IPBES

Ecosystem Services of Russia. Prototype of National Report. Volume 1. Services of Terrestrial Ecosystems

Prototype Report of ES of Russia

Geographical coverage

Geographical scale of the assessment	National
Country or countries covered	Russia
Any other necessary information or explanation for identifying the location of the assessment, including site or region name	Units of assessment are subjects of Russian Federation (administrative regions)

Geographical scale of the assessment

National

Country or countries covered

Russia

Any other necessary information or explanation for identifying the location of the assessment, including site or region name

Units of assessment are subjects of Russian Federation (administrative regions)

Conceptual framework, methodology and scope

Assessment objectives

Begin the process of national assessment of ecosystem services (ES) of Russia
Describe the full range of services and their diversity; demonstrate importance of ES of Russia to the economy and welfare of people
Identify major gaps in data; make recommendations on the formation of the national biodiversity and ES monitoring system

Mandate for the assessment

Conceptual framework and/or methodology used for the assessment

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)

URL or copy of conceptual framework developed or adapted

System(s) assessed

Inland water
Forest and woodland
Grassland
Mountain
Dryland
Polar

Species groups assessed

all biodiversity

Ecosystem services/functions assessed

Provisioning

Food
Timber/fibres
Energy/fuel

Regulating

Air quality
Climate regulation
Regulation of water flows
Regulation of water quality
Waste treatment
Erosion prevention
Pollination

Supporting Services/Functions

Soil formation and fertility

Cultural Services

Recreation and tourism

Scope of assessment includes

Drivers of change in systems and services

Yes

Impacts of change in services on human well-being

Yes

Options for responding/interventions to the trends observed

Explicit consideration of the role of biodiversity in the systems and services covered by the assessment

Timing of the assessment

Year assessment started

2013

Year assessment finished

Ongoing

If ongoing, year assessment is anticipated to finish

Periodicity of assessment

One off

Assessment outputs

Website(s)

temporary address http://www.biodiversity.ru/programs/ecoservices/first-steps/index.html

Internet resource for the project will be opened in August 2016

Report(s)

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_e1eMVZxyodSW9iV2U0aXNua1k
Прототип_доклада_по_ЭУ.pdf

http://www.biodiversity.ru/programs/ecoservices/first-steps/Prototype_for_decision-makers.pdf

Communication materials (e.g. brochure, presentations, posters, audio-visual media)

http://English poster: www.biodiversity.ru/programs/ecoservices/first-steps/Poster-eng-sm.pdf

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_e1eMVZxyodUUk0WmhTVlZicWc
POSTER.pdf

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_e1eMVZxyodZ0RyZnpDV2x0b2c
PREZENTATION.pdf

Journal publications

Bukvareva E. Die globale Bedeutung der russischen Ökosystemfunktionen und das Problem der unterschiedlichen Skalen von Ökosystemdienstleistungen // TEEB-Prozesse und Ökosystem-Assessment in Deutschland, Russland und weiteren Staaten des nördlichen Eurasiens. BfN-Skripten 372, Bonn. 2014. P. 92 – 124. (http://www.bfn.de/fileadmin/MDB/documents/service/Skript_372.pdf)

E. N. Bukvareva, K. Grunewald, S. N. Bobylev, D. G. Zamolodchikov, A. V. Zimenko, O. Bastian. The current state of knowledge of ecosystems and ecosystem services in Russia: A status report // Ambio. May 2015. DOI 10.1007/s13280-015-0674-4

K. Grunewald, A. Zimenko, O. Bastian, E. Bukvareva, A. Grigorian, W. Wende. Bewertung von Ökosystemdienstleistungen in der Russischen Föderation: Erste Schritte im Rahmen des Projektes „TEEBiRuss“ // TEEB-Prozesse und Ökosystem-Assessment in Deutschland, Russland und weiteren Staaten des nördlichen Eurasiens. BfN-Skripten 372, Bonn. 2014. P. 146 – 161. (http://www.bfn.de/fileadmin/MDB/documents/service/Skript_372.pdf)

S. Bobylev, E. Bukvareva, V. Grabovsky, A. Danilkin, Yu. Dgebuadze, A. Drozdov, D. Zamolodchikov, G. Kraev, A. Tishkov, O. Filenko, A. Khoroshev. Analyse des gegenwärtigen Wissensstandes über Ökosysteme und Ökosystemdienstleistungen in Russland. Ein Status-quo Report // TEEB-Prozesse und Ökosystem-Assessment in Deutschland, Russland und weiteren Staaten des nördlichen Eurasiens. BfN-Skripten 372, Bonn. 2014. P. 162 – 235. (http://www.bfn.de/fileadmin/MDB/documents/service/Skript_372.pdf)

Training materials

Tools and processes

Tools and approaches used in the assessment

Indicators
Social (non-monetary) valuation

Process used for stakeholder engagement in the assessment process and which component

Key stakeholder groups engaged

The number of people directly involved in the assessment process

Less than 10

Incorporation of scientific and other types of knowledge

Scientific information only
Resource experts (e.g. foresters etc)

Supporting documentation for specific approaches, methodology or criteria developed and/or used to integrate knowledge systems into the assessment

Assessment reports peer reviewed

Data

Accessibility of data used in assessment

All used data are published and open. The main sources of data are as followes 1. State open databases: http://www.gks.ru/bgd/regl/b13_14p http://www.gks.ru/bgd/regl/b13_38/Main.htm 2. Stolbovoi V., and I. McCallum, 2002. CD-ROM "Land Resources of Russia", International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and the Russian Academy of Science, Laxenburg, Austria. http://webarchive.iiasa.ac.at/Research/FOR/russia_cd/download.htm 3. The map of terrestrial ecosystems of the North Eurasia. Bartalev et al., 2004.