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Lake Victoria Basin Commission
Planning for Resilience in East Africa through Policy, Adaptation,
Research, and Economic Development (PREPARED)
Applying a standardized methodology
to value biodiversity and ecosystem services
in biologically significant areas
of the Lake Victoria Basin
Michael Gachanja, Lucy Emerton, Mathias Chemonges,
Brenda Bergman
5th Nile Basin Development Forum
Kigali – Rwanda, October 23 – 25, 2017
Planning for Resilience in East Africa through Policy,
Adaptation, Research, and Economic Development (PREPARED)
Project
5.5 year (2012-18)
regional project,
funded by USAID
Focus on the Lake
Victoria Basin
Aimed at building
resilience in:
1. Climate change
adaptation
2. Biodiversity
conservation &
management
3. Water supply
& sanitation
Work with EAC,
LVBC, and 5
Partner States
Planning for Resilience in East Africa through Policy,
Adaptation, Research, and Economic Development (PREPARED)
Project
5.5 year (2012-18)
regional project,
funded by USAID
Focus on the Lake
Victoria Basin
Aimed at building
resilience in:
1. Climate change
adaptation
2. Biodiversity
conservation &
management
3. Water supply
& sanitation
Work with EAC,
LVBC, and 5
Partner States
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Key question: How to make valuation of biodiversity
and ecosystem services effective in the Lake Victoria
Basin?
1.Context: Lake Victoria Basin & Commission
2.Findings from review of literature on biodiversity
ecosystem valuation in East Africa
3.Guidelines on rapid economic valuation of biodiversity
and ecosystem services
4.Results from testing guidelines
5.Use of economic valuations in the Lake Victoria Basin
Vision
“A prosperous population living in a healthy and sustainably
managed environment providing equitable opportunities &
benefits”
Mission
to promote, facilitate and coordinate activities of different
actors in the LVB.
Lake Victoria Basin Commission
Total Catchment – 180,950 Sq Km
Total Population – 44.9 Million
Pop Density – 300 pp Sq Km
Review of literature on biodiversity ecosystem valuation in East Africa:
Distribution of references reviewed by habitat types
Background
Review of literature on biodiversity ecosystem valuation in East Africa:
Distribution of references reviewed by habitat types
Background
Primarily Uganda and Tanzania
Primarily Kenya
• Limited evidence base for valuation
exercises
• Biodiversity values are often inadequately
addressed
• Focus on the extractive utilisation of
biological resources.
– ½ as many look at non‐use values (e.g.
erosion control and climate regulation)
• Limited examples of use of valuation
studies
• Most studies done by non-government
actors
Key findings
Key questions that guide the economic
valuation:
1.How and for whom does the focal
ecosystem generate economic benefits?
2.What is the current value of biodiversity
and ecosystem services?
• Direct, Indirect, Options, Existence
3.What are the costs of degradation and
loss (costs avoided through protection)?
4.What is the value added from investing in
enhanced conservation and wise use?
Method and Testing of the Guidelines
Method and Testing of the Guidelines
Example results: Nabugabo Wetlands
Lake Nabugabo key ecosystem services
Example results: Nabugabo Wetlands
Nabugabo: Change in wetland values in extended Ramsar
Site under Business as Usual, 2014-39
Lesson 1. Ecosystems have not only been undervalued by communities,
but also by policy makers
Lesson 2. Robust results can be achieved through a participatory
economic valuation process
Lesson 3. Creating champions and promoting buy-in are vital
Lesson 4. Building local capacity enhances the ownership of results
Lesson 5. Local data sets can complement secondary sources of
information and enhance the robustness of results
Lessons from Testing of the Guidelines
Lesson 6. Standardized methodologies are crucial in valuation studies
Lesson 7. Consensus among stakeholders on critical assumptions in
economic valuation is needed
Lesson 8. The economic valuation process requires adequate time for
planning and stakeholder engagement
Lesson 9. Understanding the end goal of the results is critical
Lesson 10. Application of the guidelines can inform conservation
investment
Lessons from Testing of the Guidelines
Using the guidelines and results of economic
valuations
Enable institutions to implement valuations
Improve understanding of values and cost of
degradation
Support the preparation of Integrated Management
Plans and Conservation Investment Packages
LVBC proposed options for establishing Lake Victoria
Environmental Trust Fund and Sources of Financing.
Thank you
For further information, contact:
Website: www.lvbcom.org
Lake Victoria Basin Commission Secretariat
P.O Box 1510 – 40100, Kisumu - Kenya
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.lvbcom.org
Lake Victoria Basin Commission
Mission: To promote, facilitate and coordinate activities of different actors
towards sustainable development and poverty eradication of the Lake
Victoria Basin.
Lake Victoria Basin Commission