Transcript Strategic Direction - our leadership

Delivering eco-system services in England
Dr Helen Phillips, Chief Executive
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492 native species lost
24% of amphibians and 22% of
butterflies extinct
Further 942 species of concern
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Large copper butterfly: extinct in England
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All regular dolphin
and whale species
All reptile species
60% of
amphibians
40% of freshwater
fish
40% of terrestrial
mammals
33% of our
butterflies and
bumblebees
The current system –
2009 designations
and urban areas
Economics and ethics
Evolution of the scenarios
Continuing as we are: present trends extended
Current trends
continue,
economic growth
is a priority
Initial focus on
consumption, little
attention paid to
resource and
environmental
limits
Lifestyles
remain focused
on consumption,
driven by
accelerating
innovation
Environmental
and financial
crises drive
protectionism,
reducing
globalisation
GO for
Growth
KEEP it
Local
Focus on short-term
global productivity,
little attention paid
to long-term
consequences for
society or the
environment
New market entrants
gain competitive
advantage through
innovation to
safeguard long-term
social and
environmental capital
SUCCEED
through
Science
Initial focus on ICT
to improve
productivity, little
attention to the
capabilities of
social networking
Through
extensive social
networks,
traditional ways
of doing things
become outdated
CONNECT
for Life
Policy
emphases
and areas
underplayed
Response
Possible
future
outcomes
Mapping eco-system services
Carbon storage
Water supplies
Rare wildlife habitats
Tourist destinations
Food production
Game management
Tranquillity
Peat soils in northern uplands
Peat soils
Peat soils in south west uplands
No charge? –
The Value of the
Natural Environment
• Potential benefits of UK Marine
Conservation Zones £7 billion £19 billion
• Restoration of floodplains in
Netherlands benefit-cost ratios >4:1
• People who live within 500m of
accessible green space are 24% more
likely to meet recommended activity
levels. Reducing the sedentary
population by 1 per cent valued at
£1.44 billion for the UK
• Environmental Stewardship estimated
to deliver savings of 3.46 million
tonnes of CO2e per year; value c.£1.25
billion
Managed realignment
Alkborough Flats inundated following a breach in the flood
defence bank
Green infrastructure in a new
development
Upton, Northamptonshire
Market distortion
Braat et al. 2009
Agri-environment scheme
expenditure
Delivering Nature’s Services
The Ecosystem Service Pilots
How will we approach this?
There are three pilot areas:
• South Pennines NCA,
Yorkshire
• Bassenthwaite Lake
catchment, Cumbria
• Dartmoor and Exmoor, South
West.
Each is being run regionally with
stakeholder groups
The way
ahead
• A step change in conservation with a focus on landscapescale and ecosystems
• Shift in values and behaviours
• New funding mechanisms