The 2015 Catchment Based Approach Conference was held on June 8th at Fishmonger's Hall in London. The focus of the day was the sharing of best practice between partnerships. Nick Paling from the Westcountry Rivers Trust gave a presentation entitled, 'Ecosystem Service benefits in the Urban Environment: Developing a common framework for delivery & communication' as part of the 'Delivery in the Urban Environment' session.
3. A catchment provides us with many things….
But – the provision of some is reduced and needs work to improve..?
Evidence &
Knowledge
4. Catchment planning is also about talking to people with
different needs from the environment…
Our aim should be to understand these needs, build consensus
and then do something intelligent that benefits as many people
as possible…
?
?
?Evidence &
Knowledge
Communication
skills
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6. Urban ESS Project Outputs
• A framework for assessing opportunities to enhance or create new
ecosystem services in urban areas (ESS opportunity/need mapping)
• A toolbox of interventions to enhance/increase ecosystem services
provision in urban areas (toolbox definition)
• A cost-benefit tool to assess the benefits & impacts of those
interventions (AST plus look-up values)
• A series of case studies piloting the mapping & cost-benefit tools,
plus lessons learnt report
9. Healthy habitats
for wildlife
Ecosystem Services
Recreational &
cultural use
Provision of
clean water
Regulation of
water quantity
Benefits
Biodiversity
Productivity
Low cost
Ecological health
Aesthetic quality
Safety & Health
Flood prevention
High base flows
Ecosystem
WATER
LAND
BIOTA
‘Wellbeing’
+ benefits..?
‘Wellbeing’
++ benefits..?
Greenspace for
wildlife & people
Ecosystem Services
Recreational &
cultural use
Regulation of air
quality+temp
Regulation of
water quantity
Benefits
Biodiversity
Health + wellbeing
Health
Ecological health
Aesthetic quality
Safety & Health
Flood prevention
High base flows
Ecosystem
WATER
LAND
BIOTA
RURAL LANDSCAPE
URBAN LANDSCAPE
10. Ecosystem
WATER
LAND
BIOTA
Risks/threats
Pressure 1
Pressure 2
Pressure 3
Pressure 4
PRACTICE
INNATE PHYSICAL
CHARACTER
Biodiversity
Productivity
Treatment cost
Eco. health
Aesthetics
Safety & Health
Flood risk
Base flow
Impacts
Healthy habitats
for wildlife
Ecosystem Services
Recreational &
cultural use
Provision of
clean water
Regulation of
water quantity
RURAL LANDSCAPE
URBAN LANDSCAPE
‘Wellbeing’
- benefit..?
- benefit..?
‘Wellbeing’
Where do these occur…and
what is their impact
How can we reduce
these risks…?
Where can we
get the most
benefits..?
11. Ecosystem
WATER
LAND
BIOTA
RURAL LANDSCAPE
Risks/threats
Pressure 1
Pressure 2
Pressure 3
Pressure 4
PRACTICE
INNATE PHYSICAL
CHARACTER
Healthy habitats
for wildlife
Ecosystem Services
Recreational &
cultural use
Provision of
clean water
Regulation of
water quantity
URBAN LANDSCAPE
- - benefit..?
‘Wellbeing’
‘Wellbeing’
Biodiversity
Productivity
Treatment cost
Eco. health
Aesthetics
Safety & Health
Flood risk
Base flow
Impacts
- benefit..?
Biodiversity
Health/wellbeing
Temperature
Health
Aesthetics
Safety & Health
Flood risk
Base flow
Impacts
Ecosystem
WATER
LAND
BIOTA
Risks/threats
Pressure 1
Pressure 2
Pressure 3
Pressure 4
PRACTICE
INNATE PHYSICAL
CHARACTER
Greenspace for
wildlife & people
Ecosystem Services
Recreational &
cultural use
Regulation of air
quality+temp
Regulation of
water quantity
Where do these occur…and
what is their impact
How can we reduce
these risks…?
Where can we
get the most
benefits..?
15. “Our aim should be to understand people’s needs, build consensus
and then do something intelligent that benefits as many people
as possible…”
We should therefore strive to…
• Deliver the most multi-functional (multi-benefit-realising)
interventions,
• tailored and targeted into specific & appropriate locations
• where there is both a quantifiable need/requirement for the
provision of these benefits to be increased
• and where they are best able to deliver their benefits optimally
(maximising the cost-to-benefit ratio achieved)
The aim of this project is to improve the understanding of these
elements and develop resources that enable and empower
catchment partnerships and policy-makers to build consensus
and achieve the very best possible outcomes from their work