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The Ecosystem Management Decision Support (EDMS) System is an application framework for knowledge-based decision-support for ecological assessments at any geographic scale. It can be applied to carbon sequestration, conservation, design and siting of protected areas, ecosystem sustainability, land classification, landscape restoration, soil impacts, watershed analysis, wetlands management, wildlife habitat management, wildland fire danger, etc.

The Ecosystem Services Review for Impact Assessment (ESR for IA) provides practical guidance on how to incorporate ecosystem services throughout environmental and social impact assessment.

Ecosystem valuation is a web-based tool designed for non-economists who need answers to questions about the benefits of ecosystem conservation, preservation or restoration. It provides a clear, non-technical of ecosystem valuation concepts, methods and applications.

Both Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) and Climate Risk Finance & Insurance (CRFI) can be used to enhance adaptation, reduce and transfer risk, and build resilience to the growing impacts from natural and human-made hazards. There is a nascent and growing interest in where these strategies may intersect and be mutually beneficial for adaptation. The GIZ joint publication by the Global Project Mainstreaming EbA, the InsuResilience Secretariat and ACRI+ is available online.

This document seeks to guide designers and executors of Water Funds in
Latin America (and other locations around the world) in order for them to understand Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EBA) approach and implement measures that reduce vulnerability of people to climate events by leveraging ecosystem services and biodiversity, as part of the actions that contribute to the water security of their watersheds.

Ecosystem-based adaptation: a handbook for EbA in mountain, dryland and coastal ecosystems provides practical guidance for planning and implementing community-led ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in three vulnerable ecosystems: mountains, drylands and coastal areas. It is intended for project managers, practitioners and technical specialists. The guidance is structured around eight key steps in the project cycle, and includes general implementation protocols for EbA in each target ecosystem. It also includes an introduction to EbA which is intended for a broader audience, including policymakers.

The Ecosystem-based adaptation: Question-based guidance for assessing effectiveness, is a booklet which sets out guidance for assessing the effectiveness of an ecosystem-based approach to climate change adaptation. It describes a process, based around asking a detailed set of questions, that can be used by project managers and researchers to shape project design, assess the progress of an ongoing project or draw conclusions about the effectiveness of a project that has ended.

Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation in Practice is a compilation of recent developments in the field of ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction and climate change adaption (Eco-DRR/CCA) globally. It provides further evidence that ecosystem-based approaches make economic sense, and showcases how research has progressively filled knowledge gaps about translating this concept into practice. It presents a number of methods and tools that illustrate how Eco-DRR/CCA has been applied for various ecosystems and hazard contexts around the world. It also discusses how innovative institutional arrangements and policies are shaping the field of Eco-DRR/CCA. The book is of relevance to scientists, practitioners, policy-makers and students in the field of ecosystem management for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.

The Ecosystem-Based Management Tools Network is an online hub for tool providers and practitioners that works to bring geospatial and other tools to planning processes. The website provides access to tools, training, resources, webinars and links to case studies on a number of topics relevant to ecosystem-based adaptation including ecosystem valuation, ecosystem indicators and vulnerability assessment.

The Ecosystem-based Management: Markers for Assessing Progress report provides a framework for disaggregating the goal of sustainable development into a sequence of tangible levels of achievement. The focus is on outcomes rather than management processes. Sets of markers or indicators are offered that can be used to assess progress in integrated management of river basins, coasts or large marine ecosystems and in programmes that link across these systems.

This study highlights success factors and entry points for mainstreaming EbA based on 16 practical case studies from Mexico, Peru, South Africa, Philippines and Viet Nam in the following contexts:
1. National planning and development processes (e.g. climate policy and budget allocation)
2. Sectoral policies and regulatory frameworks (e.g. sector planning and land-use planning)
3. Local and community planning processes (e.g. village planning, municipal planning)
4. Private sector engagement (e.g. public-private partnerships)
5. Capacity building.
It also summarizes emerging lessons learnt for mainstreaming, including identifying policy entry points, strengthen institutional collaboration, engaging multiple actors and effective communication.
This report reflects the knowledge, experience and lessons learned of the many practitioners who have been leaders in the design, implementation and mainstreaming of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) measures. It is based on the findings of four country reports on ‘entry points for EbA mainstreaming’, expert dialogues within the BMU IKI funded International EbA Community of Practice (EbA-CoP), and case studies from the web-platform PANORAMA Solutions for a Healthy Planet.

