1. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Session 1: Making the case for Eco-Disaster Risk Reduction Consultation Workshop on Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction for Sustainable Development

2. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Introduction of participants Interview your pair: 1. What is your name and organisation? 2. What do you do? 3. How is your work relevant to environmental management or/and DRR? 4. Why are you attending the training course?

3. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Training kit on Ecosystem-based DRR for sustainable development Developed by partner organisations of the Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR) www.pedrr.net

4. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction This course is about… 1.Increasing awareness among key players about the multiple benefits of ecosystem services for DRR and sustainable development, and the methods for sustaining and enhancing these services. 1.Developing knowledge and skills on how to integrate ecosystem management and DRR into development planning processes. 1.Promoting and facilitating cross-sectoral collaboration amongst environmental/ecosystem management, DRR, climate change adaptation and development practitioners.

5. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Workshop structure

6. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Output: AGENDA FOR ACTION = Plan to integrate eco-DRR into development planning at national and/or sub-national levels AGENDA FOR ACTION PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS/ACTIONS ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR STAKEHOLDERS TECHNIQUES/ TOOLS FOR IMPLEMENTATION RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE

7. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Session 1 will discuss: Fundamental concepts of eco-DRR Multiple benefits of ecosystem services for DRR and sustainable development. Cost-effectiveness of eco-DRR Main institutional and behavioural changes needed to effectively implement eco-DRR

8. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Disasters: more people affected Source: EM-DAT/CRED

9. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Disasters: increasing economic damage Source: EM-DAT/CRED

10. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Disaster risk in Sri Lanka  Floods  Landslides  Cyclones  Drought  Tsunami © A. Perera/IRIN

11. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Film screening: http://vimeo.com/19434428

12. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Ecosystem-based DRR (eco-DRR) “Sustainable management, conservation and restoration of ecosystems to provide services that mitigate hazards, and increase livelihood resilience.” ©Kevin Schafer / WWF-Canon

13. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Vegetation stabilises slopes ©N. Saalismaa

14. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Wetlands and floodplains control floods ©Michel Gunther / WWF-Canon

15. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Mangroves, saltmarshes and sand dunes buffer coastal hazards © UNEP © M.Rautkari/WWF-Canon

16. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Vegetation management in drylands improves drought resilience ©John E. Newby / WWF-Canon

17. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Sustaining livelihoods, increasing resilience © D. Gough/IRIN © SGP/UNDP © P. Holtz/IRIN

18. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Social, economic and environmental benefits MULTIPLE BENEFITS Hazard mitiga- tion Livelihoods Poverty reduction Disaster recovery Carbon seques- tration Climate change adapta- tion Biodiversity

19. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Ecosystem services for DRR have very high economic value + Replacing a lost service is very expensive, or impossible

20. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Cost-efficient DRR strategy Relatively low-cost installation and maintenance Livelihood benefits for human well-being © M. Deghati/IRIN

21. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction NO-REGRETS approach Cost-efficient, locally accessible solutions Multiple benefits for sustainable development - regardless of a disaster event © K.Holt/IRIN

22. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Implementing eco-DRR Maintain natural ecosystems, such as coastal mangroves, floodplains and forests Maintain traditional cultural ecosystems such as agroforestry systems, terraced crop growing, and fruit-tree forests in arid lands Restore such systems where they have been degraded or lost Promote policies and regulatory frameworks for ecosystem management for the purpose of DRR, climate change adaptation, livelihood benefits and other ecosystems services + Appropriate understanding of the ecological context and the hazard!

23. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction UK: Making Space for Water Government strategy for flood and coastal erosion risk management Emphasis on using ‘natural infrastructure’ such as floodplain management considered more cost- effective Source: DEFRA

24. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Bolivia: community forestry for slope stability Before: Frequent landslides due to environmental degradation Approach: Community forestry After: Diversified livelihoods, improved slope stability and watersheds © C.Robledo © M.Ficher

25. PEDRR Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Film screening: Climate change adaptation http://www.youtube.com/watchv=ALgFZyLRbB8&feature=related