RUPES typology of environmental service worthy of reward
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2005
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Bogor, Indonesia: World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
Abstract
The development of transparent and sustainable reward mechanisms for environmental services provided by upland farmers to downstream communities requires clarity on the relationship between land use and the type of environmental services provided. In the context of the RUPES project ('rewarding upland poor for the environmental services they provide'), a typology of environmental services is discussed that leads to the distinction of twelve 'proto-types' of situations where the upland-lowland relationship is focused on a specific environmental service function.
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Carbon sequestration, Groundwater, Biodiversity, Watershed management, Social capital, Payments for environmental services, Surface water, Indigenous community, Environmental services, Water, Poverty, Vulnerability and risk, Water quality, Natural resource management, Water use, Biodiversity conservation, PES, Reward mechanisms, Upland farming, Upland-lowland relationship, Watershed, Carbon, Rural poverty, Carbon stocks, Watershed protection, Environmental degradation, Stewardship, Environmental justice
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RUPES Working Papers