The working for water programme: Evolution of a payments for ecosystem services mechanism that addresses both poverty and ecosystem service delivery in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorTurpie, J. K.en
dc.contributor.authorMarais, C.en
dc.contributor.authorBlignaut, J. N.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialSouth Africaen
dc.coverage.spatialAfricaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:31:31Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:31:31Zen
dc.date.issued2008en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractSouth Africa's government-funded Working for Water (WfW) program is a payments for ecosystem services (PES) initiative to improve the biodiversity, land potential, and hydrologic function of mountain watersheds by invasive plant removal. The program is funded as a poverty-relief scheme, but is generating interest among water utilities and local governments as they see the hydrological benefits. This paper describes the development of WfW, its unique characteristics, and possibilities for future expansion and adaptation of the program.en
dc.description.notesPES-1 (Payments for Environmental Services Associate Award)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier3448en
dc.identifier.citationEcological Economics 65(4): 788-798en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.12.024en
dc.identifier.issn0921-8009en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/67558en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectIncome generationen
dc.subjectEcological restorationen
dc.subjectPayments for environmental servicesen
dc.subjectSurface wateren
dc.subjectEnvironmental servicesen
dc.subjectWateren
dc.subjectPovertyen
dc.subjectWater qualityen
dc.subjectWatershed managementen
dc.subjectPESen
dc.subjectWorking for wateren
dc.subjectPayment mechanismsen
dc.subjectEcosystem servicesen
dc.subjectWater supplyen
dc.subjectPoverty reliefen
dc.subjectEcosystem restorationen
dc.subjectGovernance Watersheden
dc.titleThe working for water programme: Evolution of a payments for ecosystem services mechanism that addresses both poverty and ecosystem service delivery in South Africaen
dc.typeAbstracten
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