| Cape Town workshop Economic Valuation for Large Marine Ecosystems 29-30 July 2007
The Commodore Hotel
Cape Town, South Africa Programme Please see below for copies of the various presentations.
Programme Day 1 Sunday, 29 July 2007 1000-1100 Registration 1100-1130 Welcome & introduction Welcome to the workshop, introduction of participants, and overview of the agenda
Welcome: Mick O’Toole, BCLME Project  Overview of the workshop (Francis Vorhies)
1130-1300 Principles of economic valuation of ecosystems Aim: Establish a conceptual framework for ecosystem valuation
Learning objective: Understand the principles of economic valuation of ecosystems
Key concepts & skills:
- ecosystem goods and services
- full economic value and components
- measuring economic values; market and non-market values
- contributions of ecosystem goods and services to the economy
- contributions of ecosystem goods and services to marine economics
- linkages between ecosystem values and sustainable development
- valuation as a tool for environmental management
Presentation: Hamidreza Ghaffarzadeh, Caspian Environment Programme Principles of economic valuation of ecosystems (Francis Vorhies)
Economic valuation (Hamidreza Ghaffarzadeh)
Caspian Environment Programme: Experiences and lessons learnt (Hamidreza Ghaffarzadeh)
1300-1400 Lunch 1400-1500 LME benefits & costs (Group exercise) Aim: Identify large marine ecosystem benefits and costs
Learning objective: Increase awareness of the complex array of LME economic values
Key concepts & skills:
- classification of LME benefits – e.g., direct and indirect
- classification of LME costs – e.g. financial and non-financial
- classification of LME revenues – e.g. public and private
1500-1530 Coffee 1530-1700 Methods of ecosystem valuation Aim: Introduce methods for ecosystem valuation and applications
Learning objective: Identify suitable methods for economic valuation of ecosystems
Key concepts & skills:
- methods and applications
- criteria for choice of methods
Presentation: Isao Endo, UNDP/GEF Yellow Sea Project Environmental valuation and cost-benefit analysis of management actions (Isao Endo)
1700-1800 The economics of LMEs: The case of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) Aim: Introduction to the economics of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME)
Learning objective: Applications in LME management; understanding how economic values for ecosystems inform decision making
Key concepts & skills:
- ecosystems as ocean infrastructure: benefits of ecosystems for ocean management
- economic costs of ecosystem degradation; the need for investment in ecosystems
- integrating economic values for ecosystems into decision making
- relevance of ecosystem values to GEF projects and processes
Presentation: Tony Leiman, University of Cape Town The economics of large marine ecosystems (Tony Leiman)
Lecture notes (Tony Leiman)
1800-1900 Drinks
Day 2 Monday, 30 July 2007 0900-1000 Using valuations to influence decision-making Aim: Apply the results of valuations in LME management and communicate outcomes
Learning objective: Use ecosystem values in LME management and decision-making
Key concepts & skills:
- understanding and interpreting a valuation report
- incorporating results into options assessments, environmental assessments, investment analysis, etc.
- developing recommendations
- communicating results and recommendations
Presentation: Deon Nel, WWF South Africa The economic value of marine protected areas along the Garden Route coast (Deon Nel)
WWF report
Valuation case stories from South Africa (Francis Vorhies)
1000-1100 What do we want to accomplish? (Group exercise) Aim: Identify practical goals for LME valuation
Learning objective: Understanding how valuation can and cannot contribute to LME goals and objectives
Key concepts & skills:
- using ecosystem valuations to change ways of thinking
- making ecosystem valuation standard practice in planning and decision making for LMEs
1100-1130 Coffee 1130-1300 Designing & implementing valuation studies Aim: Enable the design and implementation of valuation studies
Learning objective: Managing a valuation assessment: enabling design and implementation of valuation studies
Key concepts & skills:
- consolidation of previous learning objectives
- apply principles to identify key ecosystem goods and services
- identify what valuation data are needed and scope of the assessment
- select appropriate methods
Presentation: Nnaemeka Chukwuone and Chika Ukwe, Interim Guinea Current Commission Designing and implementing valuation studies in the GCLME region (GCLME)
Designing and implementing valuation studies: A roadmap (IUCN)
1300-1400 Lunch 1400-1500 Developing personal action plans (Group exercise) Aim: Establish personal action plan for applying knowledge from the workshop into one’s projects and ongoing learning
Learning objective: Preparing for ongoing learning and application
Key concepts & skills:
- valuation plans for participants’ own projects and context
- strategies for expanding capacity and know-how in participants’ regions/countries
Facilitator: Janot-Reine Mendler de Suarez, GEF IW:LEARN Workshop personal action plan form
1500-1530 Coffee 1530-1630 What have we done? What is to be done? Aim: Review workshop sessions and personal action plans
Learning objective: Articulate a vision of how the global economy needs to change in order to sustain life as we know it
Key concepts & skills:
- Putting valuation to work
- Steps to be taken to restructure the economy so as to internalize environmental externalities
- Commitment to personal action, identifying practical steps
- Developing one’s professional networks and using valuation methods to develop more equitable and environmentally sustainable world
Presentation: Janot-Reine Mendler de Suarez, GEF IW:LEARN
1630-1700 Closing remarks & workshop assessment Thank you: Carl Lundin, IUCN Global Marine Programme Workshop participant assessment form
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