Payments to the rural poor for the sake of watershed conservation in Ecuador
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2004
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This presentation reports a study on the willingness of marginalized upland farmers to pay for cleaner water and their willingness to accept compensation to change to less lucrative but less degrading agricultural practices.
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Alternative farming, Water, Conservation incentives, Vulnerability and risk, Water quality, Watershed management, Water use, Water scarcity, Proyecto de ríos orientales, Hedging value, Contingent valuation (CV), Willingness to pay, Willingness to accept (wta), Economic marginalization, Watershed
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Presented at SANREM CRSP Accomplishments and Lessons Learned Workshop, Washington, D.C., 16 June 2004