1 Incorporating Ecosystem Services into Coastal and Watershed Management William Fisher Gulf Ecology Division www.epa.gov/ecology ECOSYSTEM SERVICES RESEARCH PROGRAM BUILDING A SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATION FOR SOUND ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONS Susan Yee U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Gulf Ecology Division Patricia Bradley Atlantic Ecology Division
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ECOSYSTEM SERVICES RESEARCH PROGRAM
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Incorporating Ecosystem Services into Coastal and Watershed Management
William FisherGulf Ecology Division
www.epa.gov/ecologyECOSYSTEM SERVICES RESEARCH PROGRAMB U I L D I N G A S C I E N T I F I C F O U N D A T I O N F O R S O U N D E N V I R O N M E N T A L D E C I S I O N S
Susan YeeU.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Gulf Ecology DivisionPatricia Bradley
Atlantic Ecology Division
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ESRP Coral Reef ProjectObjective: Provide information and tools that support
evaluation of trade-offs among reef ecosystem services under alternative decisions
U.S. Virgin Islands Puerto Rico
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Virgin IslandsCase Study
Can expanded Clean Water Act water quality standards (biological criteria) protect fisheries, tourism/recreation and shoreline protection values of USVI coral reefs?
U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning& Natural ResourcesEPA Region 2
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Biocriteria - thresholds established to protect the biological condition of aquatic life inhabiting waters of a given designated use. [Clean Water Act]
DesignatedUsesBiocriteriaDecisions
Bradley et al. EPA Report 2010
Stressors
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Biocriteria - thresholds established to protect the biological condition of aquatic life inhabiting waters of a given designated use. [Clean Water Act]
DesignatedUsesBiocriteriaDecisions
Biological IntegrityProtect Public Health
Fishable WaterSwimmable WaterRecreational Use
Stressors
Bradley et al. EPA Report 2010
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Biocriteria - thresholds established to protect the biological condition of aquatic life inhabiting waters of a given designated use. [Clean Water Act]
DesignatedUsesBiocriteriaStressorsDecisions
EcosystemServices
ReefAttributesStressorsDecisions
Shoreline protectionFishing
Tourism/ Recreation
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Biocriteria - thresholds established to protect the biological condition of aquatic life inhabiting waters of a given designated use. [Clean Water Act]
DesignatedUsesBiocriteriaDecisions
EcosystemServices
ReefAttributesStressorsDecisions
Shoreline protectionFishing
Tourism/ Recreation
Coral conditionFish biomassWater clarity
Stressors
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Biocriteria - thresholds established to protect the biological condition of aquatic life inhabiting waters of a given designated use. [Clean Water Act]
DesignatedUsesBiocriteriaDecisions
EcosystemServices
ReefAttributesStressorsDecisions
Shoreline protectionFishing
Tourism/ Recreation
Coral conditionFish biomassWater clarity
Watershed pollutantsCoastal development
Stressors
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Biocriteria - thresholds established to protect the biological condition of aquatic life inhabiting waters of a given designated use. [Clean Water Act]
DesignatedUsesBiocriteriaDecisions
EcosystemServices
ReefAttributesStressorsDecisions
Shoreline protectionFishing
Tourism/ Recreation
Coral conditionFish biomassWater clarity
Watershed pollutantsCoastal development
Landuse decisionsProtected areas
Stressors
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Puerto RicoCase Study
Will implementation of the Guánica Bay Watershed Management Plan improve fisheries, tourism/recreation, and shoreline protection value of coral reefs in Southwestern Puerto Rico?
Puerto Rico Department of Natural & Environmental ResourcesEPA Region 2
Connect land-basedstressors to offshore water quality
Link to ecosystemservices
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Bayesian Network
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Dynamic models
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Reef ES & Decision Support Database
• Management options• Legislation• Clients and partners• Scientific literature
• Jurisdiction- or topic-specific
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• Web-based Tutorial
• Generic DPSIR words list
• Generic DPSIR conceptual models
Tutorial on Systems Thinking using DPSIR
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• Eliciting information from clients• Identifying key stressors & services• Synthesizing objectives & means to achieve them• Building whole-systems models• Organizing the state of knowledge• Identifying knowledge and research gaps• Systems-thinking linking human system to ecosystem
Other EPAPat BradleyPeter PrincipeDan CampbellPaula Allen
Peter ShubaCarolyn FonyoRoel Boumans
Ann VegaMarilyn Tenbrink
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Our Partners• EPA • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)• USDA NRCS• USGS Caribbean Field Station• Caribbean Coral Reef Institute (CCRI), University of Puerto Rico• National Coral Reef Institute (NCRI), Nova Southeastern• The Nature Conservancy (TNC) • Center for Watershed Protection (CWP)• Carnegie-Mellon University• University of Miami, Rosentiel School of Marine Sciences (RSMAS) • University of the Virgin Islands • National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)• USVI Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR)• Puerto Rico Departamento de Recursos y Ambientales (DNRA) • Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
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Demonstrate a tool and let them apply it• Decision Analysis
• Understand the decision-making process• Identify alternative management strategies
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Drivers
Pressures
State
Impact
Response
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• Remain engaged• Web-group for posting info• Newsletter of updates• Webinars• Vetting Objectives Hierarchy &