Engaging Plans offers simple, dynamic websites that enable planners to launch and maintain interactive, place-based, public involvement websites for gathering stakeholder feedback and sharing updates to the community.

This case study from Mexico was developed by GIZ as part of a series which summarizes promising policy entry points and governance structures for EbA mainstreaming at policy and practitioner level. It provides three examples that illustrate the diversity of initiatives that support the mainstreaming of EbA but also show existing barriers.

This case study from Peru was developed by GIZ as part of a series which summarizes promising policy entry points and governance structures for EbA mainstreaming at policy and practitioner level. It provides four examples that illustrate the diversity of initiatives that support the mainstreaming of EbA but also show existing barriers.

This case study from South Africa was developed by GIZ as part of a series which summarizes promising policy entry points and governance structures for EbA mainstreaming at policy and practitioner level. It provides five examples that illustrate the diversity of initiatives that support the mainstreaming of EbA but also show existing barriers.

This case study from the Philippines was developed by GIZ as part of a series which summarizes promising policy entry points and governance structures for EbA mainstreaming at policy and practitioner level. The study also provides further opportunities and recommendations how to strengthen EbA in policy and practice in the long run.

This Manual discusses minimal requirements and standards for the monitoring and evaluation of UNEP project. Also recognizes that there is no ‘fixed’ approach to evaluation and that M&E systems must accommodate adaptation. Whilst aimed at primarily at UNEP staff, the manual will provide valuable insights to UNEP partners and consultants as they evaluate UNEP projects

The Finance options and instruments for Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) report provides an overview of available financing sources to implement and sustain EbA measures. It highlights ten practical and illustrative examples to inspire project developers and practitioners interested in exploring different ways to access resources and engagement models for EbA financing. It includes the following examples: 1) Engaging the private sector for EbA finance in Cartagena, Colombia 2) The High Atlas Foundation Tree Nursery, Morocco 3) Restoring degraded forest and agricultural landscapes under the Green climate Fund, the Gambia 4) People’s Survival fund, the Philippines 5) Biodiversity offset schmes: Impact Mitigation Regulation, Germany 6) Relevance of insurance systems for financing EbA 7) Increasing the resilience of vulnerable rural populations through microfinance schemes, Colombia and Peru 8) Eco.business Fund, Latin America 9) Carbon insetting 10) Debt-for-nature-swaps

The framework presented in Formulating Climate Change Scenarios to Inform Climate-Resilient Development Strategies aims to assist project managers and their teams with climate-scenario development to meet the needs of low-emission climate-resilient development strategies (LECRDS) and other assessments.

Friends of EbA (FEBA) Assessment Framework proposes a continuum for assessing the quality of EbA initiatives along a set of quality standards. Each standard is directly linked with one of the five qualification criteria and allows an assessment along four categories (from very weak to very strong EbA). The assessment framework also proposes example indicators by which the quality of an EbA initiative can be measured. These indicators are neither comprehensive nor complete but can serve as an inspiration for how to monitor the quality of an EbA initiative. The assessment of a particular EbA initiative should assign at least one measurement (or indicator) to each of the categories. While many indicators could be considered, a minimal and practically implementable set of indicators is needed for effective monitoring and evaluation, as well as actual planning. Indicators should be measurable. For some EbA initiatives, data might be available to measure in absolute terms, for example an area of land restored, household earnings, or the makeup of community livelihoods. For other aspects of EbA, data can be more qualitative, for example whether a community relies heavily on indigenous knowledge and institutions to manage their landscapes, or the results of a qualitative assessment of the status of governance.

