Introduction to the Workshop

TEEB Country Studies

Learning from Experience and

How to Utilise the Results

Bettina Hedden-Dunkhorst

German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN)

“Potsdam Initiative – Biological Diversity 2010”

……the economic significance of the global loss of biological diversity….

TEEB Interim Report CBD COP-9, Bonn, May 2008

TEEB Main Reports Nov. 2009 – Oct. 2010

CBD COP-10, Nagoya

TEEB’s genesis …

Implementation & Facilitation:TEEB country studies & WAVESlocal TEEB initiatives & follow up projects, CBD COP 11, Hyderabad, …

TEEB Phase I TEEB Phase II TEEB Phase III

… andVarious events

Oktober 2011: Vilm – Workshop on European TEEB Processes

March 2012: Leipzig – TEEB Conference

... WCC, CBD COP XI, EU, ESP...

April 2013: Batumi – 6th Biodiversity in Europe - TEEB in Pan-Europe

Projects

TEEB Guidance Manual for Country Studies

ENTRP

EU Pilot Study on Natural Capital Accounting ...

… and

Various initiatives and processes related to TEEB

CBD Strategic Plan

WAVES

UN-SEEA

EU Biodiversity Strategy towards 2020

...

The Workshop’s Objectives

Right time for exchange

Synergies can be generated by linking/integrating TEEB to related processes

Growing demand for TEEB results by policy

I. Exchange of experiences on TEEB Country Studies

II. Learn about the broader context of TEEB implementation and how to link up and get engaged

III. Discuss the utilization /implementation of TEEB results

… more specifically

policy-makers need information on, e.g.

where to invest public funds ...

what policy instruments to use to implement CBD, EU, NBS targets

...

Workshop Schedule22nd May, Wednesday 23rd May, Thursday 24th May, Friday

Introduction to the Isle of Vilm

I) TEEB Country Studies * TEEB Nordic Synthesis* TEEB India* TEEB Germany* TEEB Brazil* TEEB Netherlands

Samoan Circle: Learning from Experiences

Summary of Previous Day and Reports from Interactive Exercise

II) International Landscape of TEEB Implementation* UNEP TEEB* TEEB and CBD NBSAPs* GIZ’s Supporting Activities* EU MAES Process

III) Utilization of TEEB Results

* The South African TEEB Study* Utilization of UK-NEA* TEEB Flanders - Expectations from Policy- Makers?

World Café: Utilization of TEEB Results

Lunch

Working Groups I: The Challenges to undertake a TEEB Country Study TEEB Guidance Manual for Country StudiesInteractive Exercise: start your own TEEB Country Study

Excursion: Walk around the isle

Working Groups II: Needs and Benefits from TEEB related Initiatives to address challenges of TEEB Implementation

Natural Capital Accounting * TEEB and related international initiatives* EU approach to ES in the context of TEEB* EU Pilot Study on Natural Capital Accounting

Presentation and Discussion of World Café Results

Plenary Discussion - Way Forward * Recommendations to Trondheim* Draft Policy Brief* Advance TEEB & Int. Exchange

Wrap up and Closure of the Workshop

Dinner

Discussion of workshop outputs and further Country Studies

* The Swiss Biodiversity Strategy* Freshwater Ecosystem Study in Croatia

Introduction to further Country Studies and Networking

* TEEB activities in Lithuania* ES Valuation and Application in Germany and Russia

“Get together“

Workshop Outcomes/Outputs Informing/learning about TEEB Country Studies

Networking (TEEB community)

Developing new ideas on integrating TEEB and utilizing the results

Publishing findings and recommendations (journal articles, policy brief, websites etc.)

Finally…

We wish all of us useful impulses

for our work!

Please enjoy your stay on Vilm!