Watershed services for hydroelectricity scheme in Nepal: Transition from "command and control" regulations to "buyers" and upland "sellers" of environmental services

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dc.contributorInternational Fund for Agricultural Developmenten
dc.contributorNepal Electricity Authorityen
dc.contributor.authorWinrock Internationalen
dc.contributor.authorThe World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialKulekhani Watersheden
dc.coverage.spatialMakwanpur Districten
dc.coverage.spatialNepalen
dc.coverage.spatialSouth Asiaen
dc.coverage.temporal2003en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:10:40Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:10:40Zen
dc.date.issued2006-10-23en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractA major supplier of Nepal's hydropower, the Kulekhani watershed was the target of government watershed conservation activity in recent decades, mandating catch dam construction, reforestation with pine trees and changes in land use practices. These measures were successful in reducing sedimentation and providing the environmental services need to maintain hydroelectric dam activity. However, the royalties paid by the hydropower company did not go toward compensating the upland communities that provide these environmental services. RUPES has worked to create more direct linkages between the providers and beneficiaries of environmental services in the watershed and empower upland communities to have more voice and influence in their land use management decisions. In 2006, 20% of the local district's share of the hydropower royalties went to an Environmental Management Special Fund (EMSF) to finance conservation and development activities proposed by the communities.en
dc.description.notesPES-1 (Payments for Environmental Services Associate Award)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier1735en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66335en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.relation.ispartofRewarding Upland Poor for Environmental Services (RUPES) programen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.worldagroforestry.org/sea/networks/rupes/download/booklet/rupes_booklet.pdfen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/Sea/Networks/RUPES/download/SiteProfiles/RUPES-Kulekhani-FINAL.pdfen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/Sea/Networks/RUPES/mapsite_nepal.htmen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSedimentationen
dc.subjectWater managementen
dc.subjectPayments for environmental servicesen
dc.subjectSurface wateren
dc.subjectHydropoweren
dc.subjectWater qualityen
dc.subjectWater useen
dc.subjectSocial equityen
dc.subjectEnvironmental justiceen
dc.subjectCommunity forestry user groupsen
dc.subjectUpland communitiesen
dc.subjectParticipatory watershed conservation programen
dc.subjectReward transfer mechanismen
dc.subjectEnvironmental management special fund (emsf)en
dc.subjectKulekhani watershed conservation and development forumen
dc.subjectWatersheden
dc.titleWatershed services for hydroelectricity scheme in Nepal: Transition from "command and control" regulations to "buyers" and upland "sellers" of environmental servicesen
dc.title.alternativeRUPES - Rewarding upland poor for environmental services: Kulekhani case studyen
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