national TEEB process in China---current situation and

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1 national TEEB process in National TEEB Process in China China---current situation and -Current Situation and Perspective Pespective Prof. Meng Wei Chinese Research Acadmy of Environmental Sciences

2 Outline International Exchange of TEEB Case Studies Progress of Projects Outlook

3 International Exchange of TEEB Ecological Progress in China In the Keynote Report of the 18th National Congress of Communist Party of China (CPC), the promotion and realization of ecological progress was taken as a very important issue. It was pointed out that Promoting ecological progress is a long-term task of vital importance to the people's wellbeing and China's future. Faced with increasing resource constraints, severe environmental pollution and a deteriorating ecosystem, we must raise our ecological awareness of the need to respect, accommodate to and protect nature. We must give high priority to making ecological progress and incorporate it into all aspects and the whole process of advancing economic, political, cultural, and social progress, work hard to build a beautiful country, and achieve lasting and sustainable development of the Chinese nation.

4 International Exchange of TEEB The 5th Sino-German Workshop on Biodiversity Conservation was jointly held by CRAES and BfN in Lanzhou in July 2012, China

5 International Exchange of TEEB Dr. Pavan Sukhdev, Prof. Beate Jessel, Prof. Meng Wei answered questions as thematic chairs in International High-Level Forum on the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) -Towards a National TEEB Process held in Beijing last July.

6 International Exchange of TEEB Dr.Pavan Sukhdevgave a presentation Amina Mohamed, Excutive Director, UNEP gave a speech

7 International Exchange of TEEB Follow-up of the Workshop CRAES proposed scientific recommendation to the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP), China for launching National TEEB Process.

8 International Exchange of TEEB Follow-up of the Workshop Explore biodiversity values -a new choice to protect biodiversity was published in Environmental Protection.

9 International Exchange of TEEB On May 22-25, 2013, 3 delegates from MEP, CRAES and Hunan environmental research institute attended the International Workshop on TEEBResearch and Applicationin Vilm Island, Germany. On July15-20, 2013, Ecological Progress Forum was organized by MEP in Yunnan, China, in which TEEB was one of the themes.

10 Case Studies 1. Study on Valuation of Regional Ecosystem Services The total value of China s ecological service was RMB7783 billion per year (1994 as base year), which is 1.73times of China s GDP. Among the total values, the service value of the terrestrial ecosystem was RMB5610 billion per year, and marine ecosystem was 2174 billion per year. The value was underestimated due to defect in calculation and parameter selection. (Chen Zhongxin et al. 2000)

11 Case Studies 1. Study on Valuation of Regional Ecosystem Services Taking province(city) as the accounting unit, ecosystem services assessment was conducted for China s rural ecological resources during The result showed the ecological services value firstly increased and then decreased, with 40% of ecosystem service value reduced from forest and grassland. (Liang Liutao & Feng Shuyi, 2011, )

12 Case Studies 2. Study on Valuation of Single Ecosystem Services Non-use value was amounted to RMB 4.3 billionbased on study in Changbaishan Mountain Nature Reserve (Xue Dayuan, 2000) ; The total value of the forestry services was estimated to be Yuan/year. Indirect value was times of their direct economic value. (Yu Xinxiao, 2005); The ecological service value reached Yuan annually delivered by natural grassland in Tibet Plateau (Xie Gaodi, 2003); Yuan of ecological service value wasdelivered by Poyang Lake and 8.1billion by Dongting Lake (Cui Lijun, 2004).

