Colegio Lamatepec.

Poverty and Ecosystem Services in East Africa

Daniel Andrés Saca

Tenth Grade Sectión C
Poverty and Ecosystem Services in East
Africa
Increase effectiveness of poverty reduction efforts
through spatial analysis of ecosystem services.
Policymakers will understand and act on linkages
between poverty and ecosystem services and improve
implementation of national strategies and plans.
Poverty and Ecosystem Services in East
Africa
The poverty and ecosystem services mapping project
aims to overcome three major barriers to sustaining
ecosystem services and creating economic opportunities
for poverty reduction:
Lack of relevant information on the connection between
ecosystem services and human well-being;
Narrow focus of institutions on their mandates making it
difficult to work across sectors and professional,
geographic, and political boundaries;
Limited use of poverty-ecosystem services information
in policy formulation and development debates.
Poverty and Ecosystem Services in East
Africa.
The project builds on established partnerships in East Africa
that seek to influence the implementation of poverty reduction
strategies and change environmental reporting by developing
geospatial indicators of ecosystem services and poverty. Over
the past years, we have:
Brought together national and international institutions working
on poverty, agriculture, biodiversity, water, and other ecosystem
services. These include key stakeholders on environmental
reporting and implementation of poverty reduction strategies.
Compiled, shared, and made use of new remote sensing and
poverty data in addition to GIS experiences and data holdings
built over the past decade by these institutions.
Poverty and Ecosystem Services in East
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Poverty and Ecosystem Services in East
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These partnerships already have affected how poverty is being
perceived and analyzed in Kenya and Uganda.
Kenya’s first atlas of ecosystem services and poverty was
released in 2007, using spatial indicators to show the levels and
locations of poverty and selected ecosystem services. In the
upcoming year we will complete a set of policy briefs examining
the spatial relationship between poverty and selected ecosystem
goods and services in Uganda. We will then concentrate our
efforts on integrating these ecosystem services and poverty maps
and their analyses into development decisions in both countries
and share the experience and results with other African countries.
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To sustain ecosystem services and create economic
opportunities for poverty reduction through better
management of ecosystems, we will employ a five step
strategy. The final selection of activities aimed at
boosting the use of the maps and data will depend on
resources available and most importantly on more
specific ideas and requirements coming from country
partners.
Poverty and Ecosystem Services in East
Africa.
Poverty and Ecosystem Services in East
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The degradation of the world’s ecosystems and the services
they provide is creating a range of risks and opportunities
for companies. The private sector contributes to ecosystem
change, while also depending on the goods and services
ecosystems provide. WRI works to align ecosystem
stewardship with the attainment of business goals. Our
solutions:
Corporate Ecosystem Services Review (ESR): a structured
methodology for corporate managers to proactively develop
strategies for managing business risks and opportunities
arising from their companies’ dependence and impact on
ecosystems.
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Africa.
The Business & Ecosystems Leadership Group: an
innovative partnership between WRI and leading companies
dedicated to advancing business strategies, markets, and
policies that align corporate performance and ecosystem
stewardship.
Ecosystem Services for Corporate Decision Making:
integrating ecosystem services considerations into existing
environmental management tools and due diligence systems.
Support responsible procurement of forest products: provide
purchasers with reliable, impartial, and easy-to-understand
advice on forest product procurement policies.
 Thanks for
your attention