13. Indicative value of ecosystem
services Lost under each scenario
25.73
20.01
6.27
0.00 5.00 10.00 15.00 20.00 25.00 30.00
SCENARIO 1
SCENARIO 2
SCENARIO 3
USD Billions
Source: Constanza et al 2014
14. Conclusions
Scenario 3 most optimal for GHG reduction in OP to
meet the Green Economy target
PES loss also lowest
However, Scenario 3 results in 1.6 M ha (50%) of
allocated plantation area being taken out of
development
Degraded land is all under commercial concessions and
thus unavailable to offset the loss of the plantation
area
Scenario 3 has the additionality of 100M tons of CO2
eq, thus the cut off threshold of 35 tons of CO2 /ha
could be adjusted upwards to 45-50 tons of CO2 /ha
This would enable OP to be in line with the GE target
and keep the loss of the plantation area to below 1 M
ha