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FLOWS: A Portal for Environmental Markets

FLOWS aims to enhance understanding of markets and financial tools in ecosystem management, initially focusing on forests in water resources. Projects include policy reviews, economic research, and training programs. Staff members bring expertise in economic valuation, policy analysis, and stakeholder engagement. The platform provides tools such as a listserv, website, and consulting services. Collaboration and funding are essential to scale the prototype and support partnerships for knowledge sharing. Activities include supporting initiatives, providing access to research, and facilitating decision-making for policy-makers, businesses, and communities.

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FLOWS: A Portal for Environmental Markets

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  1. FLOWS: An Electronic Portal on Markets for Environmental Services A Project of Forest Trends www.flowsonline.org and flows@forest-trends.org

  2. FLOWS: Objective • Facilitate a better understanding of the scope and role of markets, financial incentives, and institutional arrangements as tools in ecosystem management • FLOWS Prototype focuses initially on forests as an option in water resources management

  3. 1a. Overview of FLOWS Portfolio • Scope of Work: • Synthesis, exchange, and dissemination • Neutral ‘host’ • Focus: • Global • Markets for Environmental Services • Market Mechanisms

  4. 1b. Projects of FLOWS Team • Clients: • IOs: CIFOR, WCD/DDP, FAO, Millennium Ecol. Assess. • NGOs: Forest Trends, WWF-US, WWF-UK, IIED, IUCN • IFAs: World Bank • Govts: Panama, Guatemala

  5. 1c. Projects of FLOWS Team • Examples: • Projects: Env. Services in Central America and IWRM in Costa Rica • Policy Review: Protected Area Review in Vietnam • Policy Research: Economics of Nature Tourism, Conservation Finance and Economic Development in KZN, South Africa

  6. 1c. Projects of FLOWS Team • Examples: • Synthesis: Briefing Papers on Innovations in Forestry • Training: Short Course on Valuation and Env. Services in Panama • Reviews: What are we Learning from Markets and Payments for Env. Services in Costa Rica?

  7. 2. FLOWS: Delivery Systems • Staffing: • Bruce Aylward, Sylvia Tognetti, plus partners and webmaster • Disciplinary Expertise and Decision Tools: • Economic Valuation/Evaluation, Policy and Institutional Analysis, Project Design and Implementation, Multi-stakeholder Participation

  8. 2. FLOWS: Delivery Systems • Thematic Coverage: • Water, Biodiversity, Forestry, Energy, Agriculture, Fisheries • Tools: • Listserve, Website, Training, Consulting

  9. 3. FLOWS: Gaps and Needs • Up-scaling from prototype requires collaboration and finance • Develop partnerships to enhance information exchange, leverage resources and move the broader agenda forward

  10. 3. FLOWS: Role

  11. 3. Activities of FLOWS

  12. FLOWS: a collaborative initiative to • Support the growing number of initiatives and users working to develop markets, financial incentives, and institutional arrangements for environmental services • Facilitate access to state-of-the art research, experience and knowledge through electronic media • Support decision-making by policy-makers, the private sector and communities • Serve as a point of exchange and enhance mutual learning among professionals

  13. Thank You!

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