{"query_echo":{"q":"","filters":{"climate_tags":["ecosystem services"]},"warnings":[]},"total":{"value":10,"relation":"eq"},"page":1,"page_size":20,"self":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?climate_tags=ecosystem+services","stability":"beta","ai_marking":{"digital_source_type":{"uri":"http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/trainedAlgorithmicMedia","name":"Created using Generative AI"},"notice":"Summary and key insights are generated using artificial intelligence."},"results":[{"id":"cer-000791","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/cer-000791","title":"OBJECTION BY COALITION OF EIGHT CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS AGAINST EXCLUSION OF PROPERTIES FROM THE EXISTING MABOLA PROTECTED ENVIRONMENT","publisher":{"name":"Centre for Environmental Rights","organization":"centre-for-environmental-rights"},"document_type":"statement","language":"en","date_published":"2018-12-11","source_url":"https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Coalition-objection-to-exclusion-notice-10-12-2018.pdf?x21779","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"A formal objection submitted by a coalition of eight civil society organisations, represented by the Centre for Environmental Rights, against the Mpumalanga MEC's proposal to exclude specific properties from the Mabola Protected Environment (MPE) to facilitate coal mining.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cer-000791#summary","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The coalition argues that the proposed exclusion of properties from the Mabola Protected Environment (MPE) is intended to facilitate the development of the Yzermyn underground coal mine by Atha-Africa Ventures (Pty) Ltd, noting that the properties in question are exactly those for which Atha previously sought mining permission.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cer-000791#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The MPE is identified as a critical area for biodiversity and water security, classified as an 'Irreplaceable' Critical Biodiversity Area in the 2006 Mpumalanga Biodiversity Conservation Plan and part of the Enkangala Drakensberg Strategic Water Source Area.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cer-000791#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The coalition asserts that mining and conservation cannot co-exist in the area due to anticipated 'HIGH' impacts on water resources, including the dewatering of aquifers, post-closure contaminated water decant, and groundwater contamination plumes.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cer-000791#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The document claims that Atha-Africa Ventures has failed to provide lawful financial provision for a post-closure water treatment plant, basing its calculations on the incorrect assumption that 'mine decant will not occur'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cer-000791#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The coalition contends that the MEC's rationale for exclusion—based on a community petition—is invalid because the petition dated August 2013 opposed the original declaration of the MPE, not the current exclusion notice, and was already considered and rejected by the previous MEC.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cer-000791#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"Local government planning supports the protection of the area; the Dr Pixley Ka Isaka Seme Local Municipality's Spatial Development Framework identifies the mine area as a 'sensitive natural area', and the Environmental Management Framework classifies it as a 'Zone 1: Conservation' area where mining is an 'undesirable type of activity'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cer-000791#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-08-17"}],"climate_tags":["biodiversity","water security","coal mining","protected areas","ecosystem services"],"geography_discussed":["Pixley ka Seme Local Municipality","Eswatini","Mozambique","Gauteng"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["legal objection","environmental impact analysis"]},{"id":"iai-000907","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iai-000907","title":"Informe del Comité Asesor Científico (SAC)","publisher":{"name":"Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research","organization":"inter-american-institute-for-global-change-research"},"document_type":"briefing","language":"es","date_published":"2018-05-15","source_url":"https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/uploads/iai-cop-26-8-s.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"This briefing report from the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research outlines the committee's activities, membership updates, and planned meetings leading up to the 26th Conference of the Parties (CoP-26) in June 2018.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000907#summary","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) serves as the primary scientific advisory body for the Institute, tasked with providing recommendations to the Conference of the Parties regarding the annual program, long-term plans, and the Scientific Agenda.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000907#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"Between sessions, the SAC's primary activity was assisting the Executive Direction in launching the Small Grants Programme on the role of ecosystem services in global change adaptation for human well-being (SGP-HW) and its evaluation protocol, which was announced on March 1, 2018.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000907#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"SAC members participated in several international activities between 2017 and 2018, including a professional development seminar on transdisciplinary approaches in Canada (October 3-7, 2017), a CRN3 meeting in Mexico, and a workshop on clean energy and sustainable agriculture in Uruguay (April 26, 2018).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000907#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The SAC scheduled meetings for June 17 and 18, 2018, in Antigua, Guatemala, to evaluate SGP-HW pre-proposals and discuss new global change research areas, specifically regarding CRN4 proposals and strengthening activities in Central America and the Caribbean.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000907#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-08-17"}],"climate_tags":["global change","ecosystem services","adaptation","sustainable agriculture","clean energy"],"geography_discussed":["Guatemala","Argentina","Mexico","Canada","Uruguay","Antigua Guatemala","Central America and the Caribbean"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["administrative report","activity summary"]},{"id":"iai-000871","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iai-000871","title":"Report of the IAI Directorate","publisher":{"name":"Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research","organization":"inter-american-institute-for-global-change-research"},"document_type":"briefing","language":"en","date_published":"2018-04-27","source_url":"https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/uploads/iai-cop-26-18b-e.