Nov 18, 2019 to Nov 21, 2019
4th Forum on Natural Capital Accounting for Better Policy
The fourth Forum on Natural Capital Accounting for Better Policy took place on 18-19 November 2019 in Kampala, Uganda. The 2019 NCA Policy Forum, co-organized by the World Bank, United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the Government of Netherlands, and the Government of Uganda, brought together over 100 high-level participants including government representatives from developing and developed countries, as well as from organizations working on NCA, environmental-economic policy, and sustainable landscape management. This year`s theme was Measuring and valuing natural capital for improved landscape management. Two background papers were prepared to enable a richer discussion. The draft pre-Forum version can be downloaded below.
- PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency: Integrated Landscape Management and Natural Capital Accounting: Working Together for Sustainable Development by Johan Meijer, Ezra Berkhout, Chloe Hill and Michael Vardon
- The World Bank: World Bank Landscape Projects: What Role for Natural Capital Accounting? by Stefano Pagiola and Shun Chonabayashi
The participants explored how Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) and Integrated Landscape Management (ILM) could work together to accelerate both national agendas, such as land use planning and protection of ecosystem services, and to report on international goals and targets, such as the Bonn Challenge, the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, and the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.
Back-to-back with the NCA Policy Forum, government presentative from 17 African countries and organizations working in Africa gathered at the Africa Regional NCA Policy Forum on Thursday November 21, 2019. The objective of this event was to form a Regional Community of Practice on NCA for Africa: identifying common challenges and opportunities and to discuss how countries can support each other in mainstreaming natural capital considerations into policy. The Community of Practice is supported by the World Bank, the Gaborone Declaration for a Sustainable Africa (GDSA), UNSD and the Government of Netherlands. The outcomes of the Regional Forum have been compiled in a workshop report, which provides a clear baseline of existing NCA work, and helps to identifying synergies and areas for collaboration, including a roadmap for the Community of Practice.
Previous Forums on Natural Capital Accounting for Better Policy
Agenda:
Click on the presenter`s name in the agenda below to download their presentation.
Day 1: Monday, November 18, 2019 |
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| MORNING: POLICY SCENE-SETTING: THE ‘DEMAND-SIDE’ | ||
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8.30 am |
Registration |
Tea and coffee |
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9.00 am - 09.45 am |
Session 1. Welcome, 2019 Forum objectives, recap of 2018 Forum, agenda orientation, introductions Facilitator: Steve Bass |
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Welcome & introductory words |
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Setting the scene: Introductory remarks and objectives of the meeting |
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Welcome Forum objectives, agenda, intro’s |
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09.45 am - 10.45 pm |
Session 2. Linking growing national wealth and Integrated Landscape Management Facilitator: Raffaello Cervigni, World Bank |
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Keynote:National wealth and the role of natural capital |
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| Keynote: landscape policy issues and approaches | ||
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10.45 am – 11.15 am |
Coffee and Tea |
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| GROUP PICTURE | ||
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11.15 am - 12.30 pm |
Session 3. Landscape policy challenges: protecting, restoring and sustainably managing landscapes Facilitator: Glenn-Marie Lange, World Bank |
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| Presentation: Landscapes as a focus for integrating objectives, actors and systems |
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Presentation: NCA and Landscapes |
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| Expert panel discussion |
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| 12:40 pm - 2:00 pm | Introduction of poster session: Countries’ progress on producing and using NCA | |
| 12.40 pm – 2.00 pm | LUNCH | |
| AFTERNOON: NCA ‘SUPPLY-SIDE’ PROGRESS | ||
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2.00 pm - 5.00 pm |
Session 4. Natural capital: NCA informing policy and governance: sharing news and learning from ‘stories of change’ Facilitators: Marko Javorsek, UN Statistics Division |
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| Panel: Country examples of landscape-related NCA experience – land, forest, water, ecosystem and other accounts |
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| Afternoone Coffee and Tea |
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Group discussions: Landscape-level NCA: what works best to improve landscape management and governance |
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7:00 pm |
EVENING RECEPTION |
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Day 2: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 |
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| MORNING – NCA AND ILM JOINING FORCES FOR SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES | ||
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8.30 am |
Arrival |
Tea and coffee |
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9.00 am - 10.30 am |
Facilitator: Michael Vardon, ANU |
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Presentation: Overview of methodologies and data used for landscape-related NCA |
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| Presentation: Overview of methodologies and data for sustainable landscape projects | ||
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| Presentation: Case studies of landscape approaches | ||
| Presentation: biophysical modeling guidelines by UNSD | ||
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10.30 am - 11.00 am |
Morning Coffee and Tea |
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| 11.00am - 12.30pm | Discussion groups: Congruence between NCA and ILM approaches; and how NCA can best help SLM |
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| 12.30 pm - 2.00 pm | LUNCH | |
| AFTERNOON - LOOKING FORWARD | ||
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2:00 pm- 3.00 pm |
Session 6. Country reflections on the Forum discussions so far Facilitator: Steve Bass |
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| Panel: Country needs, constraints and opportunities for NCA helping landscape policy and governance |
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3.00 pm - 4.30 pm |
Session 7. (inc. coffee) – Expanding and accelerating NCA application: NCA & ILM working together Facilitator: Steve Bass |
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| Brief presentations: international updates and opportunities to engage |
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| Moderated discussion on the potential NCA/ILM collaborations |
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3.30 – 4.00 pm |
Coffee |
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Session 7 continued – Brief small group and plenary discussions: potential NCA/ILM collaborations |
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4.00 pm - 5.30 pm |
Session 8. Messages and next steps from the 2019 Forum Facilitators: Steve Bass and Sonu Jain |
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| Discussion: Main messages and targets for messages from this forum – discussion |
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| Next steps after the Forum: Priorities and actions towards 2020 Forum |
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| Closing remarks |
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