Global Guidelines for Restoration of Degraded Forests and Landscapes in Drylands presents guidelines for possible actions and recommendations for implementing and sustaining effective restoration efforts. The guidelines cover policy, governance, multisectoral planning, and financial and other incentives for restoration. They also cover on-the-ground restoration such as guidance on planning and implementing restoration, including the formulation of priorities and goals; decisions on restoration strategies; management; and planting. Key aspects of the monitoring and evaluation of dryland restoration initiatives are also described and 27 case studies of successful initiatives to illustrate the actions recommended in these guidelines are presented.

The Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment Mountain Portal is an online mapping tool to explore biological richness in the mountains of the world. It provides species lists for more than 1000 mountain ranges worldwide, global predicted distribution ranges for all listed species, and bioclimatic as well as topographic information for each mountain range.

‘Governance goes beyond Government – Successful adaptation also depends on the active engagement of other actors including national, regional, multi-lateral and international organizations, civil society and the private sector.’
Governance is the variable with greatest potential for a successful mainstreaming of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) into policies, plans and practices. Major barriers relate to governance factors, i.e. who decides what needs to be done & how shall it be done?
This study developed by GIZ provides decision makers and practitioners with key background information on concepts and quality aspects of governance for EbA. 18 practical examples help to better understand and make use of existing governance structures to mainstream and implement EbA as well as related Nature-based Solutions approaches.

The GRaBS Adaptation Action Planning Toolkit focuses on highlighting vulnerability to climate change impacts within the partner’s case study locations in Sutton, Styria and Catania. In order to do so, spatial data on the location of a range of receptors that are potentially vulnerable to climate hazards is used.

La Guía para Monitoreo y Evaluación de Intervenciones de Adaptación basada en Ecosistemas proporciona una descripción del proceso necesario para diseñar e implementar un Monitoreo y Evaluación (M&E) eficaz de la Adaptación basada en Ecosistemas (AbE). Desglosa este proceso en cuatro pasos claves que le ayudarán a desarrollar y poner en práctica un sistema de M&E para AbE, así como a utilizar y comunicar resultados de M&E de manera eficaz. Lo ideal sería que consultara esta Guía en las etapas iniciales del diseño de una intervención de AbE, ya que ayudará a clarificar la lógica detrás de las medidas, incluyendo su ruta de cambio proyectada. También le permitirá poner en marcha el proceso de M&E antes de implementar actividades, de manera que pueda recopilar información de base y, de ahí en adelante, rastrear parámetros relevantes a intervalos apropiados.

The Conservation Standards, first developed in
2004, represent the leading adaptive management
framework in the field of biodiversity conservation
and ecosystem management. Thousands of conservation
practitioners around the globe have used
them to plan, manage, monitor, adapt and learn
from their projects and programs. The Conservation
Standards provide a user-friendly, evidence-based,
and consistent approach that, when applied to EbA,
can help your teams (composed of community
members and the development and conservation
practitioners who assist them) to identify priority
ecosystems, assess conventional (non-climate) and
climate-related threats, and determine the most appropriate
interventions.
Through the application of the Conservation Standards
to Ecosystem-based Adaptation (CoSEbA), you
develop an understanding of how community livelihoods
and well-being depend on ecosystem services.
With this understanding, you document observed
and likely climate change impacts on the ecosystems
providing those essential services. Next, you examine
the relationships between climate change and
other, conventional threats, identify the socioeconomic
factors contributing to the threats, and define
adaptation interventions. You then define how
you believe that these interventions will address the
full range of climate and non-climate threats and
contribute to conserving or restoring the ecosystems
on which people depend (their “theory of change”).
Further, you can use the CoSEbA to determine how
to monitor and evaluate progress toward your goals
and objectives, to ensure adaptive management and
ongoing learning.

The Guidance Manual for the Valuation of Regulating Services provides an analysis of the different methodologies available for valuing regulating services in economic terms.