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed"],"summary":{"text":"The IAI Directorate presented a draft outreach brochure to the Conference of the Parties in June 2018. The brochure outlines the IAI's role as a regional intergovernmental organization supporting 19 Parties in the Americas. Since 2006, the IAI has invested 33 million USD in scientific projects and 5.3 million USD in scholarships for Latin American scientists, training 2,000 professionals. The IAI focuses on global change—including climate change, biodiversity loss, and land use change—and supports research on ecosystem services, fisheries, forest conservation, and the impacts of environmental crises on human health and urban/rural communities.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000871#summary","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The IAI is a regional intergovernmental organization supported by 19 Parties in the Americas that provides scientific information to civil society and policy makers to facilitate informed action and decisions. Its mission is to develop the capacity to understand the integrated impact of past, present, and future global change on regional environments in the Americas and promote collaborative actions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000871#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"Since 2006, the IAI has invested 33 million US dollars in scientific projects and provided 5.3 million US dollars in scholarships for young scientists in Latin America. The organization has trained 2,000 young scientists and professionals and involved 477 scientists from 510 institutions in its research programs.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000871#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The IAI defines global change as encompassing climate change and other environmental changes, including biodiversity loss, land use change, and the alteration of geochemical and water cycles, which affect economies and human well-being in the Americas.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000871#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The IAI supports various global-change research projects and capacity-building initiatives. These include the study of biofuels, reforestation and forest conservation, the role of ecosystem services in land-use planning, ocean food chains and fisheries sustainability, emerging diseases and human health crises, and the impacts of flooding, drought, megacities, and rural communities.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000871#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-08-17"}],"climate_tags":["biodiversity","climate change","ecosystem services","land use change"],"geography_discussed":["Latin America"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":[]},{"id":"clipolin-000029","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/clipolin-000029","title":"Design District Level Natural Capital Assessment Central Kalimantan","publisher":{"name":"Climate Policy Initiative","organization":"climate-policy-initiative"},"document_type":"research paper","language":"en","date_published":"2016-10-31","source_url":"https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/design-district-level-natural-capital-assessment-central-kalimantan/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"This working paper by the Climate Policy Initiative, supported by PILAR and UNPAR, proposes a framework for district-level natural capital assessment in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. 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Existing studies on business-as-usual scenarios show natural capital value variations ranging from a loss of USD 72 per Ha per year due to deforestation to a gain of USD 91 per Ha per year from timber and agriculture services, while green growth scenarios range from USD 17 to USD 816 Per Ha per year.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clipolin-000029#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"Policy making in Indonesia's land use sector is limited by conflicting and inconsistent regulations between the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Forestry regarding the valuation of land, particularly concerning carbon and ecosystem provisioning services.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clipolin-000029#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The authors recommend Kotawaringin Timur as the pilot site for natural capital assessment because it offers the greatest potential for combining low-emissions palm oil productivity gains with the protection of high conservation value areas. The district has the highest amount of high conservation value area among districts under plantation status (27,502 hectares), yet it has the lowest proportion of such areas under protected status as national reserves and protected forests (2.89% of Central Kalimantan's total).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clipolin-000029#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"Kotawaringin Timur is characterized by severe historical deforestation (1973-2012) and a high concentration of palm oil infrastructure, including 27 palm oil mills (1,585 ton Fresh Fruit Bunches/hour capacity) and 4 palm kernel mills (39.5 ton kernel/hour capacity). 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It is identified as an \"Irreplaceable Critical Biodiversity Area\" in the Mpumalanga Biodiversity Sector Plan, a \"sensitive natural area\" by the Dr Pixley Ka Isaka Seme Local Municipality, and a \"Zone 1: Conservation\" area where mining is considered an \"undesirable type of activity\".","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cer-000514#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The mine area is located within the Enkangala Drakensberg Strategic Water Source Area (SWSA), which is part of the 8% of South Africa's land area providing 50% of its surface water run-off. The appellants note that 92% of South Africa's coalfields do not overlap with SWSAs, and 84.5% of the Utrecht coalfield specifically falls outside this SWSA, suggesting there is no justifiable reason to mine in this sensitive area.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cer-000514#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The area is further designated as a \"Category B\" area in the Mining and Biodiversity Guideline, meaning it has the \"Highest biodiversity importance\" and is at the \"Highest Risk for mining\". Such a classification indicates a very high likelihood of a \"fatal flaw\" for new mining projects.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cer-000514#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The appellants contend that Atha's financial provision of approximately R5.7 million is severely inadequate. A specialist review by GCS Water and Environmental Consultants found that Atha failed to provide for the treatment of post-closure decant and the rehabilitation or loss of affected wetlands, despite evidence that decant is likely to occur.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cer-000514#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The appellants assert that Atha failed to conduct proper due-diligence before purchasing the prospecting right in late 2011, as evidence suggests the previous holder (Bunengi Mining Services) was informed that the area's strategic environmental status would likely lead to the rejection of a mining right application.