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Prof. Meng Wei

Chinese Research Acadmy of Environmental Sciences

2013.7.15

national TEEB process in

China---current situation and

Pespective

National TEEB Process in China

-Current Situation and Perspective

Outline

Progress of Projects

International Exchange of TEEB

Case Studies

Outlook


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.”

�Ecological Progress in China

The 5th Sino-German Workshop on Biodiversity Conservation was

jointly held by CRAES and BfN in Lanzhou in July 2012, China


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.



Dr.Pavan Sukhdev gave a

presentation

Amina Mohamed, Excutive

Director, UNEP gave a speech

CRAES proposed scientific

recommendation to the

Ministry of Environmental

Protection (MEP), China for

launching National TEEB

Process.


� Follow-up of the Workshop

“Explore biodiversity

values - a new choice to

protect biodiversity” was

published in Environmental

Protection.


� Follow-up of the Workshop

� On May 22-25, 2013, 3 delegates from MEP, CRAES and

Hunan environmental research institute attended the

International Workshop on TEEB Research and

Application in 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.


Case Studies

� The total value of China’s ecological service was RMB7783 billion per year (1994 as base year), which is 1.73 times 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)

� 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 1989-2007.

� 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, )

Case Studies

� 1. Study on Valuation of Regional Ecosystem Services

� Non-use value was amounted to RMB 4.3 billion based on study in Changbaishan Mountain Nature Reserve (Xue Dayuan, 2000) ;

� The total value of the forestry services was estimated to be 30601.20××××108 Yuan/year. Indirect value was 14.94 times of their direct economic value. (Yu Xinxiao, 2005);

� The ecological service value reached 2571178××××108 Yuan annually delivered by natural grassland in Tibet Plateau (Xie Gaodi, 2003);

� 3.6××××1010 Yuan of ecological service value was delivered by Poyang Lakeand 8.1 billion by Dongting Lake (Cui Lijun, 2004).

Case Studies

� 2. Study on Valuation of Single Ecosystem Services

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

Case Studies

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Many fish species become endangered due to human and natural interventions. It is estimated 92 fish

species, 10% of the freshwater became endangered.

Fishery

Habitat destroyed

Habitat destroyedLand use

Water resources

Pollution discharge

Case Studies

� Zoning main stream conservation areas based on river catchment functions;

� List 20 protected fish species;;;;

Zoning map of Liaohe Nature Reserve

� Liaohe River Nature Reserve

Authority established in March

2010 with a total area of

190,000ha covering 14

counties and 58 townships

� Liaohe River Conservation

Regulation issued

Ecological Rehabilitation in

Liaohe River

Case Studies

� 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 2006-2008, which was 76 times of 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;

3. Species Valuation Assessment

Case Studies

Each Giant panda was

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.

Case Studies


1. CRAES’s TEEB Projet-Biodiversity Assessment

Methodology in South Gansu

� Biodiversity

� Water

� Soil conservation


Assessment of Wetlands Values

�Animal husbandry production,

carbon stock

�Evaluation wetlands by

willing to payment /CVM

�Evaluation of non-marketing

value by CEM


Assessment of Forest values

�Direct value- timber, forest by-

products, animal products

�Water maintenance and flood

regulation


Forest values assessment

�Maintain biodiversity

�Logging lost carbon,

nutrition and water and soil

conservancy


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 10-20 billion

Yuan.

� Tibetan pigs costs 50 yuan per

500g;

� Natural Rhodiolae as medicine

used to treat hypoxia for high

altitude reaction

� Blue eared pheasant


2.IPBES Programme（2014-2017）

� 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



Evaluation on typical demonstration area (1)

Loess Plateau：：：：Typical fragile ecosystem in China

Research contents:

a)Identify the biodiversity and main services delivered by the

ecosystem;

b)Evaluate biodiversity 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.


Evaluation on typical demonstration area (2)

Shouqu wetlands 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.


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(2011-2030).

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

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

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

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