How New York City used an ecosystem services strategy carried out through an urban-rural partnership to preserve the pristine quality of its drinking water and save billions of dollars and What lessons it teaches about using ecosystem services
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Rural development, Stakeholders, Water purification, Community institutions, Water management, Conflict resolution, Urban planning, Resource law, Payments for environmental services, Government policy, Surface water, Environmental services, Pollution control, Water quality, Watershed management, Rural planning, New york city, Ecosystem services, Drinking water, Watershed protection, Filtration, The catskills, Rural landscapes, Urban rural partnership, Whole farm planning, Governance Watershed
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Presented at the WWF Workshop: The Prospects of PES in Europe, Sofia, Bulgaria, 19-20 October 2005