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EcosystemBased
Adaption –
Lessons
and
Feedback
Terry Hills
Advisor Adaptation
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Presentation Overview
1. Challenges for
Ecosystem-Based
Adaptation
2. Lessons from CI on
Vulnerability Assessment
3. Follow up from CI/UI
2009 Workshop on
Adaptation
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1 - Ecosystem-Based
Adaptation
“Ecosystem-based adaptation
integrates the use of biodiversity
and ecosystem services into an
overall adaptation
strategy…includes the
sustainable management,
conservation and restoration of
ecosystems to provide services
that help people adapt to the
adverse effects of climate
change”.
Convention for Biological Diversity
(AHTEG – 2009)
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Ecosystem-Based Adaptation –
Examples of Relationships:
• Wetlands/Mangrove Distribution ~ Storm Surge
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Impact + Coastal Erosion
Coral Reef Health ~ Resilience to Bleaching Events +
Storm Surge Impact
Vegetation Complexity ~ Risk of Shallow Landslides
Sea Grass Health ~ Sediment Management
Forest Cover ~ Regulation of Water Flows + Water
Quality
Agroforestry Systems ~ resilient to change across a
range of climate parameters
Ecosystem-Based
Adaptation : Challenges
Knowledge Gaps:
• Quantify Ecosystem
Services (ES) in practical
development context
• Quantify ES contribution to
climate resilience
Jurisdiction:
• Often different decisionmakers on
conservation/environment
and planning/infrastructure
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Economic tools – Simclim Example
With climate change
With
adaptation
Without climate
change
Economic tools – SimClim Example(2)
DAMAGES
ADAPTATION
BENEFITS &
COSTS
2 - Vulnerability Assessment’s
– CI’s Review of Approaches
• CI has conducted a range of
vulnerability assessments at
different scales, sectors,
geographies
• Recently conducted an
internal review of ‘lessons
learned’
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Vulnerability Assessment’s Recommendations
• Early agreement on practical scope by owners of the
process
• Early cross-disciplinary linkages – particularly socioeconomic
• Tighter geographic and sectoral scope to yield more
actionable recommendations
• Generous lead time on technical inputs + small grants
for local academia
• Practical approach to data constraints
• Momentum is maintained ‘post-event’
• Budget for small grants for follow-up actions
3 - Follow up from UI/CI Workshop on
Adaptation – February 2009
2009 Workshop
Objectives
• Share knowledge of adaptation
planning in Indonesia relevant to
conservation and development.
• Explore relationships between
ecosystems, climate change
and development from a
practical perspective – based on
‘ecosystem types’
• Identify partners that were
interested in more detail on a
sub-national level.
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Workshop Follow-up
Papua and Papua Barat
Prepared Risk Profile for Tanah Papua
Presented at the 1st International Biodiversity Conference
in Tanah Papua in November 2009
North Sumatra Biodiversity Corridor
Will build on existing work that looks at deforestation and
coffee production in North Sumatra/Aceh
Responds to interest from growers and cooperatives on
what expect from climate change…and options for
response.
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THANKS
[email protected]
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