mining and ecosystem services: hard trade-offs in ecuador · 2012-12-18 · rivers and lakes...

© 2012 Earth Economics

Lola Flores, Research Analyst

Maya Kocian, Economist

Mining and Ecosystem

Services: Hard trade-offs

in Ecuador


Overview: Study Area

The Dilemma

Applying Ecological Economics

About Us

Agenda

© 2012 Earth Economics Credit: Conservation International

Biological Hot Spots


Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena


Sumak Kawsay


Rights for Nature


Imbabura

Province


The Dilemma in Intag


Cu


“Impacts to the local

climate, leading to

desertification”

(JICA 1996)


• DECOIN (Defense and Conservation of Intag)

• AACRI (Río Intag Agroartesanal Coffee Growers’ Association)

• ACAI (Association of Agro-Ecological Farmers of Intag)

• TOISÁN CONSORTIUM(social and sustainable development)

• Member groups of the WOMEN’S COORDINATING COMMITTEE OF INTAG

• COMMUNITY COUNCIL of García Moreno

• Flor deMayo and other forest ranger groups

• Cotacachi-Cayapas Reserve Committee for the Cuellaje District

• JUNÍN Ecotourism Group

• CTGV (Greater Valley Workshop Corporation)

• LOS CEDROS Foundation

• Manduriacos TourismCommittee

• YOUNG PEOPLE’S COORDINATING COMMITTEE OF INTAG

• RAINFOREST CONCERN

• NGO ZOO BREVIVEN

• PRODECI-AYUDA ENACCIÓN

• PRODERENA, ECOPAR, FBU, XCS, USAID

• Chalguayaco Alto Farming and Livestock Association

• AUCC (Environmental Management Council CGAMRN)


1) Bishimetals

2) Ascendant Copper (Copper Mesa)


Source: aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/03/20123921342425380.html


Applying Ecological Economics


Medicinal Resources Carbon Sequestration


Freshwater Supply


Ecosystems Services


Values for Intag


Final Report

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Rivers and Lakes Wetlands Riparian Forest

Gas and Climate Regulation x x Flood Protection x x Habitat Refugium x x x

Pollination x Soil Erosion Control x x

Water Flow Regulation x x x Nutrient Cycling x Water Supply x x x Water Quality x x x

Biological Control x Aesthetic & Recreational x x x

Soil Formation x x Food Provisioning x x

Biodiversity x x x


Gas and Climate Regulation $29.43 $43.56 Flood Protection $117.87 $7.56 Habitat Refugium $17.13 $58.89 $269.85

Pollination x x Soil Erosion Control

Water Flow Regulation x x x Nutrient Cycling x Water Supply $58.89 $199.11 $2,105 Water Quality x x

Biological Control

Aesthetic & Recreational $1.69 x $1,043 Soil Formation

Food Provisioning x x

Biodiversity x x


Gas and Climate Regulation $29.43 $43.56

Flood Protection $117.87 $7.56

Habitat Refugium $17.13 $58.89 $269.85

Pollination

Soil Erosion Control

Water Flow Regulation x x x

Nutrient Cycling x

Water Supply $58.89 $199.11 $2,105

Water Quality x x

Biological Control

Aesthetic & Recreational $1.69 x $1,043

Soil Formation


Biodiversity x x


Gas and Climate Regulation $29.43 $43.56

Flood Protection $117.87 $7.56

Habitat Refugium $17.13 $58.89 $269.85

Pollination

Soil Erosion Control

Water Flow Regulation x x x

Nutrient Cycling x

Water Supply $58.89 $199.11 $2,105

Water Quality x x

Biological Control

Aesthetic & Recreational $1.69 x $1,043

Soil Formation


Biodiversity x x

Rivers & Lakes

$77.71 per acre

each year

Total Low Value of Rivers and

Lakes

Rivers & Lakes

$77.71 per acre

each year

Open Water

Perennial Ice/Snow

Deciduous Forest

Evergreen Forest

Mixed Forest

Scrub/Shrub

Grassland/Herbaceous

Pasture/Hay

Cultivated Crops

Woody Wetlands

Herbaceous Wetlands

Eelgrass

Rivers and Lakes

Total Low Value

of each

landcover type * [ ] Acres

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