Promoting Ecosystem Services within Fairtrade Value Chains

申请人有十年与中美洲小规模咖啡生产商合作的经验，评估了荫生咖啡的生态系统服务，并制定了生态管理实践。他还与公平贸易合作社合作，评估有机咖啡生产的生态和经济可持续性，气候变化和市场的影响，并促进制定应对这些风险的战略。研究评估了生产者系统提供环境服务的情况，包括评估不同生产系统下的碳储存和碳足迹。因此，申请人对向英国和欧洲市场提供公平贸易咖啡的一个部门和一个地区的生态系统服务及其管理有详细的了解。该项目将根据申请人和Twin's以及与公司和生产者组织的经验，评估英国和欧洲获得公平贸易许可的公司对促进生态系统管理的贡献。公平贸易和相关可持续性方案对环境影响的现有研究的综合。初步界定公平贸易公司的举措范围，包括与支持生产者社区提供生态系统服务有关的举措。采访公平贸易许可证的公司，了解他们为促进生物多样性和生态系统服务而开展的实际支持活动，以及他们通过支付环境服务来支持生产者社区生态系统服务的兴趣。对于选定的倡议（3个案例研究），与所有价值链参与者进行访谈，以阐明这些倡议的成果和有效性;这些倡议如何与公司在企业社会责任和营销方面的商业模式相关;以及建立环境服务付费的可能性。对生产国的成果进行国内评价，以便在至少两个国家进行案例研究。为公平贸易许可证持有者制定最佳做法指南，以整合行动，支持其生产商之间的生态系统服务。与有兴趣的公平贸易持牌人举行圆桌会议，分享个案研究结果，并就最佳做法指南征求意见。编写关于案例研究和公司调查的最后报告，并编写文章供在可持续/绿色商业媒体上分发，案例研究将从Twin在拉丁美洲和非洲参与的支持小规模生产者的价值链倡议中选出。潜在的案例研究包括：（a）在马拉维，一个双联合营销倡议和一个FRICH公私伙伴关系实施了一个可持续农业试点项目，目前正在扩大规模;（B）在联合王国买家的支持下，向尼加拉瓜的有机咖啡生产商支付重新造林款项;（c）加纳可可合作社，他们接受植树的非正式环境服务付款，以从买方那里固碳，（d）Twin支持与乌干达咖啡生产商开展的气候适应项目。案例研究的选择将取决于对正在采取的行动的更详细的修订及其发展水平，最重要的是取决于参与研究的公司的合作兴趣。

The applicant has ten years experience working with small-scale coffee producers in Central America evaluating the ecosystem services from shade-grown coffee, and developing ecological management practices. He has also worked with Fairtrade cooperatives in evaluating the ecological and economic sustainability of organic coffee production, the impacts of changing climate and markets, and facilitating the development of strategies to address these risks. Research has evaluated the provision of environmental services from producer systems, including evaluation of carbon stocks and carbon footprint under different production systems. Thus the applicant has detailed knowledge of ecosystem services and their management from one sector and one region providing Fairtrade coffee to UK and European markets. This project will allow the evaluation of the contribution of Fairtrade licensed companies in the UK and Europe to promoting ecosystem management, building on the applicants and Twin’s and experience with companies and producer organizations.The main activities will include:i. Synthesis of existing studies of environmental impacts of Fairtrade and related sustainability programmes.ii. Initial scoping of initiatives of Fairtrade companies with initiatives related to supporting ecosystem service provision in producer communities.iii. Interviews with Fairtrade licensed companies on their actual support activities to promote biodiversity and ecosystem services, and their interest supporting ecosystem services in producer communitiesthrough payments for environmental services.iv. For a selection of initiatives (3 case studies) conduct interviews with all value chain participants to elucidate outcomes and effectiveness of such initiatives; how these initiatives relate to the business models of the company in terms of CSR and marketing; and potential for establishment of payments for environmental services. v. Conduct in-country evaluation of outcomes in producer countries for case studies in at least 2 countries.vi. Develop Guides of Best Practices for Fairtrade Licensees in integrating actions to support ecosystem services among their producer suppliers.vii. Roundtable with interested Fairtrade licensees to share results from case studies and obtain feedback on guide of best practices.viii. Development of final report on case studies and company surveys and preparation of article for distribution in sustainable/green business media.Case studies will be selected from value chain initiatives in which Twin has involvement in Latin America and Africa, supporting small-scale producers. Potential case studies include: a) in Malawi a Twin Joint Marketing Initiative and a FRICH public private partnership has implemented a sustainable agriculture pilot now in the process of being scaled up; b) Reforestation payments to organic coffee producers in Nicaragua with support from their UK buyer; c) Ghanaian Cocoa cooperative who receive informal Payment of Environmental Service for tree planting to sequester carbon from their buyer, d) Twin supported climate adaptation projects with coffee producers in Uganda. The case studies will be selected depending on a more detailed revision of the actions being undertaken and their level of development, and most importantly on the interest of the companies participating to collaborate in the study.