Guidance Note 2: Selecting Indicators for Climate Change Adaptation Program follows on from a first guidance note that discusses the complexities of climate change adaptation (CCA) evaluaiton. This note discusses a narrower question: how does one go about choosing appropriate indicators? It begins with a brief review of approaches to CCA programme design, monitoring, and evaluation (DME). It then goes on to discuss how to identify appropriate indicators. The note demonstrates that CCA does not necessarily call for a separate set of indicators; rather, the key is to select a medley that appropriately frames progress towards adaptation and resilience. To this end, it highlights the importance of process indicators, and concludes with remarks about how to use indicators thoughtfully and well.

Guidance Note 3: Theory of Change Approach to Climate Change Adaptation Programming describes the Theory of Change approach and explain why it is a good fit for climate change adaptation programming. It highlights its differences with the more familiar logic model / logical framework (‘logframe’) approaches – and also shows how they can be used together. The note goes on to guide the reader through the steps of a hypothetical ToC exercise, and then comments on how to avoid the disadvantages and pitfalls that can occur when applying this model. It concludes by highlighing an example of how an agency has used ToC to enhance its work.

This Guidance on Integrating Ecosystem Considerations into VIA provides information on how to integrate consideration of ecosystems and their services into a climate change vulnerability and impact assessment. It is informed by the experience of the Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Mountain Ecosystems Project focused on Nepal, Peru and Uganda where extensive work on VIAs was carried out to build a case for better understanding of climate resilience as it relates to mountain ecosystems. It identifies and defines 7 key steps that are commonly used in VIA and shows how ecosystems can be integrated into these steps.

The Guidebook for Monitoring and Evaluating Ecosystem-based Adaptation Interventions provides an overview of the process needed for designing and implementing effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) for Ecosystem-based Adaptation. It breaks this process down into four key steps to develop and operationalise an M&E system for EbA, as well as effectively use and communicate M&E results.

Guidelines for Community Vulnerability Analysis: An Approach for Pacific Island Countries aims to provide guidelines for a community vulnerability analysis and for action planning to reduce natural disaster impacts in communities in Pacific island countries. It describes the actions needed in three proposed steps: situation analysis, priorities and action planning, providing examples and suggested resources. The guidelines can be used in national or local disaster mitigation programmes, or in community development programmes. Guidance is provided for ways of working with the community to analyse its disaster vulnerability, identify priorities and plan actions to improve the community risk profile. The report is meant to act as a manual to assist disaster managers, community development experts and communities themselves in addressing disaster risks. It can also serve to provide a basis for a training programme.

The Guidelines for designing, implementing and monitoring Ecosystem-based adaptation interventions provide general guidance and best practices for the identification, design,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation of EbA interventions, especifically for projects that already have the financial resources to implement EbA intervention(s). The guidelines also include information on vulnerability assessments, which are important for identifying the climate threats and impacts that EbA is meant to address. Stakeholder engagement is also addressed as it is key to ensuring that the visions of partners, governmental bodies and local communities are embedded in all the steps of a project.

The Guidelines aim to help adaptation practitioners at national and local levels to factor ecosystem functions and services into a country’s National Adaptation Plan processes and instruments.

Making the case for mainstreaming ecosystem-based adaptation and nature-based solutions in adaptation planning processes as benefit multipliers. Steps for integrating ecosystem-based adaptation at any stage along the National Adaptation Plan process: formulation, implementation and review

The NAPA Guidelines provide guidance on the process of compiling a document that specifies priority adaptation actions in least developed countires (LDC); however, they do not provide a structured framework. NAPAs can enable all developing and LDC parties to assess their vulnerabilities, to mainstream climate change risks and to address adaptation. NAPAs are mandated by the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for countries participating in the LDC Fund. Countries are required to rank adaptation measures for funding based on such criteria as urgency and cost-effectiveness.

The Guidelines on Mangrove Ecosystem Restoration for the Western Indian Ocean Region provide background information on mangrove forests and their attributes, as well as the threats
they face. The Guidelines analyze challenges facing community-based mangrove restoration projects; and provide possible solutions to the identified problems. Ilustrated with examples from Kenya, United Republic of Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles.

