Talk by Katrin Prager at VNN peatland workshop, Leeds 18th January 2012

1. Encouraging collaboration for
the provision of ecosystem
services
Katrin Prager
Social Economic & Geographical Sciences

2. Introduction
 Research as part of LandscapePartners project
macaulay.ac.uk/landscapepartners
 Ecosystems in landscapes
 How to implement an ecosystem services approach on
the ground
 Coordination and collaboration across property
boundaries and across sectors
 Limitations to regulatory policies – voluntary approaches
and incentive schemes
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3. Prerequisites
 Problem perception
 Ability and willingness to cooperate, local ideas for
solutions
 Opportunity to trial new approach/ management practice
 Land tenure and property rights
 Formal institutional barriers
 Wider public support for
realignment of public
expenditure

4. Planning and Design
Information input:
 Stakeholder analysis
 Spatial and land use planning
 Exiting plans, programmes, incentive schemes
 Market drivers, commodity prices
 Available budgets, additional sources
 Ecosystem services, trade-offs (Model Ecosystem
Framework)
 Available technologies, management practices
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5. Design and Implementation Process of a scheme for
collaborative provision of ecosystem services
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6. Implementation
 Communication: vertical, horizontal, two-way
 Capacity of administering authority
 Partnership group: awareness raising, scheme promotion,
monitoring, feedback on implementation difficulties,
public information
 Facilitators, training and advice
 Awareness raising: preferred sources of information;
signage; rewards; logo; promoting and fund-raising
organisation
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7. Thank you for your attention!
Katrin Prager 17-18 January, 2012