PES experiences in Latin America
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2005
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This presentation describes several experiences with payments for environmental services from Latin America, including water payments in Quito, Ecuador, that are used to conserve the mountain areas from which the city draws most of its water. The profiled projects are:
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Participatory processes, Carbon sequestration, Water management, Payments for environmental services, Bioreserves, Environmental services, Water, Associations, Community participation, Water quality, Watershed management, Water use, Ecuador, Colombia, Fonag, Water user association, Willingness to pay
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Presented at the WWF Workshop: The Prospects of PES in Europe, Sofia, Bulgaria, 19-20 October 2005