Mapping Ecosystem Services to Human well-being - MESH tool demo
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Mapping Ecosystem Services to Human well-being, MESH, is a decision-support tool which โmeshes togetherโ already-existing models of ecosystem services to support integrative land management approaches, and - in the near future - will link these outcomes to indicators of human well-being in the context of the newly-launched Sustainable Development Goals. Take a look at this presentation and follow Natural Capital Project's Dr Justin Johnson's demo of MESH step by step and learn how to use it. Don't forget to download it first: http://www.naturalcapitalproject.org/mesh/
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Mapping Ecosystem Services to Human well-being - MESH tool demo
- 1. MESH: A new model for Mapping Ecosystem Services to Human wellbeing for the Sustainable Development Goals Justin Andrew Johnson Co-authors: Sylvia L.R. Wood; Sarah Jones; Fabrice DeClerck
- 2. Weโve become decent at modeling ecosystem service supplyโฆ Weโre not yet good at connecting to policy or human well-being. Coastal Vulnerability Coastal Protection Overlap Analysis Wave Energy Habitat Quality/Risk Assessment Water Yield Carbon sequestratio n Managed Timber Production Crop Pollination Nutrient Retention (Water quality) Aesthetic Quality Recreation Crop Production Flood Risk Mitigation Sediment Retention (Water quality, Avoided dredging) Fisheries (including recreational) Aquaculture Marine Water Quality Non-Timber Forest Products Blue Carbon e.g. 20 InVEST models
- 3. MESH originated from SNAP Working Group: Making Ecosystem Services Count in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) MESH Model: Open Source (python) Free Beta version available at www.naturalcapitalproject.org/mesh (still has some bugs but is useful) 1.0 release planned for early 2016.
- 4. Simple input FRONT END: Define scenarios, get data INTERNAL ES MODELS: Sediment retention Pollination Water yield โฎ many others BACK END: Distill results, compare decisions Simple output Necessary complexity Major stakeholder challenge: front-end and back-end difficulties Resembles a diamond shaped process in terms of complexity
- 6. 1: Create new project and set area of interest (AOI) shapefile.
- 7. 2: Select which models to run
- 8. 3: Create your scenarios, place input data in the created folders
- 9. 4: Link input data to scenarios
- 10. 5: Run โSetup Runโ for each model.
- 11. 6: Ensure that each selected model is ready for the full MESH run
- 12. 7: Click run. This runs each selected model through each selected scenario (potentially 1000s of combinations)
- 13. 8: Check to see if your run has worked. Run other scenario-model pairs if desired.
- 14. 9: Create raw-data spatial outputs
- 15. 10: Create โnice,โ formatted maps from the spatial output
- 16. 11: Save formatted maps to the correct scenarioโs output folder
- 17. 12: Create report for desired run from report templates
- 18. 13: Review dynamically created report
- 19. 14: Edit in the program or in (for example) Microsoftโs WORD.
- 20. Thank you Justin Andrew Johnson Questions? jandrewjohnson@gmail.com @jandrewjohns Justinandrewjohnson.com www.naturalcapital project.org/mesh Co-authors: Sylvia L.R. Wood; Sarah Jones; Fabrice DeClerck
- 21. Appendix
- 22. How are the SDGs related to Ecosystem Services? SDG 2. End hunger, improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture SDG 3. Attain healthy lives for all SDG 6. Ensure availability and sustainable use of water and sanitation SDG 7. Ensure sustainable energy SDG13. Tackle climate change SDG14. Conserve and promote sustainable use of oceans, seas and marine resources SDG15. Protect and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, halt desertification, land degradation and biodiversity loss
- 23. Strategic Grants Private Sector $$ Civil Societ y $$ Govt $$ Why do countries care about SDGs? โข Global funds unlock large $$ โข Intl. funding will be channeled along SDGs โข Pooled financing mechanisms โข The Global Fund โข Catalytic Fund for Nutrition โข the Global Financing Facility โข The GEF *A significant portion of SDG investment will also come from private companies โ key partners in large infrastructure partnerships
- 24. Engagement with stakeholders throughout
- 26. (1) Incentives (2) Actions Ecological production functions (6) Valuation (3) Non- anthropocentric approaches Other considerations Benefits and costs Decisions by firms and individuals Policy decisions Ecosystems Ecosystem services (7) Economic efficiency (5) Biophysical tradeoffs (4) Polasky & Segerson Annual Review of Resource Economics 1: 409-434.
Editor's Notes
- A lot of people have asked why do countries care about the SDGs, they are non-binding commitment, what will incentivate them to actually try to achieve these goals? The key is that the SDGs can unlock large potential source of money for developing countries. Due to the success of the Global Fund to combat HIV, TB and malaria, - new aligned funding structures are going to be put into place to provide resources to countries to fund strategive programs and investments to work towards the SDGs One of the reasons this approach worked so effectively for MDG 6 was that due to the large kitty of $$ available by centralizing funding, Health Ministers could make the case to Finance ministers and other key Ministeries that they needed to work collaboratively to develop strong proposals and unlock large sources of funding for the country. Theyโre hoping this approach will carry over into other sectors This means that countries will be looking to develop strong proposals that they can bring to these Funding sources that demonstrate the expected impacts of action plans on SDGs Additionally large funding for investment will come from the private sector, many of whom are also aligning their priorities around the SDGs.