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INTEGRATING ECOSYSTEM AND BIODIVERSITY VALUES INTO POLICY ASSESSMENT
Box 4.4: Collected evidence on the values of ecosystem services
over 1100 values have been collected to
date, covering 10 biomes and 22 ecosystem
services. values are organised based on geographical
and socio-economic criteria and are
also influenced by the context of the valuation
study.
The analysis so far shows that there are no
easy answers. for most ecosystem services,
it is not possible to 'plug and play' values from
elsewhere without first considering the local
characteristics. This was highlighted in chapter
1 for tourism from coral reefs; figure 4.4
shows values for different ecosystem services
in tropical forests.
In practice, the ‘default assumption’ is often
that the value of forests is the timber, and that
there is no value attached to the wide range
of other ecosystem services. The reality is that
the value of other services can be high. This
shows the need to consider how an ecosystem
serves people and the impacts of its loss.
Understanding the services lost is an easy first
step towards understanding the value at risk.
Understanding the value is the basis for due
commitment to and design of instruments
that then turn the some of the ‘valuation
values’ into ‘real values’ and hence change
the practical incentives on the ground.
Figure 4.4: Ecosystem Services
values from forests
– working insights from TEEB D0
TEEB for NATIoNAL AND INTErNATIoNAL PoLIcy MAKErs - chAPTEr 4: PAGE 12
Source: TEEB D0, Chapter 7