13 Case Studies Urban Ecological Capital Valuation: Assessment on Beijing Forestry(2008)

14 Case Studies Many fish species become endangered due to human and natural interventions. It is estimated 92 fish species, 10% of the freshwater became endangered. Land use Water resources Habitat destroyed Pollution discharge Fis her y Habitat destroyed

15 Case Studies Ecological Rehabilitation in Liaohe River Zoning main stream conservation areas based on river catchment functions; List 20 protected fish species; Liaohe River Nature Reserve Authority established in March 2010with a total area of 190,000ha covering 14 counties and 58 townships Liaohe River Conservation Regulation issued Zoning map of Liaohe Nature Reserve

16 Case Studies 3. Species Valuation Assessment Value assessment was made on 36 species of pollinating bees. The results showed the value pollinated by 36 species of bees could be up to 304 billion Yuan in , which was 76timesof the total values of national bee industry, equivalent to 12.3% of the total national agricultural output (Liu Pengfei et al.); The economic values by insects pollination on fruits and vegetables was amounted to USD52 billion, which was 25.5%of total fruits and vegetables outputs (An Jiandong, Chen Wenfeng, 2008); Soybean genetic value; Economic value of Giant Panda(1million Yuan); Tibetan antelope;

17 Case Studies Each Giant pandawas valued RMB600,000 Tibetan antelope in Qiangtang was valued RMB0.75 billion Yuan/a, higher than the total outputs from six counties of Natural Reserves in 2007, which was RMB0.5 billion Yuan.

18 Progress of Projects 1. CRAES s TEEB Projet-Biodiversity Assessment Methodology in South Gansu Biodiversity Water Soil conservation

19 Assessment of Wetlands Values Progress of Projects Animal husbandry production, carbon stock Evaluation wetlands by willing to payment /CVM Evaluation of non-marketing value by CEM

20 Assessment of Forest values Direct value- timber, forest byproducts, animal products Water maintenance and flood regulation Progress of Projects

21 Forest values assessment Maintain biodiversity Logging lost carbon, nutrition and water and soil conservancy Progress of Projects

22 Species resources valuation Cordyceps value and ecological risks caused by harvesting (50 yuan each and 80,000 Yuan/kg). 50% turf was destroyed after harvesting with market price costs at 10-20billion Yuan. Progress of Projects

23 Progress of Projects Tibetan pigs costs 50 yuanper 500g; Natural Rhodiolaeas medicine used to treat hypoxia for high altitude reaction Blue eared pheasant

24 Progress of Projects 2.IPBES Programme( ) Chaired by Prof. Li Xiushan, with a total fund of 6million. Establishment of ecosystem services and biodiversity evaluation system Conduct typical ecosystem assessment, including economic valuation Support the dialogue between science and policy

25 Progress of Projects Evaluation on typical demonstration area (1) Loess Plateau:Typical fragile ecosystem in China Research contents: a)identifythe biodiversity and main services delivered by the ecosystem; b)evaluatebiodiversity prior to and post land conversion to forestry and grassland, temporal dynamics and space variation. Driving mechanism will be analyzed; c)analyze balances among multi functions and services; d)explore the relevance between biodiversity and ecosystem services to define and maximize regional, long term strategies for conservation and restoration.

26 Progress of Projects Evaluation on typical demonstration area (2) Shouquwetlands in the Yellow River: Located in the eastern edge of Tibet Plateau, incl. Maqu, Gansu and Ruoergai, Sichuan. The wetlands ecosystem services, root causes of the degradation and conservation & restoration will be assessed.

27 Progress of Projects Evaluation on typical demonstration area (3)) Wuyishan Mountain: Rewarded as the world nature and cultural heritage sites as well as MAB, is located at the southeastern part of China. It is listed as one of prioritized areas in China s Biodiversity Conservation Strategy and Action Plan( ). Research contents: (1)Evaluate ecosystem services and values; (2)Analyzed the driving forces of biodiversity and ecosystem services loss; (3)Propose the strategies and recommendations on biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services

28 Outlook Programme (to be) Applied and Proposed China-EU Policy Dialogue TEEB Platform Programme (jointly with BFN) with the aim to promote TEEB dialogue and communication, improve public awareness and mainstreaming of natural assets while integrating policy making process 2015 Environmental Commonweal Programme of TEEB

29 Outlook Mainstreaming natural assets Establish evaluation methodology to conduct natural assets assessment at county level or regional level; Natural assets should be integrated in local GDP accounting Natural assets should be integrated into policy making and commercial development Implementation of ecological compensation

30 Thank you for your attention!