Watershed services: Who pays and for what?

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dc.contributor.authorPorras, I.en
dc.contributor.authorGrieg-Gran, M.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialAsiaen
dc.coverage.spatialChinaen
dc.coverage.spatialEcuadoren
dc.coverage.spatialAfricaen
dc.coverage.spatialColombiaen
dc.coverage.spatialHondurasen
dc.coverage.spatialSouth Americaen
dc.coverage.spatialCosta Ricaen
dc.coverage.spatialNicaraguaen
dc.coverage.spatialMexicoen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:45:25Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:45:25Zen
dc.date.issued2007en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThere is increasing interest in using payments to promote sound watershed management. Schemes range from small pilot projects involving just five families to a massive Chinese project that aims to reach 15 million farmers. The expectation is that such schemes will help to resolve problems such as declining water flows, flooding and deteriorating water quality by bringing in new funding from water users, the private sector in particular, and by providing incentives for sustainable management to those closest to natural resources. A review of active and proposed schemes in developing nations shows, however, that most schemes still depend on donor or government funding, and few are driven by water users. Meanwhile, evidence of benefits remains patchy.en
dc.description.notesPES-1 (Payments for Environmental Services Associate Award)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier3904en
dc.identifier.citationSustainable Development Opinion Papersen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/68204en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherLondon, UK: International Institute for Environment and Developmenten
dc.relation.urihttp://www.iied.org/pubs/pdfs/17009IIED.pdfen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.iied.org/pubs/display.php?o=17009IIEDen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectPayments for environmental servicesen
dc.subjectWater qualityen
dc.subjectWatershed managementen
dc.subjectWater useen
dc.subjectWateren
dc.subjectPESen
dc.subjectWater usersen
dc.subjectPrivate sectoren
dc.subjectPayments for Watershed Services (PWS)en
dc.subjectPayment schemesen
dc.subjectWatersheden
dc.titleWatershed services: Who pays and for what?en
dc.typeAbstracten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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