Preliminary meeting of the Review Mission, MoSPI, MoEF&CC with the IISc Team

• Overview of existing policies and projects in the environmental domain in Karnataka State (GoI)
• Discussion on policy priorities; how the Natural Capital Accounts and the project may inform / support policies in the environmental domain(all)

Preliminary meeting of the Review Mission, MoSPI, MoEF&CC with the IISc Team

• Invitees 10-15 representatives from environmental domain e.g. State Ministries/ Departments; MoSPI; ENVIS Center; Academia etc
• Presentation of the project and the ecosystem accounting approach by UNSD
• Identify key policy issues in Karnataka State (e.g. ecosystem / land degradation; overexploitation; water scarcity; habitat loss etc.)
• Identify 3 to 5 most important ecosystem services to be assessed (see Table 1 belowfor a long list of possible services to be selected from, as these services are also prioritized in the SEEA EEA revision process);
• Discuss a number of policy scenarios that are important to assess in Karnataka, based on to be compiled ecosystem accounts; specify which policy interventions to study;

The output of this consultation should provide a good description of the demand for ecosystem accounts in Karnataka and would be important to set priorities in its compilation.

Meeting with IISc Team for finalizing the modalities of Study.