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Corporate Ecosystem Services Review Training Case Study: Syngenta

Corporate Ecosystem Services Review Training Case Study: Syngenta. Case study: Syngenta. 1. Select the scope. Steps in the Corporate Ecosystem Services Review. Dry Cropland & Pasture. Irrigated Cropland. Cropland/Grassland. Cropland/Woodland. Grassland. Shrubland. Shrubland/Grassland.

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Corporate Ecosystem Services Review Training Case Study: Syngenta

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  1. Corporate Ecosystem Services Review Training Case Study: Syngenta

  2. Case study: Syngenta

  3. 1. Select the scope Steps in the Corporate Ecosystem Services Review

  4. Dry Cropland & Pasture Irrigated Cropland Cropland/Grassland Cropland/Woodland Grassland Shrubland Shrubland/Grassland Savanna Deciduous Broadleaf Forest Deciduous Needleleaf Forest Evegreen Broadleaf Forest Evergreen Needleleaf Forest Mixed Forest Step 1. Scope: south India Target States: Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu

  5. 2. Identify priority ecosystem services 1. Select the scope Steps in the Corporate Ecosystem Services Review

  6. 3. Analyze trends in priority services 2. Identify priority ecosystem services 1. Select the scope Steps in the Corporate Ecosystem Services Review

  7. 1. Condition and trends • Draws increasingly unsustainable • Quality declining (surface & ground) • 2. Direct drivers • Dams, tanks and pumps construction • Seawater intrusion in groundwater • Industrial & urban discharges degrading quality • Climate change decreasing water availability • 3. Company activities • Seed technology improving efficiency, drought, and saturation tolerance (+) • Extension spreading best practices (+) • 4. Activities of others • Industry/cities increasing draws • Hydroelectric plants are consumers and suppliers • 5. Indirect drivers • Subsidies discouraging efficient water use • Water user associations, et. al. improving management (+) • Gov’t management of protected areas and effluents lacking Step 3. Trends analysis – Freshwater

  8. Step 3. Trends analysis –Water regulation Average daily flow storage capacity by basin Source: Briscoe, John 2006. “Water: Bracing for a Turbulent Future,” World Bank, October, 2005, Washington, DC

  9. Step 3. Trends analysis – Erosion regulation Siltation of the Sriram Sagar Project, Andhra Pradesh

  10. Step 3. Trends analysis – Pollination Kodagu, Kerala

  11. 4. Identify business risks and opportunities 3. Analyze trends in priority services 2. Identify priority ecosystem services 1. Select the scope Steps in the Corporate Ecosystem Services Review

  12. Step 4. Risks and opportunities

  13. Step 4. Risks and opportunities

  14. 5. Develop strategies 4. Identify business risks and opportunities 3. Analyze trends in priority services 2. Identify priority ecosystem services 1. Select the scope Steps in the Corporate Ecosystem Services Review

  15. Step 5. Categories of strategies Sector or stakeholder engagement Internal changes Policy-maker engagement Operations Product strategy Market strategy Procurement strategy Land management Etc. Industry peer collaboration Cross-sector collaboration NGO collaboration Transactions with stakeholders Etc. Tax incentives Subsidy reforms Protected areas Zoning Etc.

  16. Step 5: Strategies • Invest in— • Ecosystem services data • Pollination projects • Extension services

  17. www.wri.org/ecosystems/esr

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