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cer-000514#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-08-17"}],"climate_tags":["energy transition","coal mining","biodiversity loss","water security","ecosystem services"],"geography_discussed":["Wakkerstroom","Gert Sibande District Municipality","Dr Pixley Ka Isaka Seme Local Municipality","Mabola Protected Environment","Enkangala Drakensberg Strategic Water Source Area","Utrecht"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["legal appeal","environmental impact assessment review"]},{"id":"iai-000475","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iai-000475","title":"crn-3095-88275a9ac3570daf.pdf","publisher":{"name":"Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research","organization":"inter-american-institute-for-global-change-research"},"document_type":"research paper","language":"en","date_published":null,"source_url":"https://iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/CRN-3095.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"This research paper describes the BEST-P initiative, a project supported by the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) that examines the relationship between territorial arrangement plans and ecosystem services in three South American ecosystems. 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The Center aims to provide government officials and experts with the tools and knowledge necessary to address transboundary global change challenges, such as climate change and biodiversity loss, through multinational collaboration and capacity building.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000586#summary","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The Science Diplomacy Center (SDC) was established to address a gap in science-policy communication and collaboration within the Americas, specifically to provide decision-makers with sound scientific information to manage complex, transboundary challenges. It serves as a regional resource for capacity building, research, and the development of national and regional science diplomacy strategies to address global environmental change.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000586#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The SDC's mission is to help IAI member states meet the Sustainable Development Goals and the IAI Strategic Plan. Its goals include building a science diplomacy community through specific curricula, establishing a knowledge hub for resources, convening diverse stakeholders (including business and civil society) to raise awareness of global change, and promoting open and equitable science.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000586#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The SDC has outlined specific priority activities for 2023-2028, including the development of training courses on 'Introduction to Science Diplomacy' (2023-2026) and 'Negotiation Best Practices' (2025-2028). Other initiatives include creating a database of open access resources, a booklet of 15-25 case studies from IAI member countries, and a multilingual curriculum in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000586#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The Center implements its goals through convenings and workshops. Notable events mentioned include the Climate, Environment & Health (CEH) Workshop in Argentina (March 2023), the Sustainability Research & Innovation (SRI) Congress in Panama (June 2023), and a Science Diplomacy Workshop side event for the Global Research Council (GRC) Americas (November 2023).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000586#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-08-17"}],"climate_tags":["climate change","biodiversity","ecosystem services","oceans","water resources","global change"],"geography_discussed":["Latin America and the Caribbean","Argentina","Panama"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy_framework","capacity_building_plan"]},{"id":"wri-001299","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/wri-001299","title":"esr_case_study_yves_rocher-a9ba14be45622891.pdf","publisher":{"name":"World Resources Institute","organization":"world-resources-institute"},"document_type":"case study","language":"en","date_published":null,"source_url":"https://wriorg.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/esr_case_study_yves_rocher.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"This case study describes how the French cosmetics company Yves Rocher used the Corporate Ecosystem Services Review (ESR) framework in 2009 to develop a corporate-wide biodiversity strategy. The process led to the creation of an action plan focused on supply chain resilience, facility management, and customer communication to secure raw material inputs and enhance brand value.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001299#summary","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Yves Rocher implemented the Corporate Ecosystem Services Review (ESR) in 2009 to create a biodiversity strategy that complements existing climate, energy, and water efforts. The process involved a steering committee with representatives from operations, communications, marketing, research, and purchasing, as well as shareholders, and was supported by the French nonprofits Dervenn and INSPIRE Institut.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001299#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"To mitigate supply chain risks and ensure the long-term viability of suppliers, Yves Rocher created a new supply chain management position to develop a database tracking cultivation practices and ecosystem/social impacts. This allows the company to identify \"hot spots\" for improving environmental conditions and supplier economic well-being.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001299#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"In northwestern Madagascar, Yves Rocher has established cooperatives to sustainably produce saro (Cinnamosma fragrans), a rare native plant. The company funds native forest restoration projects that integrate saro and other local tree species, allocating approximately €20,000 (half of its saro sales purchase) to these efforts last year.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001299#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The company applied ESR findings to its own land management, which includes 55 hectares of organic flowers and three manufacturing facilities. At its flagship sites in La Gacilly, Yves Rocher has eliminated chemical inputs and mowing to improve local species habitat and reduce maintenance costs.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001299#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"Yves Rocher is leveraging its dependence on plant-derived ingredients to increase its brand premium by improving communications about product origins and sustainability. This includes committing a portion of sales to the United Nations’ Billion Tree Campaign and sharing volunteer opportunities on packaging.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001299#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-08-17"}],"climate_tags":["biodiversity","supply chain resilience","ecosystem services","sustainable agriculture"],"geography_discussed":["Madagascar","La Gacilly"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["case study"]}]}