Perspective Wide range of conditions Processes which ecosystems help sustain life Intermediate Functions End Product

10. Summary Ecosystem services can have different meanings Benefits ecosystems provide – Goods we purchase Food and Fuel – Free Services Waste decomposition and crop pollination

11. Section 2: Key Ecosystem Services Provided by Forests

12. Outline Introduction Provisioning Services Regulating Services Cultural Services Aspects to Keep in Mind Ecosystem Services and Disservices Summary

13. Introduction Ecosystems provide services that benefit – People – Communities – Business – Contribute to our well-being

14. Ecosystem Services of Southern Forests Provisioning Services Regulating Services Cultural Services

15. Provisioning Services Timber Bioenergy Nontimber forest products – Edible and culinary food – Arts and crafts – Medicine and dietary supplements – Floral and decorative – Landscape Clean Water

16. Regulating Services Reduced Flooding and Erosion Air Quality Climate Regulation

17. Cultural Services Aesthetic, spiritual, and religious beliefs Recreation

18. Aspects to Keep in Mind Scale Interrelationships Double counting

19. Aspects to Keep in Mind Economic Value Different types of values

20. Aspects to Keep in Mind Trade-offs Co-benefits

21. Ecosystem Services and Disservices in the Wildland- Urban Interface Ecosystem Disservices

22. Summary

23. Section 3: Ecosystem Markets and Payments for Ecosystem Services: Putting a Price on Natural Assets

24. Outline Introduction Ecosystem Service Valuation Types of Ecosystem Markets and Payments for Ecosystem Services Current Outlook Summary

25. Introduction Ecosystems provide essential benefits to society through tangible products with clear market prices

26. Ecosystem Service Valuation Determining value Market Development

27. Types of Ecosystem Markets and Payments for Ecosystem Services Payment – Voluntary Markets – Compliance Markets – Public Payments – Voluntary Private Payments

28. Types of Ecosystem Markets and Payments for Ecosystem Services Commodity – Carbon – Water – Biodiversity Bundled Ecosystem Services

29. Current Outlook

30. Summary

31. Section 3: Communicating Natures Benefits and Values to the Public

32. Outline Introduction Natures Benefits Natures Value Communication Approaches Summary

33. Introduction Increase public understanding/support Natures Benefits Natures Value Communication Approaches

34. Natures Benefits Talk about natures benefits or natures value Encourage people to think broadly about the benefits of nature Focus on public health and safety as top benefits

35. Natures Benefits Remind people of natures role in providing materials for medicines Highlight the benefits of nature for providing food

36. Natures Value Acknowledge the unquantifiable value of nature Clarify the value of conservation Highlight non-monetary ways of measuring natures value

37. Communication Approaches Framing the Subject

38. Communication Approaches Messengers and the Audience

39. Summary Challenging to communicate ecosystem concepts Resource professionals communicate information effectively is key Important that audience understands

40. Credits