HABITAT is a spatial analysis tool to support the development of management plans. This tool is especially designed for ecological assessment to analyse the availability and quality of habitats for individual or groups of species, but it is also useful for other spatial analysis where grid operations are needed, like flood risk maps or damages to agriculture or urban areas in case of floods and droughts.

The Handbook of Drought Indicators and Indices is based on available literature and draws findings from relevant works wherever possible. It provides guidance on approaches for monitoring drought as well as guiding early warning and assessment, and selecting indicators and indices. It also provides information on indicators and indices covering the hydrometerological characteristics of droughts (rather than socio-economic indicators), and on further index and indicator resources.

This handbook system was created to guide the process of designing, setting up, implementing, monitoring, and up-scaling EbA interventions under the global Programme “Scaling Up Mountain Ecosystem-Based Adaptation: building evidence, replicating success, and informing policy”, supported by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany, and jointly implemented by IUCN from 2021 to 2022 and The Mountain Institute from 2017 to 2019.

The Hydrologic Modeling System (HEC-HMS) software programme is designed to simulate the precipitation-runoff processes of dendritic watershed systems. It is designed to be applicable in a wide range of geographic areas for solving the widest possible range of problems. This includes large river basin water supply and flood hydrology, and small urban or natural watershed runoff. Hydrographs produced by the programme are used directly or in conjunction with other software for studies of water availability, urban drainage, flow forecasting, future urbanisation impact, reservoir spillway design, flood damage reduction, floodplain regulation, and systems operations.

How to Integrate Climate Change Adaptation into Nation-level Policy and Planning in the Water Sector is a practical guidebook for developing country governments to integrate resilience and adaptation into their water sectors.

HydroloGIS is an advanced, spatial model that predictively specifies the most effective, natural solutions to a host of water problems such as flooding, drought or river pollution. It then ranks all the lesser option for how much impact they will have on local problems. HydroloGIS can focus on surface and/or groundwater.

i-Tree Eco is a software application that uses detailed field data from complete inventories or randomly sampled plots to quantify urban forest structure, environmental effects, and value to communities. The study area can range from a single tree to a park to an entire county’s urban forest. It provides estimates of air pollutant removal, carbon storage and sequestration, effects of trees on building energy use and emissions, and compensatory value of the urban forest.

The Impact Evaluation Guidebook for Climate Change Adaptation Projects provides practitioners with guidance to select the appropriate approach for a particular climate change adaptation project, based on its characteristics and the available resources. The application of the guidebook is further illustrated with a case study of an adaptation project in Bangladesh.

The Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Assessment (IPCCA) Methodological Toolkit for Local Assessments presents a practical methodology for developing and facilitating indigenous local assessments (LA) under the
framework of the IPCCA, providing methodological options and practical examples to support their local
implementation. Since the LA are undertaken across ecosystems and biocultural regions of the world, each is very different. Therefore, this guide is meant to provide a general methodological framework applicable to all the LA without homogenising their differences, thus ensuring that results may be synthesised in order to develop appropriate strategic responses at multiple levels.

The Innovation Network Logic Model Workbook provides a guide to the concepts and use of logic models. The workbook describes the steps necessary to create logic models for different programmes.

Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Development Co-operation is intended to provide policy makers and practitioners in development co-operation agencies with information and advice on how to mainstream climate change into development. In line with the principles and objectives of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, the focus is on strengthening partner countries’ capacity to identify and prioritise adaptation responses and, where necessary, integrate them through relevant measures at various levels.

This study explores how the two leading approaches in water resources management and ecosystem thinking for climate change adaptation – i.e. IWRM and EbA – can be merged to achieve greater climate resilience in watersheds. It entails a conceptual analysis of both approaches and showcases nine practical implementation examples of integrated EbA-IWRM projects around the world. The case studies reveal structural similarities, key lessons, and enabling and inhibiting factors for integrated EbA-IWRM approaches. From this, the study derives and promotes a set of guiding principles for integrated EbA-IWRM projects.

InVEST is a set of spatially explicit models that can be used to quantify, map and value the benefits provided by terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems in either biophysical or economic terms. It can be used to map the relative importance of different areas for ecosystem services.